User:Lyla Atta
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Contact Info
- Lyla Atta
- MIT Class of 2017
Education
- Modern English School, Cairo. Class of 2013
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Class of 2017
- Major: Biological Engineering
- Minor: Economics
Research interests
- Cell-cell signaling and how cell communication in populations leads to emergent properties; potential applications of engineering emergent properties.
- Synthetic biology and its applications to neurobiology research and potential therapeutics.
Registration/Questionnaire: 20.109 Spring 2015
Contact Information
Name: Lyla Atta
Course/Minor: Biological Engineering/Economics
Year of Graduation: 2017
Telephone: 857-500-3249
Email: lylaatta at mit.edu
Preferred "Extra" OH Time
Sunday: Evening (4/5 and later)
Monday: 12-2; 4 onwards
Potentially Relevant Background
| Have you taken/are you taking... | Answer yes/no/when |
| 7.05/5.07 (Biochemistry) | Yes, S15 |
| 7.06 (Cell Biology) | No |
| 7.03 (Genetics) | Yes, S15 |
| 5.310 (General Chemistry Lab) | No |
| BioSafety Training | Yes |
| Do you have experience with... | Answer yes/no/type |
| Cell culture (microbial/mammalian/yeast?) | Yes, mammalian and E.coli |
| Molecular biology (electrophoresis, PCR, etc) | Yes |
Please briefly describe any previous laboratory experience
Molecular Biology: Gel electrophoresis, PCR, gene cloning and fusion proteins.
Other: Mammalian tissue culture, immunostaining, Western Blot.
Favorites
Food: Coffee ice cream and most kinds of cheese
Song: Tie between: She will be loved - Maroon 5, Vienna - Billy Joel, Slow dancing in a burning room - John Mayer and Total eclipse of the heart - Bonnie Tyler.
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