Michaela Nicole Prado Larrea

President

Harvard Ecuadorian Student Organization (HESO) · Кембридж, MA

Present

Phd Student at Daniel G. Anderson Laboratory

MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research · Кембридж, MA

Present

Undergraduate Thesis Student at the Artzi Lab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos

• Developed a hydrogel-based system for the localized delivery of an immunotherapeutic combinatorial treatment for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. • Assisted the development of a siRNA local delivery platform for bone regeneration in collaboration with Dr. Marc Wein’s lab at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Research Intern at the Artzi Lab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos

• Designed, developed, and assessed a dual-nanoparticle system for enhanced drug accumulation and prolonged retention in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. • Engineered and characterized polypeptide-modified dendrimer nanoparticles for local delivery of immunotherapeutic agents in the treatment of melanoma. • Contributed to the development of pBAE nanoparticles for the delivery of STING agonist in different tumor models.

Undergraduate Thesis Student

Brigham and Women's Hospital · Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos

Research Intern

Brigham and Women's Hospital · Boston y alrededores, Estados Unidos

https://www.natalieartzi.com/

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern at the Rondeau-Gagné Group

University of Windsor · Ontario, Canadá

• Investigated the impact of physical blending of copolymers on the improvement of the thermomechanical properties of semiconducting polymers. • Designed and conducted proof of concept experiments to assess the enhanced conductivity of semiconducting polymers through chemical doping for OFET fabrication. • Developed and characterized autonomous self-healing polymers for capacitive-based pressure sensors. https://www.rondeaugagnegroup.com/

Undergraduate Research Assistant at Femsa Biotechnology Center

Tecnológico de Monterrey · Monterrey y alrededores, México

• Collaborated on the optimization of a green extraction methodology of bioactive molecules form plants. • Evaluated the anticancer properties of plant extracts through cell viability assays.

Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Nanostructured Materials Lab

Tecnológico de Monterrey · Monterrey y alrededores, México

• Engineered metal oxide nanostructured films through ultrasound-assisted pyrolytic spray technique. • Investigated a starch-mediated synthesis of silver, gold and bimetallic nanoparticles.