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Mathilda Von Guttenberg

Los Angeles,United States

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Assistant

Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies
Los Angeles , CA
06.2024 - Current
  • Develop and execute research protocols
  • Contribute to the development and composition of theory papers related to subjects including mental simulation, emotional regulation, and early maladaptive schema.
  • Utilized data analysis methods on large datasets to facilitate publication
  • Developing a all encompassing scale for formats of cognition to be used in diagnostic and treatment settings

Undergraduate Student Research Assistant

Cal Star Network
Los Angeles, California
06.2023 - Current
  • Assist in coordination of large longitudinal studies related to stress assessment and resilience.
  • Conduct research consent process with study participants in a Multi-omics Longitudinal Study on ACE's and work with participants through the duration of the study.
  • Project lead responsible for processing and analyzing data through R Code for collaborators that use the computerized stress assessment technology (STRAIN).
  • Project Lead for student lead research based intervention program assessing the mental health impact of student with disabilities.
  • Running individual grant funded research on the the impact of social stress on adolescent females at high risk for depression.

Research Assistant - Microbiome Research

Dr. Alexander Bystritsky
Los Angeles, CA
03.2022 - Current
  • Conducted primary and secondary research on the Gut-Brain-Axis to identify relevant information for project development.
  • Performed literature reviews to ensure accuracy of results.
  • Assisted in the design and implementation of experimental protocols.
  • Organized and analyzed qualitative and quantitative GAD-7 and Microbiome data using statistical software packages such as SPSS or STATA.
  • Developed and maintained spreadsheets, questionnaires and research tools.
  • Composed technical documents such as journal articles, conference presentations, posters.

Clinical Research Assistant

CalNeuro Research Group
Los Angeles, CA
10.2022 - 06.2023
  • Patient Recruitment
  • Managing and Tracking regulatory protocol work
  • Assist in writing research protocols
  • Compiled and managed database, inputting results for modeling and assessment.
  • Write blog posts for patient recruitment on specific conditions
  • Consent Process, Vitals, EMG.
  • Assisted in routine research, investigations and special projects to support work of assigned department.

Research Assistant - Personalized Therapeutics

Research Genetic Cancer Center
Florina , Greece
10.2020 - 02.2021
  • Analyzed efficacy of small molecule therapeutic drugs on cancerous cells through CTC's Detection and Isolation, Cell Cultures (Passage, Re-feeding, Contamination identification, Master/Working bank) and ELISA-I.
  • Identified genetic markers with use of Master/Working Bank, Cloning, PCR and Flow Cytometry. Analyzed said genetic markers to initiate computerized Drug Design and Compound Synthesis.
  • Compared small molecule results to primary immunization techniques through Microarrays.

Research Assistant - Neurodegenerative Research

AC Immune
Lausanne , Switzerland
07.2019 - 09.2019
  • Evaluated Biochemical profile of pathogenic proteins through ELISA and ALPHA-LISA. Using indirect ELISA to test antibodies for affinity for beta-synuclein and gamma-synuclein.
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance Samples to Test a-synuclein Off Target Binding.
  • Analyzation of tissue cell structure, assuring the presence of fibrils and other pathogenic conformations through Electron Microscopy.
  • Immunohistochemistry on human tissue is to prove target engagement on alpha-synuclein aggregates.
  • Chemical Compound Assortment and SMR compound characterization to determine the presence, weight and isolation of the desired small molecule drug.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Neuroscience

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
06.2025

High School Diploma -

Laurel Springs
Ojai California (Online)
06.2020

High School Diploma -

King School
Stamford, CT
12.2017

Affiliations

Impact Project Planner and Volunteer | Kids of Africa - Kampala, Uganda | 05/2021 - Current |

  • Built up community art fund for art projects and access to creative application courses in Ugandan elementary schools.
  • Tutoring young children in sciences and math, expanding on sustainability projects in Northern base.
  • Devised resource acquisition, allocation and tracking plans for projects.

Founder and Education Coordinator | NeuroPhilosophy Club - UCLA | 04/2024 - Current|

  • Lead group discussion and edcuate members on novel research in the field of Consciessness and Perception Research.
  • Integrate philosophical and neuroscientific theories for blog posts and discussions
  • Developing a website for open science communication on said topics
  • Bringing together researchers and educators from various disciplines to converge on theory

Publications/Poster Presentations

Von Guttenberg, M., Kim, L. Y., Miryam Schüssler-Fiorenza Rose, S., Mengelkoch, S., Moriarity, D. P., Gassen, J., Alley, J. C., Roos, L. G., Jiang, T., Alavi, A., Zhang, X., Perelman, D., Kodish, T., Krupnick, J. L., May, M., Bowman, K., Hua, J., Joyce Liao, Y., Lieberman, A. F., … Slavich, G. M. Stress and Resilience Study Protocol: A multiomics-based randomized controlled trial to elucidate the biology of ACEs and test a scalable precision stress management intervention for normalizing biopsychosocial functioning and enhancing resilience. Poster Presented at: Association for Psychological Science; 2024 May; San Francisco, CA.

Von Guttenberg, M., Spivak, Norman., Hazan, Sabine., Bystritsky, Alexander. Differences in Microbiome between Anxiety Patients and Healthy Controls. Poster presented at Anxiety and Depression Association of America; 2024 April; Boston, Ma. 

Von Guttenberg, M.,  Vidal, Adriana., Spivak, Norman., Bystritsky, Alexander., Hazan, Sabine. (Submitted) Differences in Microbiome between Anxiety Patients and Healthy Controls.

Accomplishments

  • Departmental Honors in Neuroscience
  • College Honors Program at UCLA
  • Arnold Scheibel Scholarship for Neuroscience Research: Highest Undergraduate Research Scholarship Awarded by the Department of Life Sciences at UCLA.

Languages

German
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
Spanish
Proficient
C2
Swedish
Advanced
C1

Timeline

Research Assistant

Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies
06.2024 - Current

Undergraduate Student Research Assistant

Cal Star Network
06.2023 - Current

Clinical Research Assistant

CalNeuro Research Group
10.2022 - 06.2023

Research Assistant - Microbiome Research

Dr. Alexander Bystritsky
03.2022 - Current

Research Assistant - Personalized Therapeutics

Research Genetic Cancer Center
10.2020 - 02.2021

Research Assistant - Neurodegenerative Research

AC Immune
07.2019 - 09.2019

Bachelor of Science - Neuroscience

University of California, Los Angeles

High School Diploma -

Laurel Springs

High School Diploma -

King School
Mathilda Von Guttenberg