RESEARCH
Graduate Research Projects
Emory 10 Week Long PhD Research
Hepler Lab Rotation : Nov. 2021 - Feb. 2021
- My rotation project was to the development of high-throughput screening assays for small molecule inhibitors of the RGS14:Gαi1-GDP signaling complex.
Read Lab Rotation : Sept. 2021 - Nov. 2021
- My rotation project was to identify IMP3 candidate target transcripts maintaining the cancer stem cell state in Glioblastoma (GBM).
Undergraduate Research
Research Assistant at Grimsey Lab : Sept. 2018 - April 2021
- My project was to develop & characterize a subcellular targeted fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) biosensor platform to assess the spatiotemporal activation of atypical p38 signaling.
- These FRET biosensors enabled real-time detection of p38 kinase activity at specific organelles by measuring changes in fluorescence ratios.
- Each FRET biosensor consisted of a…
- Cyan fluorescent protein (CFP)
- Yellow fluorescent protein (YFP)
- Linker peptide that changes conformation upon phosphorylation by p38
- Nuclear, plasma membrane, or diffuse/cytosolic targeting motifs
