Who's Song?
MY BACKGROUND
Self-motivated, vigorous physicist, cancer biologist and code developer with a background of biotechnology and biophysical engineering and an extensive experience in human breast cancer cell migration during cancer invasion and metastasis.Especially effective in inter-disciplinary teams as demonstrated by extensive collaboration with clinicians, chemists and engineers. led a successful team of graduate students from different research fields resulting in high impact publication.
Song Chen
University of Micghian
Key areas of expertise:
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Breast cancer biology
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immunology
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Cell migration
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Intracellular signaling
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Confocal microscopy
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Experiment design
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Image processing & analysis
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Data science & analysis
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Program development
Education
WHAT I’VE LEARNED
2017– 2020
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
PhD, Pharmacology, transferred from UMD
GPA: 3.92/4.00
2014– 2017
University of Maryland – College Park, MD
PhD, Biophysics, GPA: 3.95/4.00
2011– 2014
Fudan University – Shanghai, China
MS, Condensed Matter Physics
2007– 2011
East China University of Science and Technology – Shanghai, China
BS, Applied physics
Experience
WHERE I’VE WORKED
July. 2017– Present
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
Graduate Student Researcher
Sep. 2015– July.2017
National Cancer Institute – Bethesda, MD
Predoctoral Fellow
Sep. 2014– July.2017
University of Maryland – College Park, MD
Graduate Student Researcher
Sep. 2011– Jun. 2014
Fudan University – Shanghai, China
Graduate Research Assistant
Projects &
Publications
The Role of FLAP-5-LO Complex
in Curvature Formation at Nuclear Envelope Using Electron Microscopy
Inflammatory diseases including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases share a common nexus - leukotrienes. 5-lipoxygenase
(5-LO) and the integral membrane protein 5-LO activating protein (FLAP) are key for leukotriene B4 synthesis in neutrophils......
Collective Migration of Keratinocytes during Wound Healing
Wound healing is a complex process in which the migration of keratinocytes play a key role. Upon injury, surviving wound-proximal keratinocytes suspend terminal differentiation and undergo dramatic changes to prepare for migration......
Contact Guidance during Breast Cancer Cell Metastasis
Cancer invasion and metastasis are major life threatening events in cancer patients.Physical guidance from the underlying matrix is a key regulator of cancer invasion and metastasis. We explore the effects of surface topography on the migration phenotype of multiple breast cancer cell lines......
Adenylyl Cyclase A mRNA Localization during Dictyostelium Chemotaxis
Chemotaxis, the ability of cells to migrate towards chemical gradients, is fundamental to various biological and pathological processes. It is also essential for the lifecycle of Dictyostelium cells ......
Skills & Languages
WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE
Molecular and cellular biology
Microscopy
Image processing & analysis
Data analysis
IDL & MATLAB programming
Literature searching & evaluating
Academic writing
English
Chinese
Awards
WHERE I SHINE
Lucchesi Predoctoral Fellowship Award
2019 University of Michigan
First Prize in Image Competition
2018 CellulART Conference, University of Toledo
Fellowship Support, NCI/UMD Partnership for Integrative Cancer Research
2015 – 2017 National Cancer Institute and University of Maryland
Dean's Fellowship
2014 University of Maryland
Shanghai Outstanding Graduate Student 2014 Fudan University
Interests
OUT OF OFFICE
Cooking
Travel & Road trip & Photography