Y. Erin Chen
Y. Erin Chen | |
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| Alma mater | University of Chicago
Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology Stanford University |
| Awards | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna H. Gray Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | microbiology, immunology |
| Thesis | Phosphorylation-based control of cellular asymmetry and the cell cycle in Caulobacter crescentus |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Laub |
| Other academic advisors | Michael Fishbach |
| Website | https://www.yeclab.org/ |
(Yiyin) Erin Chen is an American immunologist, microbiologist, and dermatologist. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Core Institute Member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and an attending dermatologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is recognized for her work on developing topical microbial vaccines to treat internal tumors.