Sophia Qu
Research Technician @Weill Cornell Medicine
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WORK HISTORY
Research Technician @Weill Cornell Medicine
Used CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing system to construct deletion mutants in the production pathways of branched short-chain fatty acids (propionate and butyrate) in Clostridium C. sporogenes.• Analyzed the metabolic interaction between host biology and microbiome-derived metabolites by measuring the immune response (CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, B cells, cytokine levels) and disease progression.• Attended weekly lecture meetings on topics including environmental microbiology, microbial genetics, clinical pathology.• Skills: ELISA, Gibson Assembly, Golden Gate cloning, bacterial filter-mating conjugation, antibiotic resistance screen, anaerobic bacterial culturing, extraction of fecal, cecal, and serum samples from mice models for analysis in Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS).
EDUCATION
Cornell University
Biological Sciences
ABOUT SOPHIA QU
I am a PhD candidate in the Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis program at Weill…
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