*BIG NEWS* It’s official! This summer, I’ll start as an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Dept of Cell Biology! I’m super excited about this new adventure! My lab will focus on cellular mechanisms underlying ciliopathy disorders and how ciliopathy-related proteins function in both health & disease using human cells & Chlamydomonas. So grateful to the truly excellent mentors I’ve had along the way!
New paper available online!
After 4+ years, the second part of my dissertation is now accepted for publication at Journal of Cell Science. Check out my informative twitter thread here!
Notice of Award!
Finally transitioned from F32 funding to K99 and I just received this beautiful document!
I just received word that my K99 application will be funded through NICHD! I’ll investigate how pathogenic cilopathy-related variants cause abnormal protein composition of the primary cilium using a combination of functional proteomics, genome engineering, and live-cell microscopy.
We can now identify the genetic cause in >70% of our UW Joubert syndrome cohort!*
*This animation is a dramatization to replicate a fundraising thermometer-style graphic and does not reflect actual ciliary assembly mechanisms.
I’m sending out my first letter to my prescientist penpal today!
Check out this Nature Careers article featuring the K99 Peer Mentoring group I founded at the University of Washington!
Here’s a sampling of some of my piñatas!
In grad school, I make decorative pillows for my grandmothers featuring figure 1 from my first first author paper.
The NIH LRP application cycle is now open through November 15th! I'm an LRP Ambassador, and I'm happy to talk about NIH Loan Repayment Programs to pay off your student debt. NIHLRP
I'm working on a recap presentation of FASEB Biology of Cilia and Flagella Conference for UW Cilia Journal Club. In case you missed the meeting, here's a word cloud made from the oral presentation abstracts!
The end of FASEB Biology of Cilia and Flagella 2019 has brought to mind this postcard I found at an estate sale in Seattle, surely from one academic to another post-conference in 1999.
Maroon Vista (11,325 ft) is breathtaking! Now back to last sessions of this amazing conference. FASEB Biology of Cilia and Flagella Conference 2019 at Snowmass, CO
Sometimes I ponder about cilia at high altitude with friends during breaks at FASEB Biology of Cilia and Flagella Conference 2019.
I’m searching for primary cilia on the TEM scope today!
Here’s the Doherty lab in our new shirts! Why do pathogenic variants in >40 genes all cause the very specific human condition Joubert syndrome? We’re CRISPRing them to find out!
I’m making a lab t-shirt to commemorate our recent genome engineering success.
My first Skype a Scientist session went swimmingly! I talked to two 7th grade classes about genetics and genome engineering. I was quite pleased to receive precious thank you notes from the students.
I had a great time yesterday judging the WA Jr Science and Humanities Symposium with fellow UW/Fred Hutch postdocs and grad students! These HS level projects were all SO impressive—it was a long deliberation deciding who advanced to nationals.