Yuet Ming Rebecca Chin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
Visiting Assistant Professor of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Harvard Medical School
Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
B.Tech. (First Class Honors), Biomedical Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Born in Hong Kong, Rebecca received her Bachelor of Technology's degree from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. She completed her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology with Marshall Horwitz at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2006. With a postdoctoral fellowship from Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation, Rebecca studied the signal transduction events that drive breast cancer metastasis with Alex Toker at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Rebecca was promoted to Instructor of Pathology in 2009. In 2013, she began her career as an Assistant Professor at HMS. Rebecca joined the City University of Hong Kong in September 2016.
Rebecca is a recipient of a 2015 V Scholar Award. She was named an Albert Wyrick Scholar, which recognizes young scientists who pioneer techniques to make breakthroughs in cancer research. Rebecca is also a Howard Temin Pathway to Independence Award (NIH K99) recipient.
Current Lab Members
Jianyang Hu
PhD student
Alishba Maryam
PhD student
Ye Tian
PhD student
Taron Ng
Undergraduate student, Final Year Project
Yuni Lai
PhD student; co-supervised by Dr. Xin Wang
Stacey Zheng
Research Assistant
Former Lab Members
Iulia Grigore
Summer student, University College of London, 2019
Alley Yum
Undergraduate Student, Final Year Project, 2018 - 2019
Kevin Cheng
Summer student, University of Toronto, 2018
Derek Cheung
Undergraduate Student, Final Year Project, 2017 - 2018
Vincent Tam
Summer Student, University of Toronto, 2017
Emily Cohen
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015 - 2016 (HMS)
Tiffany Tsang
Research Assistant, 2014 - 2016 (HMS)
Kelsey Gallant
Summer Student, 2015 (HMS)
Casey Stottrup
Research Assistant, 2013 - 2014 (HMS)