Alexandra Amen, PhD
Lab Alumni
Joint Postdoc in the Doudna Lab (UC Berkeley)
Research interests: Utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 to identify genes underlying tumor growth in glioma; developing in vivo delivery methods to achieve CRISPR/Cas9 editing of GBM tumor cells
Email: alexandra.amen@berkeley.edu
Education & Training
2008: BA, Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Haverford College
2016: PhD, Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University (Meffert Lab)
Featured Publications
A Rapid Induction Mechanism for Lin28a in Trophic Responses
Amen AM, Ruiz-Garzon CR, Shi J, Subramanian M, Pham DL, Meffert MK.
Mol Cell. 2017 Feb 2;65(3):490-503.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.12.025. Epub 2017 Jan 26.