User:Alvin S Chen
Contact Info
- Alvin S Chen
- MIT
- Cambridge, MA 02139
- Email me through OpenWetWare
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
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Cancer Biology
- Molecular Toxicology
- RNA interference
Registration/Questionnaire: 20.109 Spring 2009
Last Name
Chen
First Name
Alvin
Preferred name (if not first)
N/A
Course/Minor
20/21M/7
Year of Graduation
2011
Telephone #
aschen AT mit DOT edu
Potentially Relevant Background
Have you taken/are you taking... | Answer yes/no/when |
7.05/5.07 (Biochemistry) | yes |
7.06 (Cell Biology) | yes |
7.03 (Genetics) | yes |
7.02 (General Biology Lab) | no |
5.310 (General Chemistry Lab) | yes |
Do you have experience with... | Answer yes/no/type |
Cell culture (microbial/mammalian/yeast?) | yes, all three |
Molecular biology (electrophoresis, PCR, etc) | Gel electrophoresis, PCR, RT-PCR, qPCR, Laser Capture, Western Blot, Flow Cytometry |
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
[1], "Repair of DNA Alkylation Damage by the Escherichia coli Adaptive Response Protein AlkB as Studied by ESI-TOF Mass Spectrometry"