Technical Electives at MIT:

Stephanie Yaung

Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering, MIT, 2010

Principal Scientist, Medical & Scientific Affairs Bioinformatics Liaison

Lead and grow a global team of bioinformatics scientists to complete analyses for clinical studies that showcase medical value and enable product development feedback
Collaborate in cross-functional teams to develop next-generation sequencing-based diagnostic assays that will help change the standard of care in clinical oncology

Intern, Late Stage Pharmaceutical & Processing Development

Probed biophysical properties of protein-ion binding using isothermal titration calorimetry and detected ion-specific binding interaction that could affect therapeutic formulations

Intern, Analytical Development & Commercialization

Built MATLAB scripts for real-time monitoring of crystallization across production scales

Intern, Molecular Diagnostics R&D and Marketing

Engineered Tecan automation workflow of diagnostic chip assay that reduced hands-on operator time by 60%
Spearheaded new collaboration while conducting phone survey of top 100 US lab directors

Sasisekharan Lab - Generated database of protein structural information for molecular modeling tools and conducted cell-based assays to assess candidate small molecules for anti-viral activity
MIT Sloan School of Management (with Professor Ed Roberts) - Performed regression analysis of alumni entrepreneurship trends at MIT & Tsinghua University
Khademhosseini Lab - Launched study of microscale technologies for embryonic stem cell differentiation and cardiac regeneration
UCSF Medical Center - Constructed a finite element model of the aortic root based on measured material properties and performed computational simulations to evaluate a cardiothoracic surgical procedure
InVivo Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA - Assisted CEO in business strategy to address global acute spinal cord injury market for stem cell-polymer technology

G Zhou, A Moment, S Yaung, A Cote, T Hu. Evolution and Application of an Automated Platform for the Development of Crystallization Processes. Organic Process Research & Development 17:1320-1329 (2013).
PB Matthews, C Jhun, S Yaung, AN Azadani, JM Guccione, L Ge, EE Tseng. Finite Element Modeling of the Pulmonary Autograft at Systemic Pressure before Remodeling. Journal of Heart Valve Disease 20:45-52 (2011).
PB Matthews, S Yaung, AN Azadani, N Jaussaud, C Jhun, JM Guccione, TS Guy, EE Tseng. "Pulmonary Autograft Wall Stress Calculation With Finite Element Modeling." Biennial Meeting of the Society for Heart Valve Disease, Berlin, Germany. June 27-30, 2009.
P Dhawan*, S Yaung*, H Uppal*, D Puppala, M Sweeney, J Murray, P Hajek, E Oquendo, C Wilson, N Priedigkeit, D Goldstein, D Misner, S Platz, R Capaldi, K Kolaja. "The Role of Mitochondrial Toxicity in the Cardiotoxicity of Small Molecule Kinase Inhibitors." Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, Baltimore, Maryland. March 15-19, 2009.

Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering Fair Association - Mentor for middle/high school science fair projects
MIT Biomedical Engineering Society, Cambridge MA - Co-President (2009), Co-Publicity Chair (2008 - 2009), Treasurer (2007 - 2008)
MIT Undergraduate Association Student Committee on Educational Policy - Program Coordinator (2007 - 2008)
Network of Sloan Undergraduate Women - Member
K-12 science mentorship and volunteering at MIT through Tau Beta Pi and ScienceExpo