User:Alvin S Chen

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 * Alvin S Chen
 * MIT
 * Cambridge, MA 02139
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I currently work under the direction of Dr. Alexander Klibanov in the Department of Biological Engineering. Previously, I have worked in the Bartel (Department of Biology, Whitehead Institute) and Essigmann (Department of Biological Engineering) labs at MIT.

Education

 * 2011, BS, MIT
 * 2015, MD, Harvard Medical School

Research interests

 * 1) Pharmaceutical Chemistry
 * 2) Cancer Biology
 * 3) Molecular Toxicology
 * 4) RNA interference

Last Name
Chen

First Name
Alvin

Preferred name (if not first)
N/A

Course/Minor
20/21M/7

Year of Graduation
2011

Email
aschen AT mit DOT edu

Potentially Relevant Background


Please briefly describe any previous laboratory experience
Essigmann Laboratory (MIT, Cambridge, MA) - Fall 2008 - Present Pharmacology Laboratory (Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand) - Summer 2008 Andersen Laboratory (UC Irvine, Irvine, CA) - Summer 2006 & 2007

Anything else you would like us to know?
Outside of my academic endeavors, I also compete with the MIT Sport Taekwondo Team, play pick-up & intramural basketball, and participate in Chamber Music Society & Piano Accompanying.

Publications
, "Repair of DNA Alkylation Damage by the Escherichia coli Adaptive Response Protein AlkB as  Studied by ESI-TOF Mass Spectrometry"

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