Personal Information
- Lab Position
- Graduate Student
- rnovak [at] berkeley dot edu
- Education
Current: UC Berkeley/UCSF Program in Bioengineering, PhD candidate
B.S. Biology with Highest Honors- 2007 - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
My Research Interests
- Research Description
I am a 5th year student in the UC Berkeley/UCSF Program in Bioengineering working on single cell analysis in the lab. Specifically, I am involved in developing a microfluidic emulsion PCR method for early cancer detection and analysis. My projects include developing a total cell analysis chip, a single cell culture chip, and a cartridge for label-free TB detection. I am also working on simulating PCR and developing tools to optimize genetic assays in silico. Outside of the lab, I am involved in science education outreach, including founding of Future Scientist.
_ _ _ - References
5. Novak, R., Zeng, Y., Shuga, J., Venugopalan, G., Fletcher, D.A., Smith, M.T., Mathies, R.A. Single Cell Multiplex Gene Detection and Sequencing Using Microfluidically-Generated Agarose Emulsions. Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed., 2011, 50(2), 390-395.
Received "Hot Paper" distinction and an image of the droplets made the frontispiece.
4. Novak, R., Zeng, Y., Shuga, J., Venugopalan, G., Fletcher, D.A., Zhang, L., Smith, M.T., Mathies, R.A. Single copy/cell genetic analysis using microdroplet generator arrays. Poster at MicroTAS 2010, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Received Young Researcher Poster Award
3. Shuga, J., Zeng, Y.,Novak, R., Mathies, R.A., Hainaut, P., Smith, M.T., Selected technologies for measuring acquired genetic damage in humans. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, 2010, 51, 851-870.
2. Zeng, Y., Novak, R., Shuga, J., Smith, M.T., Mathies, R.A., High-performance single cell genetic analysis using microfluidic emulsion generator arrays. Analytical Chemistry, 2010, 82(8), 3183-3190.
1. Novak, R., Hsu, H.S., Herr, A.E., Nanosieving for rapid, solution-phase immunoassays. Poster at Experimental Biology 2008, San Diego, CA.
History
- Member for
- 2 years 2 weeks