Izabella Zamora
About Izabella Zamora
Izabella Zamora is a Research Assistant with a strong background in electrical engineering, computer science, and biology. She has held various research positions at prestigious institutions, including the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and is currently pursuing a Master's degree while working on significant cancer research projects.
Work at Broad Institute
Izabella Zamora currently serves as a Research Assistant at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, a position she has held since 2023. In this role, she engages in research focused on spatial data analysis related to cancer studies. Previously, she worked as an Undergraduate Student Researcher at the Broad from 2022 to 2023, contributing to various projects that involved advanced data analysis techniques.
Education and Expertise
Izabella Zamora studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 2019 to 2023. She is currently pursuing a Master's of Engineering at MIT, focusing on Biology, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science, expected to complete in 2025. Her academic background equips her with a strong foundation in both engineering and biological sciences.
Professional Experience
Izabella has accumulated diverse professional experience in research and engineering roles. She interned at Formlabs as a Material Science Intern from 2021 to 2022 and worked as a Software Engineer Intern at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2022. Her research experience includes internships at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she contributed to projects from 2020 to 2021, and roles at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an Undergraduate Student Researcher.
Research Contributions
Izabella Zamora is actively involved in research analyzing spatial data from a colorectal cancer clinical trial. Her work extends findings from Tian et al. 2023, focusing on the combination of BRAF and MEK inhibition with PD-1 immunotherapy. She is also working on her Master's thesis, which examines tissue dynamics in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Additionally, she has contributed to the analysis of spatial data in the study by Chen et al. 2023.
Collaborations and Techniques
In her current role, Izabella collaborates with various companies and laboratories to refine methods and analysis pipelines for spatial technologies. Her work includes utilizing advanced techniques such as CosMx, MERFISH, and Visium data, which are essential for optimizing cell typing and neighborhood analysis in her research projects.