Taylor Zhou

Student at Cornell University - Biomedical Engineering

Southborough, Massachusetts, United States

About

Experience

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Facilitated in analyzing missense variants and examined their effects on protein-protein interactions through the combined approach of computational and experimental approaches in Yu Lab

  • Cornell iGEM Project Team (Ithaca, New York, United States · On-site)
    • Modeling Team Researcher
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

      Facilitated with metabolic network topology analysis to justify wet lab approaches in 2024 project Oncurex

    • Wet Lab Researcher
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

      - Investigated and engineered genetic elements involved upstream and downstream of the mevalonate (MVA) pathway of yeast - Characterized plasmid to introduce Ursolic Acid synthesis into yeast and to optimize its yield through genetic knockouts to increase the cytosolic acetyl-CoA pool

  • Electrical Team Member at Cornell Engineering World Health Student Project Team
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    - Collaborate with a 40+ member project team to research, design, and build health solutions for underprivileged communities; gain knowledge on PCB design and prototyping breadboards/arduinos

  • East China Normal University (Minhang District, Shanghai, China)
    • Research Assistant
      Dec 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 8 mos

      - Systematized and summarized studies on precisely controllable engineered designer cells and functions in dynamically adjustable gene- and cell-based next-gen medicine - Co-author of peer-reviewed article published in Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology

    • Research Assistant
      Nov 2020 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      - Biomedical, Optogenetic, and Synthetic Biology researcher under Prof. Haifeng Ye - Assisted in experimental design, data analysis, and the implementation of cell-based immunotherapeutic strategies, optimizing precision control of immune responses through light-based technologies - Contributor of paper published in Nature Communication

  • Survivorship and Luminaria Committee Chair at American Cancer Society Cornell
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos