Professor Laura Lowery discovered her love of academia and biomedical research while an undergrad at the University of California, San Diego. In the lab of Dr. Bill Schafer, she studied the neural circuitry underlying worm egg-laying behavior. In 2008, Prof Lowery received her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working in the lab of Dr. Hazel Sive at the Whitehead Institute, where she pioneered research studying early brain ventricle morphogenesis. Prof Lowery then did post-doctoral research in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, in the labs of Dr. David Van Vactor and Dr. Gaudenz Danuser, where she became fascinated by the inner workings of the neuronal growth cone and axon guidance. She began as an Assistant Professor at Boston College in 2014, she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018, and she moved to Boston University Medical Center in 2020.
Prof. Lowery leads a comprehensive, multi-faceted research program that investigates how cytoskeletal dynamics are regulated to drive cell motility in both normal and pathological conditions. Her lab uses this research focus as a platform to further the understanding of the cell biological defects that underlie neurodevelopmental disorders, various developmental disorders affecting other organ systems, as well as cancer metastasis, using Xenopus laevis as a model system. Her long-term goal is to continue to expand on this work, as well as collaborate with other cell and developmental biologists to elucidate mechanisms underlying complex cell biological processes.
The lab currently consists of one postdoctoral associate, one research technician, and several undergraduate students. We are a group of enthusiastic and motivated researchers excited about making a positive difference in the world. The lab's research has been funded by multiple external grants from the NIH, NSF, American Cancer Society, the Ellison Foundation, and the March of Dimes foundation. Please check out the lab's website (lowerylab.org) for more information.
Prof Lowery also serves as the Associate Chief for Faculty Affairs for the Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology.
In addition to her research interests, Prof Lowery is involved in service related to promoting anti-racism in the BU community. She is the Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion for the Hem Onc Section, Chair of the Section Anti-Racism Steering Committee, the Hem Onc representative to the Racial Equity Champions Committee for BUMG, and a trained facilitator for the LIFT microaggression bystander training workshop. She was also a participant in the BU Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Program 2022-2023.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
I am deeply committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in academia and medicine, and this commitment stems from my careful attention to others’ experiences as well as my underlying life’s mission to promote a positive and supportive environment for everyone that I work with to achieve their full potential. Since I became a professor in 2014, I have been actively engaged in mentoring students from underrepresented backgrounds to succeed in academia and medicine, and I have participated as a faculty mentor in a number of federally-funded programs (TRIO McNairs Program, NIH-funded BU STaRS Program, NSF REU program for URMs, NIH Diversity supplements, Gateway Program). Moreover, during 2020, I read the book “How to be an anti-racist,” by BU faculty member Ibram X Kendi, and I realized then how critical it is for me to use my white privilege and power and voice to be actively anti-racist in my work environment. Thus, I became Chair of the Anti-Racism Committee in my Section and I have been very active in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at BU. In all of my communities, I aim to create a safe space for all members to learn, grow, and succeed in their life goals. I welcome and celebrate individuals of all races, ethnicities, social backgrounds, religion, gender, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, and national origin.
Institutional Roles and Activities Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
02/2022-present - Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Department of Medicine Hem Onc
10/2021-present - CORE (Commitment to Operationalize Racial Equity) Pilot Group, Office of Equity Vitality and Inclusion, BUMG
12/2020-present - Chair, Anti-Racism Steering Committee, Department of Medicine - Hem Onc - Highlighted in HealthCity article
https://healthcity.bmc.org/policy-and-industry/anti-racism-committee-works-improve-cancer-care-and-research
12/2020-present - Member, Racial Equity Champions Committee, BU Medical Group
09/2020-05/2021 - Participant, Women’s Leadership Program, BU - 9-month longitudinal leadership and career development program for women faculty members
03/2021 - Participant, Equity Vitality Inclusion Racial Equity Focus Group, BU Medical Group
