Alumni Diaries: Launching a Career in Space Research
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Grace Frost completed her master's in Medical Physics and Radiobiology at the Department of Oncology in 2024. Since graduating, Grace has joined the Oxford Space Innovation Lab at the University of Oxford, where she is completing an internship funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) focused on genomics and space biology. Based on insights from studies on astronaut health, the team want to find out if they can use the environment of space to study ageing and age-related diseases over much shorter time frames than can typically be done on earth. The Oxford Space Innovation Lab were the first to send organoid samples to the ISS and are now monitoring them to investigate the impact of microgravity and cosmic radiation on cells.
In this video, Grace discusses her work at the Oxford Space Innovation Lab and how the MSc in Medical Physics with Radiobiology helped shape her research interests, build connections, and launch her career.
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