User:Johnsy

John Sy

Contact Information:

E-mail: john.sy04@imperial.ac.uk

Imperial College Spring 2008

• Advanced Modelling in Biology
• Modelling in Biology
• Synthetic Biology
  • Computer Modelling Practicals
  • Practical 1 Report (.pdf)
  • Practical 2 Report (.pdf)
  • Synthetic Biology - Mini iGEM project
    • Xenopulsator Presentation (.pdf)
• Finance & Financial Management
• Mandarin Level 1
• Modelling Lipoprotein Metabolism (BEng Project)

Imperial College Fall 2007

• Modelling in Biology
• Physiological Monitoring & Data Analysis
• Medical Imaging
• Biomaterials
• Mandarin Level 1
• Modelling Lipoprotein Metabolism (BEng Project)

MIT Spring 2007

• 7.06 Cell Biology
• 20.330 Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems
• 21W.735 Writing & Reading the Essay
• 20.390 Computational and Systems Biology
• 15.501 Corporate Financial Accounting

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.
• iGEM Website
• Imperial Students Engineer Success at International Competition

Education

• 2008 - Present: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School - MD, Medicine (Dallas, TX, USA)
• 2004 - 2008: Imperial College, London - BEng in Biomedical Engineering with a year abroad at MIT,
• 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, North America, and South America
• Arts – frequent concerts, plays, and musicals as well as enjoy visiting art galleries and reading classics
• Piano

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...:)

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