Elena Piotter
DPhil Student and Retina UK / Macular Society Scholar
Elena completed her Bachelors in International Relations (BA) and Global Disease Biology (BSc) at the University of California, Davis. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Molecular Biology at the Reijksuniversiteit Groningen, for which she is undertaking a research project as an Honorary Academic Visitor in Professor Robert MacLaren's lab. Her project focuses on utilizing CRISPR-Cas9 in addressing degenerative eye disease.