HUDSON PEOPLE - Claire Sun

NAME

Claire Xin Sun

POSITION / GROUP / CENTRE: Third year PhD student

Justin St. John's Group, Centre for Genetic Diseases

I WAS BORN IN

The spring city- Jinan, China

BEFORE HUDSON I WAS DOING

Enjoying my one-year maternity leave.

Before that, I did my Masters at Bio21 Institute.

THE BEST PART OF MY JOB IS

Learning.

And hopefully one day, I can use what I have learnt to help people.

I CHOSE THIS CAREER PATH BECAUSE

I wanted to do some human disease related projects and I enjoy working in genetics and epigenetics, especially next-gen sequencing and bioinformatics.

IF I WASN’T DOING THIS JOB I WOULD BE A

Teacher

MY FIRST JOB WAS

Tutor in biochemistry

MY FAVOURITE MOVIE/TV IS

TV: Friends 

And so many movies.

I AM WORKING ON

Optimising a ChIP protocol on cMyc antibody.

My PhD project is to investigate the control of DNA methylation on mitochondrial copy number during tumorigenesis and differentiation

THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR SO FAR

I got my second child, Chelsea. ^-^

I AM LOOKING FORWARD

To publishing my work.

MY FAVOURITE PLACE IN THE WORLD

My sweet home.

OUTSIDE OF WORK I ENJOY

Showing my children the beautiful world.

MY FAVOURITE PLACE TO EAT

There is a lot of good food in Melbourne, and more to explore.

I do recommend the Cajun fish burger from the Nesso café~~

THE BEST ADVICE I'VE RECEIVED

Do one's level best and leave the rest to God's will.