Jessica is a PhD student at The University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (HPIMR) in Perth. Jessica’s research is aimed at the design and development of medically translatable technologies for targeted genome engineering as a novel treatment strategy for breast cancers.
For her Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship, Jessica will work with Professor Vincent Rotello at the University of Massachusetts, to develop nanoscale delivery agents that are programmed to enhance the body’s own immune response to combat cancers. Jessica will optimise methods to deliver therapeutic proteins to macrophage cells, which are a key component of the immune system, and have a dual role influencing tumour growth and progression. Jessica will use her Fulbright Scholarship to establish critical collaborative links between the U.S. and Australia, and bring knowledge and experience in protein delivery and macrophage editing back to UWA
and HPIMR.