Tanja Kortemme & Michael Keiser Labs- Developing de novo protein design methods using machine learning techniques

Jue Chen Lab- Studied peptide inhibitors of Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 (MRP1). Quantified their effects on MRP1 activity using a functional assay (ATPase assay) and adapted a cell-based cytotoxicity assay to study their in vivo activities on an MRP1 overexpression stable cell line which I established - Maintained the laboratory – purified proteases and nanobodies, stocked solutions, maintained inventory - Wrote Python programs to analyze my own and others’ data (for cell-based assay and electrophysiology)Additionally, was a Leader of the Rockefeller University Research Assistant Association, which included organizing RA events and presenting at orientations.

Joshua Kritzer Lab- Designed and screened cyclic peptide inhibitors of Eps15-stonin2 interaction with enzyme-linked colorimetric assay- Quantified binding affinities of peptides using fluorescence polarization assay- Presented peptide-protein binding research at undergraduate research symposium