Claire Wu

Background

About Claire Wu

I am a fourth-year undergraduate student at Boston University double majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as well as Psychology on the pre-med track. Currently, I am working as an undergraduate researcher in the Lang Lab at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Our lab focuses on developmental processes that lead to melanoma growth, survival, and metastasis. This summer, I will be completing my own project in preparation for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium in the Fall. As a Summer Research Fellow at Fox Chase Cancer Center, I conducted my own research project in addition to aiding with other projects in the lab using techniques such as restriction digestion, DNA cloning, and CRISPRi plasmid vectors to transform E. coli. I have also performed various statistical analyses of large data sets from RNA-seq and chIP-seq using Excel. Some of my hobbies include a cappella, cooking for friends/family, and piano!