CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
- Ph.D. in Molecular & Systems Pharmacology, Emory University, 2027 (expected)
- B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, 2021
- Minors in Biology & Spanish
Research Experience
- Graduate Researcher at Spencer Lab : Feb. 2022 - Present
- Conduct Sca-1+ cell isolation, culturing, and transduction in preparation for transplant
- Perform HSC transplantation into conditioned mice
Hepler Lab Rotation : Nov. 2021 - Feb. 2021
- Performed protein purification of RGS14 and Gαi1-GDP using size-exclusion runs
- Characterized RGS14 and Gαi1-GDP through immunoblot analysis
- Conducted immunoprecipitations of pure proteins to validate their binding
Read Lab Rotation : Sept. 2021 - Nov. 2021
Relevant Work Experience
- Pharmacy Technician at Publix Pharmacy : Dec. 2017 - July 2021
- Calculated and dispensed prescription medications
- Entered patient profiles and prescriptions into input software system
- Checked pharmacy inventory and managed orders
- Answered patient questions and reported adverse drug reactions
Honors & Awards
- Richard A. Bryan Scholarship for Excellence in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020
- Travel Award for Experimental Biology Conference, 2020
- Experiential Learning Scholar, 2019
- Center for Undergradaute Research Opportunities (CURO) Summer Fellow, 2019
- Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Research Assistantship, 2018
Professional Associations
- American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Member since 2019
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Member since 2019
Publications
Burton JC, Antoniades W, Okalova J, Roos MM, Grimsey NJ. Atypical p38 Signaling, Activation, and Implications for Disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Apr 17;22(8):4183. doi: 10.3390/ijms22084183. PMID: 33920735; PMCID: PMC8073329.
Kroeger H, Grandjean JMD, Chiang WJ, Bindels DD, Mastey R, Okalova J, Nguyen A, Powers ET, Kelly JW, Grimsey NJ, Michaelides M, Carroll J, Wiseman RL, Lin JH. ATF6 is essential for human cone photoreceptor development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Sep 28;118(39):e2103196118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2103196118. PMID: 34561305.
Conferences
- Experimental Biology Conference, April 2020
- Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference, November 2019
- CURO Summer Fellowship Symposium, July 2019
- CURO Sympsoium, April 2019
Skills
- Research
- Mouse Models/Handling: *Retroorbital Bleeds, Retroorbital Injections, Intraperitoneal Injections
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants
- Mammalian Tissue Culture
- Confocal Microscopy
- Western Blotting
- Molecular Cloning
- Computational Analysis in R and Prism
- Illustrator Figure Making
- Industry
- Good Manufacturing Practices
- Good Documentation Practices
- Quality Control Tests
- Batch Records
- Languages
- Slovak - Native Fluency
- English - Native Fluency
- Spanish - Native Fluency