User:Thomas Pollom

Last Name
Pollom

First Name
Thomas

Preferred name
Scott

Course/Minor
20 (BE) / 18 (Math)

Year of Graduation
2009

Email
pollom AT mit DOT edu

Have you taken
7.05/5.07 (Biochemistry)? Yes 7.06 (Cell Biology)? Yes 7.02 (General Biology Lab)? No 5.310 (General Chemistry Lab)? No

Do you have any experience culturing cells (mammalian, yeast or microbial)? Yes

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

Please briefly describe any previous laboratory experience
I worked in the Engelward Lab for a year. I spent the first six months studying how different tissue culture substrates affect mouse embryonic stem cell growth and differntiation. I spent the last six months attempting to improve the single cell gel electrophoresis (comet) assay. I just started working in the Belcher Lab. I'm working on a project involving virus templated nanowires.

For Next Time Questions

 * Module 1 Day 1
 * Module 1 Day 2
 * Module 1 Day 3
 * Module 1 Day 4
 * Module 1 Plaque Assay Day 7
 * Module 3 Research Proposal Page