User:Johnsy

John Sy

Contact Information:

E-mail: john.sy (at) imperial.ac.uk, syjohn (at) gmail.com, syjohn (at) mit.edu

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.

Education

• 2004 - present: Imperial College, London - BEng in Biomedical Engineering with a year abroad at MIT, 3rd Year
• 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, and North America
• Arts – frequent concerts, plays, and musicals as well as enjoy visiting art galleries and reading classics

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...:)

20.310 Term Paper

TItle

Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I gp120 Receptor Interactions and its Implications on Future HIV Drug Therapy. (A single paper critique)

Prelimiarly Bibliography

1. Chang MI, Panorchan P, Dobrowsky TM, Tseng Y, and Wirtz D. Single-molecule analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120-receptor interactions in living cells. J Virol. 2005 Dec;79(23):14748-55. DOI:10.1128/JVI.79.23.14748-14755.2005 |
2. Doranz BJ, Baik SS, and Doms RW. Use of a gp120 binding assay to dissect the requirements and kinetics of human immunodeficiency virus fusion events. J Virol. 1999 Dec;73(12):10346-58. DOI:10.1128/JVI.73.12.10346-10358.1999 |
3. Hill CM, Deng H, Unutmaz D, Kewalramani VN, Bastiani L, Gorny MK, Zolla-Pazner S, and Littman DR. Envelope glycoproteins from human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 and simian immunodeficiency virus can use human CCR5 as a coreceptor for viral entry and make direct CD4-dependent interactions with this chemokine receptor. J Virol. 1997 Sep;71(9):6296-304. DOI:10.1128/JVI.71.9.6296-6304.1997 |
4. Kwong PD, Wyatt R, Robinson J, Sweet RW, Sodroski J, and Hendrickson WA. Structure of an HIV gp120 envelope glycoprotein in complex with the CD4 receptor and a neutralizing human antibody. Nature. 1998 Jun 18;393(6686):648-59. DOI:10.1038/31405 |
5. Wu L, Gerard NP, Wyatt R, Choe H, Parolin C, Ruffing N, Borsetti A, Cardoso AA, Desjardin E, Newman W, Gerard C, and Sodroski J. CD4-induced interaction of primary HIV-1 gp120 glycoproteins with the chemokine receptor CCR-5. Nature. 1996 Nov 14;384(6605):179-83. DOI:10.1038/384179a0 |