2013 Broad Summer Scholars
Worked on developing a platform for the analysis of high-throughput data concerning functional cancer genomics.
Evaluated controls for a technique called chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), which is used to study how proteins and DNA interact in a cell.
Worked with a protein implicated in pancreatic cancer called Retinoblastoma-binding Protein 9 (RBBP9).
Explored factors that allow tuberculosis to survive in its latent state, as well as the prospect of targeting those factors.
Synthesized chemical analogs of a lead compound to identify potential drug candidates to cure malaria.
Synthesized and tested Diversity-Oriented Synthesis compounds (DOS) to see if they could inhibit an enzyme that malaria needs to survive.
Researched a gene called TERT, which signals the production of telomerase—an enzyme that prolongs cell life and is present in 85% of cancerous cells. Joan
Research project involved the screening of a Diversity Oriented Synthesis (DOS) compound and its 70 analogs against lung carcinoma cell lines.
Worked on a genome wide association (GWAS) of golden retrievers with several subsets of sarcoma, a kind of cancer.