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Molecular and Cellular Biology concentrator Amy Guan ’12 is taking the research world by storm, performing cutting-edge research with super-charged fluorescent proteins in the lab of MCB Professor David...
According to Guan, part of the theory behind her research, discovered by members of the lab team she works with, is that proteins that are not water-soluble tend to clump together, thereby diminishing the ability of each protein to function. When the residues of these GFP proteins are positively charged, however, they have the ability to penetrate cell walls. Additionally, these super-charged proteins demonstrated the ability to carry nucleic, and even genomic, material into cells if the material was negatively charged...
Investors are beginning to take notice, as some are currently looking into the research being done by Guan and the others working in the Liu laboratory. But, clearly, the proteins aren’t the only things in the lab with a promising future...
...good ‘lab hands,’” Thompson said. “[She is] better than any undergrads I’ve worked with, better than some grad students. [She’s] excitable and enthusiastic about science in general, and about her research projects in particular...
...This] is extremely important in research science,” he added. “Because 9/10 things you do will fail, and you need to keep your head up to stop from floundering… Amy seems to have that excitability, and sense of wonder...