Beth Chang Email & Phone Number

Raulet Lab

• My project was to examine the cellular mechanisms of MHC Class I-deficient tumor clearance in response to intratumoral injection of cyclic di-nucleotides
• Assessed Natural Killer (NK) cell activation in tumor-bearing mice by flow cytometry (IFNg, GzmB, Ki67, Sca1, and CD107)
• Performed chromium-51 killing assays with NK cells taken ex vivo on tumor targets
• Examined tumor-specific T cell function using peptide stimulation assays followed by intracellular cytokine staining and ELISAs of supernatants
• Experienced at handling mice – taking ear clippings and blood for genotyping and tumor measurements with calipers
• Supervised another undergraduate research assistant on experiments including flow cytometry, PCR, sequencing, and mouse tissue harvesting

• Volunteer as a Mandarin interpreter for English proficiency limited Mandarin speaking patients at health clinics including SAHA blood pressure clinic, Chinatown health fair, and online health-related documents.
• Lead language portion of the interpretation training course for new members, giving weekly quizzes, preparing and giving lectures on medical/health-related keywords, and conducting interpretation practices as the.

Tainan City, Taiwan

• Participated in a project for prostate cancer DNA-based vaccine development using prostate specific antigen (PSA) on prostate cancer cells as a potential antigen for the DNA vaccine
• Assisted with the preparation of developed vaccine for animal (mice) experiment
• Learned basic lab skills including PCR sequencing with modified DNA plasmid, cell culturing, and fluorescence imaging