12/2020-present - Facilitator, LIFT Bystander Training for Microaggressions Workshop - trained how to lead one hour workshop with vignettes to teach faculty how to recognize and implement strategies to respectfully and effectively intervene when observing microaggressions
Presentations Led
LIFT Bystander Training for Microaggressions Workshops
- Dec 12, 2020 - BU Center for Regenerative Medicine Faculty
- March 4, 2021 - BUSM - Department of Medicine - Hem Onc Faculty and Staff
- May 25, 2021 - BUSM - Department of Medicine - Hem Onc Clinic Nurses
- July 9, 2021 - BUSM - Department of Medicine - Hem Onc Clinic Nurses
- Dec 20, 2021 - BU Dental School Faculty
- Jan 31, 2022 - MS Oral Sciences Program Students
- March 10, 2022 - BUSM - Department of Medicine - Hem Onc Faculty
Mini-Presentations Led at Department of Medicine Hem Onc Section Meetings
- May 6, 2021 - The importance of confronting racism
- Nov 18, 2021 - Book review on The Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
- Feb 4, 2022 - How to be an ally
02/2021-present - Monthly Racial Equity Updates at Department of Medicine Hem Onc Section Meetings
01/2022 - Presenter, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council, on Hem Onc Anti-Racism Committee
Mentoring
Summer 2020, 2021 - Faculty Mentor to undergraduate students in BU STaRS program (NIH-funded program to promote more equitable access to graduate education for students historically underrepresented in science and medicine)
2017-2019 - Faculty Mentor to undergraduate students in McNairs Scholars Program (federally-funded TRIO program to support URG students), Boston College
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Elucidating mechanistic connections between guidance signaling, microtubule regulation, and growth cone steering01/13/2022 - 11/30/2026 (PI)
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Elucidating mechanistic connections between guidance signaling, microtubule regulation, and growth cone steering02/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 (PI)
National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS7R01MH109651-05
Exploring the mechanism by which TACC proteins promote cell motility01/01/2020 - 06/30/2021 (PI)
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Sabo J, Dujava Zdimalova M, Slater PG, Dostal V, Herynek S, Libusova L, Lowery LA, Braun M, Lansky Z. CKAP5 enables formation of persistent actin bundles templated by dynamically instable microtubules. Curr Biol. 2024 Jan 22; 34(2):260-272.e7. PMID: 38086388; PMCID: PMC10841699; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.031;
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Hutchison A, Sibanda C, Hulme M, Anwar S, Gur B, Thomas R, Lowery LA. Re-examining the evidence that ivermectin induces a melanoma-like state in Xenopus embryos. Bioessays. 2024 Jan; 46(1):e2300143. PMID: 37985957; PMCID: PMC10841629; DOI: 10.1002/bies.202300143;
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Davidson LA, Lowery LA. Imaging Methods in Xenopus Cells, Embryos, and Tadpoles. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2022 Jun 07; 2022(5):pdb.top105627. PMID: 34244350; PMCID: PMC9476831; DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top105627;
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Lasser M, Bolduc J, Murphy L, O'Brien C, Lee S, Girirajan S, Lowery LA. 16p12.1 Deletion Orthologs are Expressed in Motile Neural Crest Cells and are Important for Regulating Craniofacial Development in Xenopus laevis. Front Genet. 2022; 13:833083. PMID: 35401697; PMCID: PMC8987115; DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.833083;
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Hahn I, Voelzmann A, Parkin J, Fülle JB, Slater PG, Lowery LA, Sanchez-Soriano N, Prokop A. Tau, XMAP215/Msps and Eb1 co-operate interdependently to regulate microtubule polymerisation and bundle formation in axons. PLoS Genet. 2021 07; 17(7):e1009647. PMID: 34228717; PMCID: PMC8284659; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009647;
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Pizzo L, Lasser M, Yusuff T, Jensen M, Ingraham P, Huber E, Singh MD, Monahan C, Iyer J, Desai I, Karthikeyan S, Gould DJ, Yennawar S, Weiner AT, Pounraja VK, Krishnan A, Rolls MM, Lowery LA, Girirajan S. Functional assessment of the "two-hit" model for neurodevelopmental defects in Drosophila and X. laevis. PLoS Genet. 2021 04; 17(4):e1009112. PMID: 33819264; PMCID: PMC8049494; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009112;
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Erdogan B, Bearce EA, Lowery LA. Live Imaging of Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Embryonic Xenopus laevis Growth Cones and Neural Crest Cells. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2021 04 01; 2021(4). PMID: 33272974; PMCID: PMC8026486; DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot104463;
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Mills A, Bearce E, Cella R, Kim SW, Selig M, Lee S, Lowery LA. Corrigendum: Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome-Associated Genes Are Enriched in Motile Neural Crest Cells and Affect Craniofacial Development in Xenopus laevis. Front Physiol. 2020; 11:644596. PMID: 33664672; PMCID: PMC7924074; DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.644596;
