University of Manchester
Yutong Chen
I am a 3rd year BBSRC CASE PhD student at Galli lab, my project is to investigate the long-term metabolic effects of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and embryo transfer conditions on cardiac mitochondria.
My Research Background
I obtained my bachelor's degree of Engineering (BEng) in chemical engineering at Dalian Univeristy of Technology, China in 2019. I moved to the University of Manchester to get my Master's in Biomaterials (MSc). Then I took a gap year as a research assistant at Shanghai Jiaotong University and came back to Manchester to pursue my doctorate degree with BBSRC CASE studentship. I had an electrochemcial based project for my first year to measure the oxygen consumption of the xenopus laevis embryo but it did not work out as we expected. I am now working on the mice (cd1 strain) embryos to investigate the long-term metabolic effects of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and embryo transfer conditions on cardiac mitochondria.
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I have developed skills in:
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spectrophotometer
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Oroboros high-resolution respirometry
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IVF and embryo manipulation
Contact
Please contact me if you are interested in my research field!