User:Rachel Hunt
Contact Info
- Rachel Hunt
- MIT: rhunt [at] mit [dot] edu
- Email me through OpenWetWare
I work in the Colton Lab at MIT. I learned about OpenWetWare through my introductory biological engineering lab class, and I've joined to access the website for this class.
Education
- Undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Major: Biological Engineering
- Minor: Brain and Cognitive Science
- Graduation Year: 2014
Research interests
- Currently, I am studying how the oxygen level to which stem cells are exposed affects differentiation. Based upon this research, we will be able to manipulate the environment in which these stem cells grow to control differentiation and ultimately create beta cells. We can then use these insulin-producing beta cells to treat diabetes patients.
- I am also interested in a wide variety of other bioengineering research topics, including those involving the brain.
WF Yellow Group Research Proposal
Publications
None
Registration/Questionnaire: 20.109 Spring 2012
Last Name
Hunt
First Name
Rachel
Preferred name/nickname (if not first)
Course/Minor
Course 20 (Biological Engineering)/Course 9 (Brain and Cognitive Science)
Year of Graduation
2014
Telephone #
(224) 688-0984
rhunt@mit.edu
Preferred OH Time
What times on Sundays (all), Mondays (T/R section), and Tuesdays (W/F section) are you available for occasional office hours (held before major assignments are due)? I am available on Sundays anytime before 5 pm and on Tuesdays from 3:30-5 pm.
Potentially Relevant Background
| Have you taken/are you taking... | Answer yes/no/when |
| 7.05/5.07 (Biochemistry) | Yes/Spring 2012 |
| 7.06 (Cell Biology) | No/Fall 2013 |
| 7.03 (Genetics) | No/Fall 2012 |
| 5.310 (General Chemistry Lab) | No |
| Do you have experience with... | Answer yes/no/type |
| Cell culture (microbial/mammalian/yeast?) | Yes/Mammalian (limited experience with hESC) |
| Molecular biology (electrophoresis, PCR, etc) | No |
Please briefly describe any previous laboratory experience
I have been working in the Colton Lab since the fall, studying how oxygen exposure affects stem cell differentiation.
Anything else you would like us to know?
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