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<font size="2">Department of Biological Engineering<br>
<font size="2">Ph.D. Candidate, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University<br>
MIT<br>
Cambridge, MA<br>


[mailto:katpak@mit.edu katpak@mit.edu]
<font size="2">B.S., Biological Engineering, MIT 2009<br>
 
 
[mailto:katpak@fas.harvard.edu katpak@fas.harvard.edu]


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== Education==
<blockquote>Biological Engineering <br>
MIT, Class of 2009
</blockquote>
 
 
== Lab Experience==
== Research Experience==
 
'''MIT Department of Biological Engineering '''
               
Cambridge, MA


Faculty Advisor: Bevin Engelward, direct advisor Dr. Werner Olipitz
'''Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research '''<Br>              
               
Cambridge, MA<Br>
Examined the effects of radiation on homologous recombination in mouse pancreata. Working with the fluorescent yellow direct repeat mouse model, I used in situ imaging and flow cytometry to determine the level of induced HR in mouse pancreata as a result of exposure to varying levels of radiation. Publication is pending for the upcoming year on this work. I also recently began work on measuring T cell activation and response to radiation. I will be involved with quantifying cytokine levels in irradiated mice as well as histological comparisons of the mouse gastrointestinal system. I was also responsible for upkeep of the mouse colony and assisted on several other projects in the lab. (January 2008-Present)
NIBR Summer Internship Program, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases<Br>
(June 2009-August 2009)






'''California Institute of Technology '''
'''MIT Department of Biological Engineering '''<Br>          
                                 
Cambridge, MA<Br>
Pasadena, CA
Undergraduate Research<Br>
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bevin Engelward, direct advisor Dr. Werner Olipitz <Br>
(January 2008-January 2009)


Faculty Advisor: Christina Smolke
           
Designed and characterized regulatory RNA elements for controlled gene expression. This work was part of a larger project which was entered into the International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition at MIT (iGEM) in fall of 2007. The goal of the project was to regulate the lysis/lysogeny switch in lambda phage upon infection of E. coli. With the help of RNAstructure and VectorNTI software, I designed thirteen interacting RNA elements that would control expression of life cycle genes in lambda phage and measured their interaction with flow cytometry (http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:Caltech/2007/Project/Riboregulator). My research was funded by the Amgen Scholars program. (June 2007-August 2007)




'''California Institute of Technology '''<Br>                        
Pasadena, CA<Br>
Amgen Scholars Program<Br>
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christina Smolke<Br>
http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:Caltech/2007/Project/Riboregulator <Br>
(June 2007-August 2007)


'''MIT Media Lab '''
       
Cambridge, MA


Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Carr
                       
Assisted in testing proteins for error correction in DNA synthesis. The goal of the project was to make DNA synthesis faster and more efficient. I was responsible for expression of an engineered protein which would detect and correct errors in DNA synthesis. The bulk of my work involved protein expression and solubilization. (January 2006-June 2007)


'''MIT Media Lab '''<Br>        
Cambridge, MA <Br>
Undergraduate Research <Br>
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Carr <Br>
(January 2006-June 2007)




'''Public Health Research Institute'''
               
Newark, NJ


Advisor: Dr. Dan-Oscar Antson
'''Public Health Research Institute'''<Br>        
                 
Newark, NJ<Br>
Assisted in developing a diagnostic assay to detect pathogenic species in humans using fluorescent hybridization probes called molecular beacons. My responsibilities were to quantify levels of beacon-target interactions using real-time PCR. (August 2004-August 2005)
Internship<Br>
(August 2004-August 2005)

Latest revision as of 02:39, 27 February 2010


Ekaterina (Kat) Pak

Ph.D. Candidate, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University

B.S., Biological Engineering, MIT 2009


katpak@fas.harvard.edu


Research Experience

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Cambridge, MA
NIBR Summer Internship Program, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases
(June 2009-August 2009)


MIT Department of Biological Engineering
Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate Research
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bevin Engelward, direct advisor Dr. Werner Olipitz
(January 2008-January 2009)


California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Amgen Scholars Program
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christina Smolke
http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:Caltech/2007/Project/Riboregulator
(June 2007-August 2007)


MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate Research
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Carr
(January 2006-June 2007)


Public Health Research Institute
Newark, NJ
Internship
(August 2004-August 2005)

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