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Emeryville, California, United States

Characterizing small-molecule therapeutics that target complex human diseases using skills in molecular cloning, mammalian tissue culture, and high-throughput assay development

Léger-Abraham Lab

Project : Molecular Basis of Translational Repression during Plasmodium Sexual Differentiation - Purified recombinant Plasmodium translation regulators using bacterial and mammalian expression systems, affinity chromatography, and size exclusion chromatography.- Assessed protein dynamics using mass photometry and nano differential scanning fluorimetry- Characterized protein-protein interaction kinetics by performing pull-down assays and biolayer interferometry experiments - Set and monitored crystal trays using purified protein- Executed cloning and mutagenesis by primer design, PCR, restriction digest, ligation, and transformation followed by analyzing Sanger sequencing data.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Advised students on navigating and applying to research opportunities and programs at Harvard

Léger-Abraham Lab

Project: Structural basis of translation initiation in Leishmania parasites - Purified proteins involved in Leishmania translation initiation complex using E. coli expression system, affinity chromatography, and size exclusion chromatography. - Assessed protein-protein interactions using Native-PAGE - Performed cloning by PCR, restriction digest, ligation, and transformation- Presented research in journal club meetings and final PRISE presentation

Bachelor'S Degree, Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Harvard Undergraduate Research Association, Harvard OpenBio, Harvard Vietnamese Association, Harvard Summer.

High School Diploma

Graduated as valedictorian with an advanced NY Regents Diploma with Honors.