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==Contact Info==
==Contact Info==
[[Image:OWWEmblem.png|thumb|right|Sara Chuang (an artistic interpretation)]]
[[Image:SaraChuang.jpg|thumb|300px|alt=Sara Chuang.|Sara Chuang]]


*Sara Chuang
*Sara Chuang
*Columbia University
*[[Special:Emailuser/Sara Chuang|skc2130@columbia.edu]]
*500W 120th St
*https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarachuang
*801 Mudd Building
*New York, NY 10027
*[[Special:Emailuser/Sara Chuang|Email me through OpenWetWare]]


I work in the Banta Protein Engineering Lab at Columbia University.
===History===
*PhD Candidate at Princeton University in Chemical and Biological Engineering (2013-)
Gitai Lab & Stone Lab
*Undergraduate researcher in the Banta Protein Engineering Lab at Columbia University (2010-2013)
*Summer Intern at Bristol Myers Squibb (2012,2013)


==Education==
==Education==
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* Expected 2013, BS, Columbia University
*2018 (expected), PhD, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
*2013, BS, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
 
==Publications==
#Campbell, E., Chuang, S., and Banta, S. (2013) “Modular exchange of substrate-binding loops alters both substrate and cofactor specificity in a member of the aldo-keto reductase superfamily” Protein Engineering, Design and Selection 26(3) 181-186.
 


==Research interests==
==Research interests==
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# Mechanical Cues for Bacteria Virulence
# Bacteria Coexistance
# Protein Engineering
# Protein Engineering
# Pharmaceuticals
# Pharmaceuticals


==Research Projects==
==Research Projects==
Current Project: Analyzing interactions of super charged proteins on surfaces
Current Project: Gitai/Stone Lab at Princeton
*Mechanical Cues of Bacterial Virulence
*Bacteria Coexistance


Past Projects:
Past Projects:
*Effects of protein stability on different surfaces
*Analyzing interactions of super charged proteins on surfaces (2012-2013)
*Mutating an enzyme for use in bio fuel cells
*Effects of protein stability on different surfaces (2011-2012)
*Mutating an enzyme for use in bio fuel cells (2010-2011)


==Research Skills==
==Work Experience==
*Drug Science Product Techology Summer Intern at Bristol Myers Squibb (Summer 2013)
**Silicone Oil, Water and Protein Interactions
*Chemical Development Summer Intern at Bristol Myers Squibb (Summer 2012)
**Scale-up of a Packed Bed Reactor


#Protein Expression in Ecoli
#Protein His Trap Purification
#FPLC (Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography)
#Protein Structure analysis on Circular Dichroism
#Gel electrophoresis
#PCR, Ligations
#Dynochem Modeling Software


==Work Experience==
==Research Skills==
Chemical Development Summer Intern at Bristol Myers Squibb (Summer 2012)
*RNASeq
 
*Microarrays
==Useful links==
*Protein Expression in Ecoli
*[[OpenWetWare:Welcome|Introductory tutorial]]
*Protein His Trap Purification
*[[Help|OpenWetWare help pages]]
*FPLC (Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography)
*Protein Structure analysis on Circular Dichroism
*Gel electrophoresis
*PCR, Ligations
*Dynochem Modeling Software
*Aspen Modeling
*Micro-Flow Imaging

Latest revision as of 19:22, 2 November 2015

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Contact Info

Sara Chuang.
Sara Chuang

History

  • PhD Candidate at Princeton University in Chemical and Biological Engineering (2013-)

Gitai Lab & Stone Lab

  • Undergraduate researcher in the Banta Protein Engineering Lab at Columbia University (2010-2013)
  • Summer Intern at Bristol Myers Squibb (2012,2013)

Education

  • 2018 (expected), PhD, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
  • 2013, BS, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University

Publications

  1. Campbell, E., Chuang, S., and Banta, S. (2013) “Modular exchange of substrate-binding loops alters both substrate and cofactor specificity in a member of the aldo-keto reductase superfamily” Protein Engineering, Design and Selection 26(3) 181-186.


Research interests

  1. Mechanical Cues for Bacteria Virulence
  2. Bacteria Coexistance
  3. Protein Engineering
  4. Pharmaceuticals

Research Projects

Current Project: Gitai/Stone Lab at Princeton

  • Mechanical Cues of Bacterial Virulence
  • Bacteria Coexistance

Past Projects:

  • Analyzing interactions of super charged proteins on surfaces (2012-2013)
  • Effects of protein stability on different surfaces (2011-2012)
  • Mutating an enzyme for use in bio fuel cells (2010-2011)

Work Experience

  • Drug Science Product Techology Summer Intern at Bristol Myers Squibb (Summer 2013)
    • Silicone Oil, Water and Protein Interactions
  • Chemical Development Summer Intern at Bristol Myers Squibb (Summer 2012)
    • Scale-up of a Packed Bed Reactor


Research Skills

  • RNASeq
  • Microarrays
  • Protein Expression in Ecoli
  • Protein His Trap Purification
  • FPLC (Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography)
  • Protein Structure analysis on Circular Dichroism
  • Gel electrophoresis
  • PCR, Ligations
  • Dynochem Modeling Software
  • Aspen Modeling
  • Micro-Flow Imaging