Marina Marchenko

I worked as an Application Researcher, developing workflows and managing pipelines for advanced microscopy with a focus on brain development. I delivered customer-oriented training in advanced microscopy to more than 10 researchers, enabling their independent use of imaging platforms. I also served as a Researchers' Representative, acting as a liaison between over 50 researchers and institute leadership, advocating for researchers' needs, and facilitating community activities.

- Developed and optimized microscopy workflows, reducing data processing time by >90% (8 h to 30 min). - Planned and executed biological experiments in cerebral organoid models over 4.5 years, resulting in a first-author publication and four international conference presentations. - Demonstrated commercial awareness by identifying and negotiating an optimized reagent workflow with Stemcell Technologies, reducing cerebral organoid experiment costs by 10%.

Assisted in planning and executing public science outreach events for 200+ participants, ensuring smooth operations and high audience engagement. Events organised: 24th EMBL PhD Symposium 2022, PoL Day, 2023&2025, MPI-CBG Career Day 2025

- Served as Collaboration Manager for a 15+ member interdisciplinary team; coordinated partnerships with 3+ external iGEM teams. - Led fundraising and partnership efforts in an international startup competition (iGEM), securing 35% of total project funding