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Erdogan B, St Clair RM, Cammarata GM, Zaccaro T, Ballif BA, Lowery LA. Investigating the impact of the phosphorylation status of tyrosine residues within the TACC domain of TACC3 on microtubule behavior during axon growth and guidance. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2020 07; 77(7):277-291. PMID: 32543081; PMCID: PMC7731983; DOI: 10.1002/cm.21622;
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Singh MD, Jensen M, Lasser M, Huber E, Yusuff T, Pizzo L, Lifschutz B, Desai I, Kubina A, Yennawar S, Kim S, Iyer J, Rincon-Limas DE, Lowery LA, Girirajan S. NCBP2 modulates neurodevelopmental defects of the 3q29 deletion in Drosophila and Xenopus laevis models. PLoS Genet. 2020 02; 16(2):e1008590. PMID: 32053595; PMCID: PMC7043793; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008590;
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Hu Y, Lyu W, Lowery LA, Koleske AJ. Regulation of MT dynamics via direct binding of an Abl family kinase. J Cell Biol. 2019 12 02; 218(12):3986-3997. PMID: 31699690; PMCID: PMC6891085; DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201812144;
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Lasser M, Pratt B, Monahan C, Kim SW, Lowery LA. The Many Faces of Xenopus: Xenopus laevis as a Model System to Study Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome. Front Physiol. 2019; 10:817. PMID: 31297068; PMCID: PMC6607408; DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00817;
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Slater PG, Cammarata GM, Samuelson AG, Magee A, Hu Y, Lowery LA. XMAP215 promotes microtubule-F-actin interactions to regulate growth cone microtubules during axon guidance in Xenopuslaevis. J Cell Sci. 2019 04 30; 132(9). PMID: 30890650; PMCID: PMC6526707; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.224311;
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Mills A, Bearce E, Cella R, Kim SW, Selig M, Lee S, Lowery LA. Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome-Associated Genes Are Enriched in Motile Neural Crest Cells and Affect Craniofacial Development in Xenopus laevis. Front Physiol. 2019; 10:431. PMID: 31031646; PMCID: PMC6474402; DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00431;
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Slater PG, Cammarata GM, Monahan C, Bowers JT, Yan O, Lee S, Lowery LA. Characterization of Xenopus laevis guanine deaminase reveals new insights for its expression and function in the embryonic kidney. Dev Dyn. 2019 04; 248(4):296-305. PMID: 30682232; PMCID: PMC6452025; DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.14;
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Erdogan B, Cammarata GM, Lee EJ, Pratt BC, Francl AF, Rutherford EL, Lowery LA. The microtubule plus-end-tracking protein TACC3 promotes persistent axon outgrowth and mediates responses to axon guidance signals during development. Neural Dev. 2017 Feb 15; 12(1):3. PMID: 28202041; PMCID: PMC5312526; DOI: 10.1186/s13064-017-0080-7;
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Slater PG, Hayrapetian L, Lowery LA. Xenopus laevis as a model system to study cytoskeletal dynamics during axon pathfinding. Genesis. 2017 01; 55(1-2). PMID: 28095612; PMCID: PMC5276718; DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22994;
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Rutherford EL, Lowery LA. Exploring the developmental mechanisms underlying Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome: Evidence for defects in neural crest cell migration. Dev Biol. 2016 Dec 01; 420(1):1-10. PMID: 27777068; PMCID: PMC5193094; DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.10.012;
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Rutherford EL, Carandang L, Ebbert PT, Mills AN, Bowers JT, Lowery LA. Xenopus TACC2 is a microtubule plus end-tracking protein that can promote microtubule polymerization during embryonic development. Mol Biol Cell. 2016 10 15; 27(20):3013-3020. PMID: 27559128; PMCID: PMC5063610; DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E16-03-0198;
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McDowell GS, Lemire JM, Paré JF, Cammarata G, Lowery LA, Levin M. Conserved roles for cytoskeletal components in determining laterality. Integr Biol (Camb). 2016 Mar 14; 8(3):267-86. PMID: 26928161; PMCID: PMC4792684; DOI: 10.1039/c5ib00281h;
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Cammarata GM, Bearce EA, Lowery LA. Cytoskeletal social networking in the growth cone: How +TIPs mediate microtubule-actin cross-linking to drive axon outgrowth and guidance. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2016 Sep; 73(9):461-76. PMID: 26783725; PMCID: PMC4955630; DOI: 10.1002/cm.21272;
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Erdogan B, Ebbert PT, Lowery LA. Using Xenopus laevis retinal and spinal neurons to study mechanisms of axon guidance in vivo and in vitro. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2016 Mar; 51:64-72. PMID: 26853934; PMCID: PMC4798887; DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.02.003;
