Moshi Song: An International Ballad.

Abstract

Though Moshi Song is a relatively new face in the Wu laboratory at Stanford University in California, this postdoctoral fellow brings with her a world of experience. She graduated from the Beijing Forestry University with a BS degree in Biology before completing a 2-year MMS in Biomedicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Most recently, she completed her PhD in Molecular Cell Biology in the Dorn laboratory at Washington University in St Louis, where she was awarded the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Medical Science Fellow by the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. When I was a very little kid, I wanted to be a school teacher. Both of my parents were teachers, although they didn’t want me to follow in their path. Ultimately, I decided to study biology when filling out the form of intention for my college entrance examination because I thought it would give me the opportunity to be involved in solving human puzzles as a life scientist. I realized I wanted to study abroad not long after starting college, and I took the GRE general test during my sophomore year. I received a great offer from the Karolinska Institute, where I did both coursework and benchwork. I also got to travel around Europe in more than 15 countries, seeing historic places and meeting people of various backgrounds. Stockholm is still my favorite city, but at the time I was young and did not want to stay in the same place for more than a few years. I applied to ten graduate programs in the United States to pursue my PhD …