Maura Arsiero
Public Relation Manager & Medical Science Liaison, Second Sight Medical Products
MY SPECIAL SKILLS...
I speak the language of Engineers, Physics, Physicians, and Biologist. I specifically planned my education in order to master the skills necessary to translate one language into another. Now I want to use my knowledge to bridge the gaps between these different professions and to make them work together for a unified and common goal.
...AND MY HARD SKILLS:
-->Computer Knowledge
·Windows XP, Linux / Posix operating systems and major Office applications
·Matlab, C/C++, QT – Graphical User Interface Design, Data Acquisition and Control
·web authoring software and web site development
-->Languages
·Italian: native speaker
·English: excellent knowledge of spoken and written language (C2 European standard)
·French: basic knowledge (A1 European standard)
MY RESULTS AS RESEARCHER...
Scientific Publications
Co-author of three papers appeared on peer-reviewed journals, and of two book chapters. I attended more than 20 national and international conferences, with active (oral / poster presentations) participation.
The full list of publications is available on request.
...AND THE REWARDS I GOT:
Honors, Awards and Grants
Over the last 6 years, I was awarded 8 fellowships (e.g. from EU commission, Onassis Foundation, University of Edinburgh, Swiss Society for Neuroscience, Univ. of Genova), based on the high quality and relevance of my work. I received a few prizes for the excellence of my research.
Basic Research on single cell/network level focused on neocortex neurons.
Keywords: Basic Research, electrophysiology, patch-clamp, programming, analyzing data, writing papers, congress reporting (talk/posters)
2003 - 2007- Tutoring and practical-courses student supervision about (neuro)physiology
- Basic research on cellular electrophysiology towards PhD Thesis
- Assembling and development custom set-up for patch-clamp electrophysiology, from the level of control and analysis software, to the A/D-D/A data acquisition and optimization of microscope optics and graphical user interface.
Keywords: Basic Research, electrophysiology, patch-clamp, programming, analyzing data, writing papers, congress reporting (talk/posters)