User:Jennifer Lai

Registration/Questionnaire: 20.109 Fall 2008

20.109(F08): Samantha and Jenn's Research Proposal

Last Name

Lai

First Name

Jennifer

Preferred name

Jenn

Course/Minor

7 or 20/5, 21M

Year of Graduation

2011

Telephone #

808 393 9291

Email

jennlai AT mit DOT edu

Have you taken or are you taking...

7.05/5.07 (Biochemistry) no
7.06 (Cell Biology) no
7.02 (General Biology Lab) no
5.310 (General Chemistry Lab) no

Do you have any experience culturing cells (mammalian, yeast or microbial)?
Yes

Do you have any experience in molecular biology (electrophoresis, PCR, etc)?
Yes

Please briefly describe any previous laboratory experience

• studied the genetic diversity of Procholorococcus at the University of Hawaii with techniques like PCR and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE)
• I am currently studying immunogenicity and its importance in protein engineering using a yeast-display human scFv library in the Wittrup Lab