Dr Julia Becker

Julia trained as a veterinary surgeon at Leipzig University, Germany. She discovered her love for research when participating in the Wellcome Trust Fundamentals of Veterinary Science Summer School during her undergraduate studies, where she was investigating the genetic basis of obesity in Labrador retriever dogs with Wolfson Fellow Professor Giles Yeo. After qualifying, Julia returned to Cambridge as a Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow, studying the mechanical properties of the central nervous system. She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Kristian Franze’s lab in PDN.