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Brian Chan

Pharmacology researcher and data scientist at Merck, building tools at the intersection of biology and computation.

Projects

Malaria Dataset: Using AI to detect malaria-infected red blood cells

May 30, 2024

Using machine learning, I worked to creating a malaria-detection software using a publicly available database of red blood cell images (diseased and healthy).

Foodhub Dataset: Data Analysis to Improve Business Outcomes

January 26, 2024

Exploratory data analysis during my MIT Applied Data Science Program, where I encorporated learned skills into a real dataset.

Cyclist Dataset: Altering Marketing Strategy to Improve Cycle Hire Revenue

October 15, 2022

This is a case-study on a cycle hire company, where I analyze recent hire data to recommend methods to improve revenue.

Bacterial Engineering Project: Creating a sustainable, butanol-producing bacteria

June 15, 2021

Incubator start-up project from my final year of undergraduate school. We designed and planned the creation of a biobutanol-producing bacteria.

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About

Researcher based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a background in regenerative therapy and pharmacology. Currently at Merck developing high-throughput assays for drug discovery.

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