Phyllis Jessen

Technician

Nutrition, physical activity and metabolism

About Info

Phyllis Jessen was born on the 29th of August in 1996. She studied at Zuyd Hogeschool in Heerlen where she graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor Applied Science. Following her Bachelor she went on to study at Maastricht University where she graduated in 2021 with a Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences with her focus on nutrition, physical activity and metabolism. Eager to learn more she applied for the 6 months BioTechMed Lab Rotation program in Graz, Austria, where she was involved in research within the institute of molecular biosciences .

In 2023 she started working as a Research Technician at the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology where she is responsible for the RNA lab. Her main techniques are Western Blot, COMET assay, qPCR/ RT-PCR, ELISA and various antioxidant and lipid peroxidation assays