department of pharmacology

Peter Levitt

Personal Statement

Hometown

Washington DC

Undergraduate College/University

Cornell U

Undergraduate major

Bio

Research Interests

Mechanisms of resistance to vitamin A compounds in prostate cancer

Commonly used lab techniques

Real time PCR, western blotting, fluorescence activated cell sorting, DNA cloning, transfection and infection

Why I chose Case Western Reserve University

I don’t know! Honestly, Case had a good reputation for medical education, and I liked it when I visited.

Where I see myself in the future

Hopefully I will have a lab at an academic institution

Hobbies and outside interests

I like to play tennis.