Evaluation Of A Research Technician At The Center For...

If you earned your baccalaureate degree prior to this past June, please indicate your plans for the upcoming academic year. I have been working as a research technician at the Center for Epigenetic Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since last June and will continue to do so for the upcoming year. My research involves examining the epigenetic changes that occur in cancer progression. Using techniques such as Chromatin Immunoprecipitation and Assays for Transposase Accessible follow by high throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq), my focus will be on alterations in histone modifications and changes in chromatin accessibility. Collaborating with other investigators, I will use both mouse model and actual patient samples to study a variety of different cancers. I have been involved in a clinical trial for a small molecule inhibitor of histone methyltransferase DOT1L as a treatment for myeloid leukemia in both adult and pediatric patients. The experimental data I help generate aid physicians in determining if the drug is working as expected at a molecular level and whether it correlate s with clinical outcome. I am hoping to be involved in more clinical trials for the treatments of various leukemias. Since March, I have been volunteering at the Hospital for Special Surgery where I am a Surgical Liaison. I explain to patients and their families about the orthopedic surgeries that will be performed and answer any questions. I am gaining more hands-on