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I am a graduate student finishing up my PhD in the Laboratory of Lloyd Greene at Columbia University. I also teach the class Neurobiology of Development and Disease at the Science Honor Program at Columbia University. [[OpenWetWare]] caught my attention in a writeup on DIY, howebrew biology in New Scientist magazine.
I am a graduate student finishing up my PhD in the Laboratory of Lloyd Greene at Columbia University. I also teach the class Neurobiology of Development and Disease at the Science Honor Program at Columbia University. [[OpenWetWare]] caught my attention in a writeup on DIY, howebrew biology in New Scientist magazine.

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Ryan T. Willett

I am a graduate student finishing up my PhD in the Laboratory of Lloyd Greene at Columbia University. I also teach the class Neurobiology of Development and Disease at the Science Honor Program at Columbia University. OpenWetWare caught my attention in a writeup on DIY, howebrew biology in New Scientist magazine.

Contact Info

  • Laboratory of Lloyd Greene
  • Columbia University - Department of Pharmacology, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
  • New York, NY, USA
  • Contact Information

Education

  • 2009? PhD, Columbia University (finishing)
  • 2006 MPhil, Columbia University
  • 2002 BS, Brandeis University - Biology
  • 2002 BA, Brandeis University - Biochemistry
  • 2000 Harvard University Medical School. Summer Fellowship in the Laboratory of T Keith Blackwell at the Center for Blood Research (now the Immune Disease Institute)

Awards

  • Brian Hoffman Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies
  • Graduated with High Honors in Biology for the undergraduate thesis "Posttranscriptional Analysis of Circadian Rhythms" in the laboratory of Michael Rosbash

Expertise

  • molecular biology
  • RNA/DNA/protein biochemistry
  • dissection and primary cell culture
  • animal surgery
  • pseudotype recombinant retrovirus production and purification
  • histology


Research interests

  1. Neural Development
  2. Stem cell biology
  3. Genetic Engineering / Gene Therapy
  4. Bioengineering
  5. Biochemistry
  6. Bioinformatics

Publications

Yeah.....working on that.

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