Timothy Lee
EDUCATION
College / University
University of the Philippines Diliman
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Subjects
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Country
Philippines
Lab Experience
Molecular biology: nucleic acid & protein extraction, qPCR, AGE, SDS-PAGE, PCR, RE digestion, site-directed mutagenesis, Gibson cloning, gel DNA extraction, western blot, heat shock transformation, UCC preparation, ELISA, Immunohistochemistry, EMSA, Percoll Gradient
Cell culture & Animal handling: routine mammalian cell maintenance, transfection, establishment of primary cell cultures, fluorescence imaging, karyotyping, cancer hallmark assays (e.g. migration, proliferation, apoptosis), dual luciferase assay, flow cytometry (including cytokine stimulation and intracellular cytokine staining), mice dissection to isolate immunocyte niches (spleen, lymph nodes), mice genotyping
Projects / Research
- 2023 – 2025: Thesis, “Beyond KRAS And BRAF: Differential Oncogenic Effects of the Novel MEK1 V154I And E285D Mutations”, National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
- 2024 – 2025: Drug Discovery, “Confirmatory and orthogonal assays to eliminate artefactual drug bioactivities”, National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
- 2025: Summer Internship Project, “Small Intestinal Eosinophils inhibit ILC2 expansion via IL-27”, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Scholarships / Awards
| 2025 – 2026: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2025: | Stipend by the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica |
| 2024: | Summa Cum Laude, University of the Philippines Diliman |
| 2024: | 2nd Place, Young Scientist Forum, Philippine Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| 2022 – 2024: | Education for Development Scholarship Program |