University of Medicine and Pharmacy, HCMC

Center for Molecular Biomedicine

MEMBERS

Education

 

Institution and Location  Degree/ Position  Year(s)  Field of study/training 
 National Institutes of Health - NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC Research Fellow  2015  Signal transduction – Cancer metabolism
 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD  Postdoc  2011-2014  Cancer biology
 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK  Ph.D  2007-2011  Molecular genetics
 University of Paris XI, Orsay and University of Natural Sciences, HCM city  MSc  2004-2006  Genetics
 University of Natural Sciences, HCM city  BSc  1999-2003  Biotechnology (Biomedicine)


Honors 

  • 2016 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fellow Award for Excellent Research, NIH 
  • 2010-2011 Edward Grula distinguished graduate fellowship, Oklahoma State University 
  • 2009, 2010 2 nd and 3rd places of the Annual Graduate Research Competition in the Biological Science Symposium, Oklahoma State University 
  • 2009 Excellent oral presentation ward, American Society for Microbiology 2006 Tsukuba University training scholarship 
  • 2005 Europe Union scholarship (DUO-France program), University of Paris XI 
  • 2004 Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie scholarship, INSA-Toulouse 
  • 2003 Excellent graduation award, Vietnam National University 

 

Experiences 

- National Institutes of Health 

NIEHS Research fellow, Inositol Signaling Group 

 Activity, structure and regulatory mechanisms of PPIP5K, an inositol pyrophosphate kinase 

 Signaling pathway of inositol pyrophosphates 

 

- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Cell Biology 

 Molecular basic of cancer-associated mutations in tumor suppressor PTEN 

 PTEN genetic engineering for enhancing tumor suppressor activity of the protein 

 

- Oklahoma State University 

Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 

 Function and specificity in signaling of two MAPKs, ERK1 and ERK2 

 

- University of Paris XI 

Master’s Student, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology 

 Regulatory mechanism of six cmyt genes in C. glutamicum mycolic acid biosynthesis Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Toulouse, France Intern, Biochip Platform 

 Development of a DNA array-based diagnosis for acute bacterial meningitis University of Natural Sciences Lecturer/Researcher, Department of Genetics

 Screen for anti-tumor activity of Vietnamese medicinal plants