First class biochemistry graduate from University College London offering biology lessons in London

Natalia's CV

Employment History
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Freelance Translator, London (UK)
(July 2014 – Present)

• Performing technical translations from Spanish to English for scientific publishing in areas such as medical physics (e.g. radiotherapy for prostate cancer treatment), oncology (e.g. colorectal cancer screening methods) and cardiology (e.g. primary angioplasty and fibrinolysis for acute myocardial infarction).

Head of Technical Marketing, biorelevant.com, London (UK)
(November 2016 – November 2017)

• Creating technical website content and marketing materials to make biorelevant products more accessible to customers (such as core website content, usage protocols and blog posts) and expand the customer base. This involved developing my written and oral communication skills, together with my research skills in oral biopharmaceutics.
• Managing students and interns.
• Staying up to date with pharmaceutical literature and creating a database of publications.
• Assist in the development and honing of cutting edge biorelevant products through marketing content and analytical laboratory expertise (HPLC).
• Performing laboratory testing and setting up laboratory equipment.
• Overall, a challenging role between marketing and scientific expertise for business development, where it was necessary to excel at written and oral communication skills and make the most of strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Stability Technologist, Lonza Biologics Plc, Slough (UK)
(March 2015 – August 2015)

• Performing routine laboratory testing on antibody therapy.

University Placement Student, Biocompatibles UK Ltd, Farnham (UK)
(September 2012 – August 2013)

• Worked for ten months on a process development project for the manufacturing of embolic microspheres.
• Developed both an engineering and analytical chemistry approach for the requirements of the project.
• Learned the techniques of High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography, essential for the project.
• Spent a vast amount of time doing wet lab chemistry and reactions within a programmable reactor.

Education
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University College London
(September 2010 – June 2014)

4th year of Biochemistry BSc at University College London, 1st class honours:
Modules taken:: Advanced Mechanisms of Molecular Machines I and II, Advanced Molecular Biology of Protein Regulatory Networks, Biosciences in Business and Media.

Final year project: Structural Studies of Transthyretin (UCL Centre for Amyloidosis and Acute Phase Proteins)
Techniques employed:
• Transforming and growing bacteria, use of centrifuges for harvesting cells, sonication, ion exchange chromatography, gel filtration, SDS electrophoresis.
• Hanging drop crystallisation, cryoprotection and freezing of crystals.

3rd Year Industrial Placement Student at Biocompatibles Ltd (part of BTG Plc):
Worked on a process improvement project within the Research and Development department, producing an exhaustive technical report for the company. A more concise, 10000 word report was submitted to UCL, obtaining a mark of 78%.

2nd year of Biochemistry BSc at University College London:
Modules taken: Molecular Biology, Physical Chemistry, Metabolism, Biomolecular Structure and Function, Principles of Cellular Control, Organic Chemistry and German (level 1).

1st year of Biochemistry BSc at University College London:
Modules taken: Cellular and Molecular Biology, The Principles and Practice of Experimental Biochemistry, Introduction to Microbiology, Introduction to Genetics and Chemistry for Biologists.