CancerQuest | Interview with Dr. Jing Chen

Interview Questions

	About Dr. Chen (Time: 12 sec)
	How did you first get exposed to medical research? (Time: 53 sec)
	How did you get involved in cancer research? (Time: 2 min 02 sec)
	What is a kinase? (Time: 48 sec)
	How are kinases involved the regulation of cells? (Time: 1 min 14 sec)
	Could you tell us about your research on kinases and their role in cancer? (Time: 1 min 59 sec)
	Why do you focus on tyrosine kinases? (Time: 49 sec)
	How do you decide what kinases to target with possible drugs? (Time 1 min 21 sec)
	Does your work have an impact on patients getting more personalized treatment? (Time: 1 min 13 sec)
	Your work is in the laboratory. Is it important that medical students and clinicians understand the work that researchers like you are doing? (Time: 27 sec)
	What are the challenges you face in developing a new cancer drug? (Time: 2 min 43 sec)
	Are there new tools that make your work easier/faster? (Time: 3 min 35 sec)
	Do you have students work with you in the laboratory? (Time: 1 min 09 sec)
	What advice do you have for students interested in biomedical research? (Time: 1 min 15 sec)

Dr. Jing Chen
Winship Cancer Institute
Emory University

Dr. Jing Chen is a research scientist at the Winship Cancer Institute. His work on cancer drug development centers on protein kinases, proteins involved in sending signals through cells. In this interview, Dr. Chen talks with us about his work in cancer drug discovery.