User:Ryan T. Willett

Ryan T. Willett

I am a graduate student finishing up my PhD in the Laboratory of Lloyd Greene at Columbia University. I also teach the class Neurobiology of Development and Disease at the Science Honor Program at Columbia University. OpenWetWare caught my attention in a writeup on DIY, howebrew biology in New Scientist magazine.

Contact Info

• Laboratory of Lloyd Greene

• Columbia University - Department of Pharmacology, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
• New York, NY, USA
• Contact Information

Education

• 2010 PhD, Columbia University (finishing)
• 2002 BS, Brandeis University - Biology
• 2002 BA, Brandeis University - Biochemistry
• 2000 Harvard University Medical School. Summer Fellowship in the Laboratory of T Keith Blackwell at the Center for Blood Research (now the Immune Disease Institute)

Awards

• Brian Hoffman Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies
• Graduated with High Honors in Biology for the undergraduate thesis "Posttranscriptional Analysis of Circadian Rhythms" in the laboratory of Michael Rosbash

Expertise

• molecular biology
• RNA/DNA/protein biochemistry
• dissection and primary cell culture
• animal surgery
• pseudotype recombinant retrovirus production and purification
• histology

Research interests

1. Neural Development
2. Stem cell biology
3. Genetic Engineering / Gene Therapy
4. Bioengineering
5. Biochemistry
6. Bioinformatics

Publications

Yeah.....working on that.

My Links

• The class I teach at the Science Honors Program at Columbia University