User:Katherine Choi

Last Name
Choi

First Name
Katherine

Preferred name
Katherine Choi

Course/Minor
20

Year of Graduation
2011

Telephone #
614-397-2666

Email
kchoi26 AT mit DOT edu

Have you taken or are you taking...
7.05/5.07 (Biochemistry) Yes 7.06 (Cell Biology) No 7.02 (General Biology Lab) No 5.310 (General Chemistry Lab) No

Do you have any experience culturing cells (mammalian, yeast or microbial)? E.coli and XL1-Blue

Do you have any experience in molecular biology (electrophoresis, PCR, etc)? Yes

Please briefly describe any previous laboratory experience
I worked in the Belcher Lab for a year and a half, working most recently on genetically engineering the M13 bacteriophage to display TiO2-conjugating sequences on the P8 coat protein, to be used in a larger system to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

Anything else you would like us to know?
My favorite book is Steinbeck's East of Eden, and my favorite author is C.S. Lewis.

Education

 * Upper Arlington High School, Class of 2007
 * Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2011

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