User:Johnsy

John Sy
Contact Information:
 * E-mail: [mailto:john.sy04@imperial.ac.uk john.sy04@imperial.ac.uk]

Imperial College Spring 2008

 * Advanced Modelling in Biology
 * Modelling in Biology
 * Synthetic Biology
 * Computer Modelling Practicals
 * Practical 1 Report (.pdf)
 * Practical 2 Report (.pdf)
 * Synthetic Biology - Mini iGEM project
 * Xenopulsator Presentation (.pdf)
 * Finance & Financial Management
 * Mandarin Level 1
 * Modelling Lipoprotein Metabolism (BEng Project)

Imperial College Fall 2007

 * Modelling in Biology
 * Physiological Monitoring & Data Analysis
 * Medical Imaging
 * Biomaterials
 * Mandarin Level 1
 * Modelling Lipoprotein Metabolism (BEng Project)

MIT Spring 2007

 * 7.06 Cell Biology
 * 20.330 Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems
 * 21W.735 Writing & Reading the Essay
 * 20.390 Computational and Systems Biology
 * 15.501 Corporate Financial Accounting

MIT Fall 2006

 * 5.07 Biological Chemistry I
 * 7.03 Genetics
 * 20.310 Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics
 * 20.309 Biological Engineering II: Instrumentation and Measurement
 * 20.181 Computation for Biological Engineers
 * iMath Program

Imperial iGEM

 * Imperial iGEM 2006 - Biological Oscillator based upon Predator-Prey interactions using quorum sensing molecules.
 * iGEM Website
 * Imperial Students Engineer Success at International Competition

Education

 * 2008 - Present: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School - MD, Medicine (Dallas, TX, USA)
 * 2004 - 2008: Imperial College, London - BEng in Biomedical Engineering with a year abroad at MIT,
 * Summer 2005: Harvard Summer School, Organic Chemistry (S-20ab)
 * 2002 - 2004: British School in the Netherlands (Voorschoten, Netherlands)
 * 2000 - 2002: St. John's School (Houston, TX, USA)

Interests

 * Sport – Swimming and Badminton
 * Travel – Travel over Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America
 * Arts – frequent concerts, plays, and musicals as well as enjoy visiting art galleries and reading classics
 * Piano

More Random Stuff About Me

 * 1) Favourite Colours: Orange & Blue
 * 2) Ethnic Origin: Chinese from the Philippines
 * 3) Place I would like to retire: somewhere in the USA
 * 4) Quote I like: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"
 * 5) Religious Affiliation: None
 * 6) What I wanted to be when I grew up: pilot, businessman, lawyer, among other things
 * 7) What I want to do now: medicine
 * 8) Places I haven't been that I want to go: Australia & New Zealand
 * 9) My best place to relax: a remote island in the Philippines
 * 10) One thing I can't live without: internet...:)

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