Lu Chen Lab @ Fox Chase Cancer Center
solving disease one base pair at a time
Team
Who We Are
Lu Chen
Position/Role: PI
B.S. 2006, Wuhan University
PhD. 2013, University of Kansas Medical Center/Stowers Institute
2018, Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) fellowship in cancer research
2023, NIGMS-MIRA (Maximizing Investigators' Research Award)
Favorite Quotes:
Evolution is the clinical trial of the nature.
Don't waste your clean thoughts on dirty enzymes.
Grigory "Grisha" Matveev
Position/Role: Graduate Student (MIPT)
2022-, MSc, MIPT, integrated Structural Biology and Genetics Program
2022, BS, MIPT, Applied Mathematics & Physics
Aldana Vistarop
Position/Role: Postdoctoral Associate, 2023-10 -
Ph.D. 2019 in Parmacy and Biochemistry,
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Emily Pochet
Position/Role: Graduate Student, 2024-01
Drexel University College of Medicine
Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Amal Oubarri
High School Researcher, 09/2023-
2023-2024, Rising Senior, Central High School
2024, 1st prize in the 45th George Washington Carver Science Fair
2024 Fall, Undergraduate, Upenn School of Engineering
Emily Gerstein
High School Researcher, 06/19/2023-
Central Buck School-West
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
2020-, Senior Data Analyst and PhD Candidate,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research focuses:
understand and assess maternal, fetal, perinatal, child, and adolescent health through a life course perspective.
Lab Alumni
Soon-keat Ooi
Position/Role: Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. 2009, National University of Malaysia (UKM)
PhD 2021, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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. Outside of the lab, Soon-keat enjoys playing competitive badminton, watching soap operas, and dining with friends.
Next Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania.
Victoria (Tori) Gillespie
Position/Role: Sci Tech I/Lab Manager
B.S. 2021, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tori contributed to the set up of the lab from ground zero. Tori successfully deleted chromosomal regions from isogenic clone cells using CRISPR/Cas9. Tori also emerged as an expert in lentiviral packaging and transduction.
Next Position: Graduate student from Fall 2024
Ashley Park
High School Researcher, 09/2022-2023
2022, Junior, Wissahickon High School
2023, IN VINO VITA Summer Scholar
Abby Fowler
Position/Role: Undergrad Fellow, 06/12/2023
University of Delaware
FCCC-UD Summer Research Fellow 2023
Next Position: REU, Texas State University
with Dr. Mylene Queiroz de Farias
UD
Zihan Chu
Rachana Thang
Position/Role: Undergrad internship
FCB2P_2023, 2024/01~ 2024/04
Zhejiang University - Edenborough University Institute
Next Position: Graduate student, UIUC, IL
Position/Role: Undergrad Volunteer, 04/19/2023-2024
Biology, Temple University
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Urbanowicz
Kevin Ethridge
Position/Role: Undergrad Volunteer, 02/10/2023-2023
Biology, Temple University
Clinical Shaddow: with Dr. Efrat Dotan, 04/17/2023
Undergrad Volunteer, 07/05/2022-08/05/2022
Wistar Institute - Biomedical Technician Training Program (BTT)
Next Position: finishing undergraduate degree.