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Medical Scientist Training Program
Linh Nguyen

Linh Nguyen

Phase 1 First Year Student

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BS, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California-Santa Cruz, 2021

Research Interests

Translational research, cancer biology, biochemistry, bioengineering

Research Experience

Stanford School of Medicine, 2021-2025
Advisor: Capucine Van Rechem, PhD
Project: Consequences of SMARCB1 absence in rhabdoid tumor cells

University of California, Santa Cruz; 2019-2021
Advisor: Grant Hartzog, PhD
Project: Characterization of a genetic suppressor of a histone H3 mutations that perturbs transcription elongation in budding yeast

Publications

Nguyen LT, Hains AE, Aziz-Zanjani MO, Dalsass M, Farooqee SBUD, Lu Y, Jackson PK, Van Rechem C. Absence of SMARCB1 in rhabdoid tumor cells increases sensitivity to translation inhibition and alters translation efficiency of specific mRNAs. J Biol Chem. 2024 Dec;300(12):107988. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107988. Epub 2024 Nov 13. PMID: 39542244; PMCID: PMC11699736.

Meeting Abstracts

Nguyen LT, Hains AE, Aziz-Zanjani MO, Dalsass M, Farooqee SBUD, Lu Y, Jackson PK, Van Rechem C. Absence of SMARCB1 in rhabdoid tumor cells increases sensitivity to translation inhibition and alters translation efficiency of specific mRNAs. Chromatin and Epigenetics Conference at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, May 2023. [Poster]

General Interests

I am interested in translational research studying molecular and cancer biology.

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