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Chen CT, Kelly M, Leon Jd, Nwagbara B, Ebbert P, Ferguson DJ, Lowery LA, Morrissette N, Gubbels MJ. Compartmentalized Toxoplasma EB1 bundles spindle microtubules to secure accurate chromosome segregation. Mol Biol Cell. 2015 Dec 15; 26(25):4562-76. PMID: 26466679; PMCID: PMC4678015; DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E15-06-0437;
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Bearce EA, Erdogan B, Lowery LA. TIPsy tour guides: how microtubule plus-end tracking proteins (+TIPs) facilitate axon guidance. Front Cell Neurosci. 2015; 9:241. PMID: 26175669; PMCID: PMC4485311; DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00241;
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Lucaj CM, Evans MF, Nwagbara BU, Ebbert PT, Baker CC, Volk JG, Francl AF, Ruvolo SP, Lowery LA. Xenopus TACC1 is a microtubule plus-end tracking protein that can regulate microtubule dynamics during embryonic development. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2015 May; 72(5):225-34. PMID: 26012630; PMCID: PMC4520305; DOI: 10.1002/cm.21224;
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Stout A, D'Amico S, Enzenbacher T, Ebbert P, Lowery LA. Using plusTipTracker software to measure microtubule dynamics in Xenopus laevis growth cones. J Vis Exp. 2014 Sep 07; (91):e52138. PMID: 25225829; PMCID: PMC4189079; DOI: 10.3791/52138;
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Nwagbara BU, Faris AE, Bearce EA, Erdogan B, Ebbert PT, Evans MF, Rutherford EL, Enzenbacher TB, Lowery LA. TACC3 is a microtubule plus end-tracking protein that promotes axon elongation and also regulates microtubule plus end dynamics in multiple embryonic cell types. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Nov 01; 25(21):3350-62. PMID: 25187649; PMCID: PMC4214782; DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E14-06-1121;
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Lemmon VP, Ferguson AR, Popovich PG, Xu XM, Snow DM, Igarashi M, Beattie CE, Bixby JL. Minimum information about a spinal cord injury experiment: a proposed reporting standard for spinal cord injury experiments. J Neurotrauma. 2014 Aug 01; 31(15):1354-61. PMID: 24870067; PMCID: PMC4120647; DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3400;
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Lowery LA, Stout A, Faris AE, Ding L, Baird MA, Davidson MW, Danuser G, Van Vactor D. Growth cone-specific functions of XMAP215 in restricting microtubule dynamics and promoting axonal outgrowth. Neural Dev. 2013 Dec 01; 8:22. PMID: 24289819; PMCID: PMC3907036; DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-8-22;
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Long JB, Bagonis M, Lowery LA, Lee H, Danuser G, Van Vactor D. Multiparametric analysis of CLASP-interacting protein functions during interphase microtubule dynamics. Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Apr; 33(8):1528-45. PMID: 23382075; PMCID: PMC3624261; DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01442-12;
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Lowery LA, Faris AE, Stout A, Van Vactor D. Neural Explant Cultures from Xenopus laevis. J Vis Exp. 2012 Oct 15; (68):e4232. PMID: 23295240; PMCID: PMC3490324; DOI: 10.3791/4232;
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Chang JT, Lowery LA, Sive H. Multiple roles for the Na,K-ATPase subunits, Atp1a1 and Fxyd1, during brain ventricle development. Dev Biol. 2012 Aug 15; 368(2):312-22. PMID: 22683378; PMCID: PMC3402628; DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.05.034;
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Lowery LA, Lee H, Lu C, Murphy R, Obar RA, Zhai B, Schedl M, Van Vactor D, Zhan Y. Parallel genetic and proteomic screens identify Msps as a CLASP-Abl pathway interactor in Drosophila. Genetics. 2010 Aug; 185(4):1311-25. PMID: 20498300; PMCID: PMC2927758; DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.115626;
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Lowery LA, Van Vactor D. The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2009 May; 10(5):332-43. PMID: 19373241; PMCID: PMC2714171; DOI: 10.1038/nrm2679;
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Lowery LA, Sive H. Totally tubular: the mystery behind function and origin of the brain ventricular system. Bioessays. 2009 Apr; 31(4):446-58. PMID: 19274662; PMCID: PMC3003255; DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800207;
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Lowery LA, De Rienzo G, Gutzman JH, Sive H. Characterization and classification of zebrafish brain morphology mutants. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2009 Jan; 292(1):94-106. PMID: 19051268; PMCID: PMC2894611; DOI: 10.1002/ar.20768;
