Zachary Vilen, PhD
Doctoral Thesis: Probing the Surfaceome and its Glycan-Mediated Interactions in Live Cells via Proximity Tagging
Research Focus: Vilen developed novel chemical probes to profile proteins at the cell surface and how they change across cell types and disease states.
Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University
Noteworthy Publications: Cell Surface Engineering Enables Surfaceome Profiling, ACS Chemical Biology (2022); Proximity Tagging Identifies the Glycan-Mediated Glycoprotein Interactors of Galectin-1 in Muscle Stem Cells, ACS Chemical Biology (2021); Surfaceome Profiling Identifies Basigin‐Chaperoned Protein Clients, ChemBioChem (2023); (Glycan Binding) Activity‐Based Protein Profiling in Cells Enabled by Mass Spectrometry‐Based Proteomics, Israel Journal of Chemistry (2023)
Looking Back: "My positive experience in graduate school was made possible by the supportive and passionate community of scientists at Scripps. I was very fortunate to be surrounded by people who were happy to share equipment and time for the sake of my development as a scientist."
Next Steps: "I'm looking forward to working as a Senior Scientist at Abbvie in their chemical biology department."
Join us at 10 a.m. PDT on Friday, May 17, 2024 for our Commencement Ceremony Livestream! Vilen will be introduced by his advisor, Prof. Mia Huang, who will deliver a few words about his graduate experience. Viewers will also learn about our many other 2024 graduates, who are now setting out to build careers that will profoundly impact the future of biomedical research.
