Postdoctoral Research Fellow in UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of Edinburgh.After finishing her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry, Soraya went to work for Eli Lilly & Co as a molecular biologist. During this time, she gained a real appreciation for pre-clinical research into neurodegenerative diseases and wanted to further pursue dementia research. She then undertook a PhD based at the University of Exeter and Bristol, characterising synaptic and neuronal dysfunction in a model of tauopathy using a combination of in vivo and in vitro techniques such as whole cell patch-clamp electrophysiology. Following this, Soraya started at the UKDRI based in Edinburgh to perform more work characterising and understanding neurophysiological dysfunction in dementia with Dr Jian Gan. She is now working in the lab of Dr Claire Durrant, characterising human and rodent organotypic models of dementia using functional assays (i.e. neurophysiology).