Lu Chen Lab @ Fox Chase Cancer Center
solving disease one base pair at a time
Team
Who We Are
Lu Chen
Position/Role: PI
Research interest:
tracing the intractable unknowns.
Favorite Quotes:
Evolution is the clinical trail of the nature.
Don't waste your clean thoughts on dirty enzymes.
Soon-keat Ooi
Position/Role: Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD 2021, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
B.S. 2009, National University of Malaysia (UKM)
Dr. Soon-keat Ooi joined the lab in Sept 2021 with his newly minted PhD thesis with Joan and Ronald Conaway at Stowers Institute. Soon-keat dedicated his efforts in the setting up of the young lab, and contributed intellectually during lab/floor meetings and various seminars. He even had an interesting encounter with Tom Cech during a virtual CSHL conference. Outside of the lab, Soon-keat enjoys playing competitive badminton, watching soap operas, and dining with friends.
Victoria Gillespie
Position/Role: Sci Tech I
B.S. 2021, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Musinu Zakari
Position/Role: Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. 2008, Unvieristy of Ghana, Ghana
MSc. 2010, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Msc. and PhD 2015, Paris VI University, France
Mengmeng Li
Position/Role: Senior Data Analyst / Friend of the lab
MBBS 2008, Nanjing Medical University
MSPH 2017, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research focuses:
Maternal, perinatal and neonatal health, and adolescent health.
data science