Stony Brook University | School of Medicine | Health Sciences Center
Emily Chen, PhD
Emily Chen, PhD 
Assistant Professor
Departments of Pharmacology & Pathology
Proteomics Core Laboratory
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8651
Tel: (631) 444-3134
Email: emily@pharm.stonybrook.edu
Research Summary:
Dr. Chen is specialized in using a mass spectrometry-based proteomic
approach to analyze complex protein mixtures. Her primary interest is to
apply her proteomic expertise in identifying determinants of
organ-specific breast cancer metastasis. Using the experimental
metastasis model, she found changes in the tumorgenecity of the cancer
cells that successfully proliferate at sites of metastasis.
Specifically, the genes and proteins expressed in those cells differ in
part from those expressed by primary tumor cells. Moreover, the changes
in expression differ accordingly to the individual metastatic site.
These data indicate that the tumor cells are selected for or adapt to
the new environments by initiating a unique program of transcriptional
and translational regulation.
| Education: | |||
| Institute and Location | Degree | Year(s) | Field of Study |
| University of California, San Diego | B.S. | 1994-97 | Biology |
| University of California, San Diego | Ph.D. | 1997-02 | Molecular Pathology |
| Postdoctoral Training: | |
| 2002-03 | Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Carlos F. Barbas III’s Lab at the Scripps Research Institute, CA |
| 2003-04 |
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Felding-Habermann’s Lab at the Scripps Research Institute, CA |
| 2004-07 | Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. John R. Yates III’s Lab at the Scripps Research Institute, CA |
| Honors: | |
| 1997-98 | Fellowship from the Graduate Program of Molecular Pathology at UCSD School of Medicine |
| 1998-02 | Pre-doctoral U.S. Army Breast Cancer Fellowship |
| 2003 | Clinical Research Feasibility Funding Award (CreFF) |
| 2003-04 | NIH post-doctoral training Fellowship |
| 2004 | AACR-WICR Brigid G. Leventhal Scholar Award |
| 2005 | Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Travel Award |
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