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Polly Fordyce | |
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Born |
Washington, DC, USA |
Alma mater |
University of Colorado Boulder, BS Stanford University, PhD |
Known for | High-throughput enzymology, biophysics, microfludiics |
Awards |
Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry National Science Foundation CAREER Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioengineering |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Doctoral advisor | Steven Block |
Other academic advisors | Joseph DeRisi |
Website |
www |
Polly Fordyce is an Associate Professor of Genetics and Bioengineering and fellow of the ChEM-H Institute at Stanford University. [1] Her laboratory's research focuses on developing and applying new microfluidic platforms for quantitative, high-throughput biophysics and biochemistry and single-cell genomics.
Fordyce was born and raised in Washington, DC. [2]
Fordyce double-majored in physics and biology at the University of Colorado Boulder, graduating in 2000. She then began a PhD in the lab of Steven Block at Stanford University, where she worked as part of a team that developed new microscopes for applying force to molecules and understanding how it affected their movements. [3] After receiving her PhD in 2007, she moved to UCSF to pursue postdoctoral research in Joseph DeRisi's laboratory developing high-throughput methods for the analysis of transcription factor interactions. [4] She has been a professor at Stanford since 2014. [2]
Fordyce's lab develops approaches for high throughput quantitative biochemistry, biophysics, and single cell assays, using a variety of approaches including microfluidics. [5] One of her lab's accomplishments is the development of the method HT-MEK (High-Throughput Microfluidic Enzyme Kinetics), [6] which enables researchers to analyze the effects of thousands of mutations on an enzyme's activity in a single experiment. [7]
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Polly Fordyce | |
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Born |
Washington, DC, USA |
Alma mater |
University of Colorado Boulder, BS Stanford University, PhD |
Known for | High-throughput enzymology, biophysics, microfludiics |
Awards |
Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry National Science Foundation CAREER Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioengineering |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Doctoral advisor | Steven Block |
Other academic advisors | Joseph DeRisi |
Website |
www |
Polly Fordyce is an Associate Professor of Genetics and Bioengineering and fellow of the ChEM-H Institute at Stanford University. [1] Her laboratory's research focuses on developing and applying new microfluidic platforms for quantitative, high-throughput biophysics and biochemistry and single-cell genomics.
Fordyce was born and raised in Washington, DC. [2]
Fordyce double-majored in physics and biology at the University of Colorado Boulder, graduating in 2000. She then began a PhD in the lab of Steven Block at Stanford University, where she worked as part of a team that developed new microscopes for applying force to molecules and understanding how it affected their movements. [3] After receiving her PhD in 2007, she moved to UCSF to pursue postdoctoral research in Joseph DeRisi's laboratory developing high-throughput methods for the analysis of transcription factor interactions. [4] She has been a professor at Stanford since 2014. [2]
Fordyce's lab develops approaches for high throughput quantitative biochemistry, biophysics, and single cell assays, using a variety of approaches including microfluidics. [5] One of her lab's accomplishments is the development of the method HT-MEK (High-Throughput Microfluidic Enzyme Kinetics), [6] which enables researchers to analyze the effects of thousands of mutations on an enzyme's activity in a single experiment. [7]