Mary Chen, Sc.M.

Mary was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. In 1985 her family immigrated to the SF Bay Area; she was ten years old. Mary received her undergraduate degree from UC Davis (Environmental Biology) and worked in the biotech industry for 2 years before attending graduate school at Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health (Molecular Microbiology and Immunology). She received her MS in May 2000 and joined the Quertermous lab in October 2000. She’s currently working on a mouse knock-out of a gene which encodes for a small peptide that may be involved in cardiovascular disease. Mary enjoys swimming (butterfly being her favorite), culinary experimentation (especially sushi), and soy lattes. Friends describe her as boisterous, funky, and a bon vivant. She resides in Fremont CA with her husband Tom.

Education:

Elementary school: Taipei, Taiwan
Middle school: Bancroft Jr High, San Leandro, CA. 1986-88
High School: San Leandro High, San Leandro CA. 1988-92
Undergrad: UC Davis, Davis, CA. 1992-96
Grad: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 1998-2000

Recent Publications:

Chen MM, Ashley E, Deng D, Tsalenko A, Deng A, Tabibiazar R, Ben-Dor A, Fenster B, Yang E, King J, Fowler M, Robbins R, Johnson F, Bruhn L, McDonagh T, Dargie H, Yakhini Z, Tsao P, Quertermous T.
Novel role for the potent endogenous inotrope Apelin in human cardiac dysfunction.
Circulation, 2003 Sept. 23: 1432-39.

Chen MM, Shi L, Sullivan DJ Jr.
Haemoproteus and Schistosoma synthesize heme polymers similar to Plasmodium hemozoin and beta-hematin.
Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2001 Mar;113(1):1-8.

Ho M, Yang E, Matcuk G, Deng D, Sampas N, Tsalenko A, Tabibiazar R, Zhang Y, Chen M, Talbi S, Ho YD, Wang J, Tsao PS, Ben-Dor A, Yakhini Z, Bruhn L, Quertermous T.
Identification of endothelial cell genes by combined database mining and microarray analysis.
Physiol Genomics. 2003 May 13;13(3):249-62. Epub 2003 Mar 18.

Other People :

- Euan
- Mary
- Alicia
- Jens
- Rossella
- Yen
- Koji
- Jennifer
- Ramen
- Tom
- Shailan
- Josh
- Ray
- Roger
- James
- Scott
- Peng

Retired:

- Michael
- Eugene
- Tatsuro