
Song Chen
Who's Song?
Key areas of expertise:
MY BACKGROUND
Self-motivated cancer biologist, tumor immunologist, and code developer with a background in biotechnology and engineering and extensive experience in human breast cancer cell migration and in vivo immune cell trafficking.Especially effective in inter-disciplinary teams as demonstrated by extensive collaboration with clinicians, chemists, and engineers. Current projects focus on the chemokine systems on T lymphocytes during immunotherapy.
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Breast cancer biology
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Tumor immunology
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Cell migration
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Intracellular signaling
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Murine tumor models
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Flow cytometry
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Confocal microscopy
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Image processing & analysis
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Program development
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Experiment design
Massachusetts General Hospital
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
Feb. 2020– Present
Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA
Research Fellow
July. 2017– Dec. 2020
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 CCR8 chemokine system in Treg-mediated tumor resistance to immune checkpoint blockade
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are a subset of CD4+ T cells that are responsible to maintain the periphery tolerance and keep the immune response “in check”. However, just like two sides of a coin, the presence of Tregs in the tumor microenvironment can dampen the anti-tumor immunity and promote tumor progression......
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
In vivo tumor models
Multiplexing flow cytometry
Literature searching & evaluation
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
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Travel & Road trip & Photography
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