sebastian koochaki

harvard medical school

About

MD/PhD Student at Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program

Country

united states

City

new haven

Industry

research

Skill

molecular biology, western blotting, cell culture, pcr, cell biology, biochemistry, microscopy, molecular cloning, fluorescence microscopy, statistics, genetics, science, protein expression, qpcr, elisa, flow cytometry, tissue culture, lifesciences, transfection, rt pcr, rna isolation, research, literature reviews, genomics, clinical research, sds page

Experience

harvard medical school

research assistant

yale university

2011-11 - 2013-1 · 1 yr 3 mos

Interviewed patients and doctors in the emergency room to assess the applicability of beside ultrasound in the diagnosis of kidney stones.

research assistant

university of cincinnati

2009-5 - 2009-8 · 4 mos

Contributed to research of ultrasound-induced thrombolysis and studied the relationship between size and stability of echogenic liposomes in an ultrasound field for targeted drug delivery.

research assistant

yale university school of medicine

2011-3 - 2014-5 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Studied induced pluripotent stem cells to understand the determinants of Yamanaka reprogramming under Dr. Shangqin Guo. Previously, studied the role of miRNA’s in the pathogenesis of leukemia under Dr. Jun Lu. Designed and performed experiments to identify the miRNA’s involved in growth factor independence of cancer cells – a key feature of aggressive leukemia.

research assistant

cincinnati children's hospital medical center

2012-5 - 2012-8 · 4 mos

Studied the role of reactive oxygen species in epithelial to mesenchymal transition in lung cancer cells. Designed and preformed experiments to test inhibitors of NADPH oxidase and observed the genotypic and phenotypic changes during induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition.