A full-time research experience with professional development training to prepare you for a career as a physician-scientist.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Undergraduate Major: Biochemistry
JAX PI: Christine Beck, Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Investigating the consequences of structural variants within transposable element promoters across diverse genomes
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Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois-Chicago
Undergraduate Major: Biological Sciences
JAX PI: Beth Dumont, Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Characterizing changes in centromeric composition and diversity as a result of inbreeding.
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Undergraduate Institution: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Undergraduate Major: Biology
JAX PI: Jennifer Trowbridge, Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Examining the process of clonal hematopoiesis and it's implication in leukemia
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Undergraduate Institution: University of Connecticut
Undergraduate Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
JAX PI: Ron Korstanje, Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Studying the role of NBL1 gene in kidney phenotypes
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Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate Major: Biochemistry
JAX PI: Travis Hinson, M.D.
Research focus at JAX: Investigating mutations associated with genetic cardiomyopathies using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) model and studying cardiac regeneration with in vivo mouse model.
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Undergraduate Institution: Austin College
Undergraduate Major: Biochemistry
JAX PI: Michael Stitzel, Ph.D.
Research focus at JAX: Creating reporter and gene perturbation assays to observe Type II Diabetes (T2D) marker fluctuations in model beta-islet pancreatic cells in the context of single nuclear polymorphisms (SNPs).
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