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Gutzman JH, Graeden EG, Lowery LA, Holley HS, Sive H. Formation of the zebrafish midbrain-hindbrain boundary constriction requires laminin-dependent basal constriction. Mech Dev. 2008 Nov-Dec; 125(11-12):974-83. PMID: 18682291; PMCID: PMC2780020; DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2008.07.004;
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Lowery LA, Rubin J, Sive H. Whitesnake/sfpq is required for cell survival and neuronal development in the zebrafish. Dev Dyn. 2007 May; 236(5):1347-57. PMID: 17393485; DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21132;
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Lowery LA, Sive H. Initial formation of zebrafish brain ventricles occurs independently of circulation and requires the nagie oko and snakehead/atp1a1a.1 gene products. Development. 2005 May; 132(9):2057-67. PMID: 15788456; DOI: 10.1242/dev.01791;
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Lowery LA, Sive H. Strategies of vertebrate neurulation and a re-evaluation of teleost neural tube formation. Mech Dev. 2004 Oct; 121(10):1189-97. PMID: 15327780; DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.04.022;
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Hardaker LA, Singer E, Kerr R, Zhou G, Schafer WR. Serotonin modulates locomotory behavior and coordinates egg-laying and movement in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Neurobiol. 2001 Dec; 49(4):303-13. PMID: 11745666; DOI: 10.1002/neu.10014;
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Waggoner LE, Hardaker LA, Golik S, Schafer WR. Effect of a neuropeptide gene on behavioral states in Caenorhabditis elegans egg-laying. Genetics. 2000 Mar; 154(3):1181-92. PMID: 10757762; PMCID: PMC1460996
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2018 Charles H. Hood Foundation Bridge Funding Award
2017 Boston College “Ever to Excel” Reverend John R Trzaska SJ Award
2016 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award
2016 March of Dimes Research Award
2013 North East Society of Developmental Biology Poster Presentation Award
2012 Growth Cones and Axon Regeneration RegenBase Oral Presentation Award
2012 Growth Cones and Axon Regeneration RegenBase Travel Award
2012 North East Society of Developmental Biology Best Oral Presentation Award
2012 NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award
2011 North East Society of Developmental Biology Best Oral Presentation Award
2008 NIH/NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Post-doctoral Fellowship
2005 Developmental Biology Gordon Conference Poster Award
2005 NIH/NIMH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Pre-doctoral Fellowship
2004 Abraham J. Siegel Fellowship, Whitehead Institute
2004 North East Society of Developmental Biology Poster Award
2000 Revelle College Outstanding Academic and Leadership Excellence Award, UC San Diego
Mentoring is one of the most important and influential roles that I have as a professor, and it is an endeavor that I highly value. In addition to providing intensive mentoring for personnel in my lab, I am also available for mentoring in areas such as being a woman in science, balancing academia and family life, and teaching.
Research in my lab is extremely collaborative, with everyone being expected to work together and promote each other's success as a team, even when working on individual research projects. This collaborative focus has been very successful for my lab, and the majority of my lab members have been co-authors on publications from their research. Since my lab began in 2014, I have mentored two postdoctoral fellows, four PhD graduate students, and over forty undergraduate students. My trainees have received numerous talk and poster presentation awards at conferences. My undergraduate students have gone on to top medical and graduate schools in the country (MIT, Columbia, UCLA, University of Pittsburgh, and many more). Thus far, two of my PhD students have graduated, and they are currently doing postdoctoral research at Harvard University and University of Oregon.
In the past, I have obtained both governmental and foundation grants for training undergraduate students (from NSF and Beckman Foundation). I have been on many thesis defense committees in the Boston area. I have also been an invited speaker at many university leadership events and conferences.
Mentoring has been and will continue to be a major focus of my life and career mission. In 2016, several lab members made a video to highlight my focus on mentoring in my lab: https://vimeo.com/194616402
Available to Mentor as: (Review Mentor Role Definitions):
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Advisor
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Career Mentor
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Co-Mentor or Peer Mentor
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Diversity Mentor
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Education Mentor
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Project Mentor
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Research / Scholarly Mentor
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Work / Life Integration Mentor