In the fall semester 2023, I designed and taught an undergraduate seminar at MIT.
In Mortal Beings, Immortal Cells: Cellular Immortality in Normal Biology and Human Disease (7.344), we learned about the mechanisms that have allowed life to persist for billions of years without senescence. During this course, students learned how to (1) read and critically evaluate the primary research literature, (2) determine key mechanistic components of cellular immortality, (3) use experimental methods (including cell-lineage tracing, histology, protein biochemistry, and multiple Next Generation Sequencing technologies) to evaluate cell state and identity, (4) share their findings and opinions with peers, and (5) design experiments to test their own hypotheses. Syllabus and reading list for the class can be found here. Student evaluations from the course can be found here. Student evaluations from my time as a teaching assistant for Introductory Biology and Cell Biology courses can be found here. |
I am also currently an organizer of the MIT Biology Postdoc/Grad Student mentorship program. If you're an MIT grad student who wants to be paired with a Biology Postdoc, or a Postdoc who wants to mentor an MIT grad student, please feel free to fill out the interest form here.
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Science constantly reminds us that, at all times, we all have so much more to learn. No one is, innately, a "science person"; instead, the scientific method permits all of us to grow our collective knowledge through experimentation. I deeply value the opportunities I have be given to share my research with young students across the Boston area in the hopes of empowering the next generation of scientists. An example video from a virtual session with MIT Museum's Girls' Day event can be found below.
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