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Sara Shirley's work experience begins in 2016 as a Laboratory Intern at ITQB-UNL, where they performed various molecular biology techniques. In 2019, they volunteered at the Cell Biology & Immunology lab and later became a Project Group Leader for a consultancy project at Wageningen University & Research. Sara also worked as a Student Assistant for the course "Essential Cell Biology." In 2020, Sara joined Instituto de Medicina Molecular as a Junior Researcher in Molecular Biology, where they edited colon cancer cell lines using CRISPR-Cas9. Sara also volunteered at the COVID-19 Diagnostics Task Force. Currently, Sara is working as a Jr. Scientist at Mosa Meat, starting in 2021.
Sara Shirley pursued their education at several institutions. Sara obtained a Bachelor's degree in Biology, specializing in Cellular Biology and Biotechnology, from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa from 2013 to 2016. In 2015 and 2016, Sara was an ERASMUS+ student at Wageningen University & Research. Later, from 2018 to 2020, they pursued a Master's degree in Biotechnology at the same institution.
Mosa Meat
Mosa Meat's Mark Post created the world's first hamburger without slaughtering an animal. We're now getting ready to bring clean meat, or cultured meat, to the world by scaling up our production methods.