Yuan Xin Goh, BS

Hi! I’m Yuan Xin (pronounced "yen-sin"), and I am an Associate Research Specialist at the Tsai Lab. I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. My research journey started at the UCLA Drug Discovery Lab under Dr. Varghese John, where I worked on the in-vitro testing of potential therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. During my time there, I was responsible for treating SH-SY5Y cell lines with various compounds to test for increased sAPP-alpha protein secretion. Additionally, I spearheaded the harvesting, growth promotion, and utilization of enteric neurons as a model to assess potential therapies for Parkinson’s disease.