User:Jessie Wang: Bio

Name
Jessie Wang

Email
jwang87 at mit dot edu

Course/Major
20 - Biological Engineering

Year
2009

Courses Taken

 * GIRs
 * 5.12, 5.13, 5.311, 5.60
 * 6.00
 * 14.01, 14.02, 14.03, 14.20, 14.30
 * 20.110
 * 21F.036, 21L.003, 21L.015, 21M.600

Currently Taking

 * 20.109 (duh)
 * 20.320
 * 5.07
 * 7.03 (blegh)
 * 21M.301

Interests

 * S.H.E
 * Kappa Alpha Theta
 * Python
 * organic chemistry
 * song-writing

Past Research Experience

 * Garner Lab - Dr. Harold Garner, Ph.D - UT Southwestern Medical Center
 * Built a database of genes in pathogens and their homologs in the other species.
 * Homologene-P
 * Lynch Lab - Dr. Kristen Lynch, Ph.D - UT Southwestern Medical Center
 * Made constructs with mutations of a particular sequence that is known to affect splicing of exon 4 in the gene CD45 of t-cells
 * Conducted in vitro splicing experiments with these mutants to observe effects.
 * Publication: Combinatorial Control of Signal-Induced Exon Repression by hnRNP L and PSF