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Judith Yanowitz, Ph.D. Dr. Yanowitz received her B.S. in biology with a minor in literature from MIT in 1991, worked for two years in Titia de Lange’s laboratory at Rockefeller University studying telomere biology. Judy received her Ph.D. from Princeton University where she worked on Drosophila melanogaster sex determination and dosage compensation in Paul Schedl’s lab. In 1999, she joined Andy Fire’s lab in the Department of Embryology at the Carnegie Institution where she identified genes requiring for mesodermal tissue patterning in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. Judy started her own lab at the Carnegie Institution in 2004 to study the effect of chromatin on meiotic crossover formation. She joined MWRI and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in November 2009 where she has continued to study meiosis, DNA damage repair, and germ cell development. View CV Favorite Phenotype: Sqt: dumpy and roller all in one |
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Cristina Quesada Candela, Ph.D. Cristina received her Ph.D. from the Miguel Hernandez University (Spain) for studying the morphological and functional adaptations of the pancreatic alpha cell during pregnancy in mice, as well as, studying the role of pregnancy hormones in the regulation of this process. She studies the proteasome and its role during pairing and synapsis in C. elegans and how it is impacted by maternal age. Favorite Phenotype: Dumpy --- Little, chubby, cute worms! |
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T. Brooke McClendon, Ph.D. Brooke received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016 for the analysis of genome integrity pathways in the C. elegans germ line. She is expanding on her graduate studies to focus on the role of SWS-1 in meiosis. She is also deeply involved in mentoring in the lab. Favorite Phenotype: Roll |
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Marilina Raices, Ph.D. Marilina received her Ph.D. from the University of Buenos Aires in July 2018 for the analysis of alarm cues functions in injured tadpoles. Her current project involves the study of the meiotic double-strand break machinery as well as the complexes and sub-complexes they comprise. Favorite Phenotype: Dumpy |
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Victoria Veroli Nogueram M.Sc. Victoria received her B.S. in Biochemistry and M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Universidad de la República (Uruguay). She is currently a PhD student in the Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology (MGDB) program at the University of Pittsburgh. Her work focuses on the characterization of GCNA-1 domains and the study of their roles in genomic stability. Despite her love for protein and structures, worms made her discover the charm of genetics. Now she doesn’t see herself working in other model organism than C. elegans. Favorite Phenotype: Egl |
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McKenzie Grundy McKenzie is a 2018 graduate of the Chatham biology department. She is working on characterizing several intrinsically disordered proteins in C. elegans Favorite Phenotype: Rol |
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Kelli Lazar Kelli serves as administrative support for the Yanowitz laboratory. |
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Michelle Scuzzarella Michelle is a rising senior at Bryn Mawr College who has joined the lab for the second summer to work on the evolution of DSB proteins. Favorite Phenotype: Muv |
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Zachary Leydig Zach is a Junior at Pitt who recently transfer to the Oakland campus from Pitt Greensburgh. He is working on understanding aspects of germ line DNA repair by following up on interaction between the Shu complex and putative meiotic regulators. Favorite Phenotype: Unc |
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