Muskan Floren, PhD
Biomedical Scientist -- Cancer Biology
Education
- Ph.D. 2020, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
- Mentor: Jennifer M. Gillette, Ph.D.
- Dissertation topic: Impact of CD82 Expression on Acute Myeloid Leukemia Chemosensitivy and Quiescence
- B.S. 2011, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
- B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Honors Senior Thesis: Survey of methylation patterns present in environmental bacterial communities
Employment
- Translational Medicine Lead, 2022-Present, AstraZeneca Hematology, South San Francisco, CA
- Senior Scientist, 2021-2022, AstraZeneca Hematology, South San Francisco, CA
- Scientist, 2020-2021, AstraZeneca Hematology, South San Francisco, CA
- Graduate Student, 2015-2020, Gillette Lab, Pathology Department, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM
- Scientist II, 2015-2015, Roche Molecular Systems, Genomics and Oncology Department, Pleasanton, CA
- Scientist I, 2012-2015, Roche Molecular Systems, Genomics and Oncology Department, Pleasanton, CA
- Research Associate, 2011-2012, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Infectious Disease Department, Berkeley, CA
- Undergraduate Researcher, 2010-2011, Zehr Lab, Oceanography Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Undergraduate Researcher, 2010-2011, Hartzog Lab, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Biochemistry Intern, 2007-2008, Exobiology Department, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA