Former Lab Member Jennifer (Medelberg) Chain Completes Her Ph.D.   23 Jan 2006 Jennifer recounts her start on the Knockout Project I began working on the KO project in 1998 at the end of my sophomore year of college at Southern Nazarene University, when I was 19 years old. I had an interest in research, but I did not know if it was really for me. Thankfully Gary Moulder, an SNU alumnus, hired me to work on the KO project. This allowed me to discover that I truly belonged in research. I learned basic lab skills and gained the experience needed to prepare me for graduate school. I attended the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center for my graduate work and joined Linda Thompson's laboratory here at OMRF. My research centered on trying to develop a more comprehensive model for human thymocyte development, specifically, the mechanism of the αβ vs. γδ lineage decision and the details of γδ thymocyte development. One of the most valuable tools that I learned working in the KO lab was PCR, which was the main technique I used to complete my graduate research project. Jennifer Chain Dissertation 2005 (PDF) © Copyright Celegans Gene Knockout Project 2001 Page Modifed Monday, April 02, 2007 12:56:19 PM