Chen Yang

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate: August 2020 - Present
  • MCDB Graduate Student: May 2015 - July 2020
  • DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Chen received her Master of Science in Microbial and Cellular Biology at Emporia State University in May 2014. During her graduate studies, she explored the numerous bioactivities of Oleanolic Acid (a phytochemical) and microRNA-26a and let-7a on human melanoma cells: cytotoxicity, apoptosis and autophagy induction, cell motility reduction, and cell cycle arrest. Chen became a graduate student for the Spencer lab in May of 2015. After graduating in , Chen became a post doc for the Spencer Lab. Following the completion of her post-doctoral work, Chen took a scientist position in August 2021 at Qihan Biotech focusing on iPSC-induced CAR-NK cell therapy.