Click in each member’s name to know more about him/her
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jimena Giudice, Ph.D.
2016 March –
LAB MANAGER
Eric Blue, M.Sc.
2016 May –
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Adam J. Black, Ph.D.
2018 January –
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Emma R. Hinkle, B.Sc., B.A.
GMB curriculum
2018 February –
Hannah J. Wiedner, B.Sc.
GMB curriculum
2018 May –
Gabrielle M. Gentile, B.Sc.
GMB curriculum
2019 May –
POSTBAC – PREP SCHOLAR
Nicole River-Espinal, B.Sc.
2019 July –
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Tasneem Essader
Taking BMME 295
2019 May –
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Hannah E. Cafaro
Taking BIOL 395 and honors thesis
2018 August –
PREVIOUS LAB MEMBERS
Postbac scholars
Jennifer Gamarra. 7/2018 – 5/2019. Current position: Graduate student Columbia University
Publications:
- Black AJ, Gamarra JR, Giudice J. (2019). More than a messenger: alternative splicing as a therapeutic target. BBA – Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 1862 (11-12): 194395. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2019.06.006.
Honors and awards while in the lab:
- Experimental Biology Meeting, abstract selected for a platform presentation, Orlando, 4/2019
- Women in Sciences Symposium, poster award, Chapel Hill, 4/2019
- ABRCMS 2018, outstanding poster award, Indianapolis, 11/2018
Ennessa Curry. 7/2017 – 5/2018. Current position: Graduate student UNC Chapel Hill
Publications:
- Blue RE, Curry EG#, Engels NM#, Lee EY, Giudice J. (2018). How alternative splicing affects membrane trafficking. Journal of Cell Science 131 (10): pii: jcs216465. [#equal contribution]
- Smith JA#, Curry EG#, Blue RE#, Roden C, Dundon SER, Rodriguez-Vargas A, Jordan DC, Chen X, Lyons SM, Crutchley J, Anderson P, Horb M, Gladfelter AS*, Giudice J*. (2020). FXR1 splicing is important for muscle development and biomolecular condensates in muscle cells. Journal of Cell Biology, 219 (4): e201911129. Link
Undergraduate students
Elise King. 9/2019 – 4/2020.
Micaela Jackson. 5/2018 – 6/2019.
Eddie Torres. 5/2018 – 6/2019. Present position: Ph.D. student at University of Georgia.
Isabel Hoerr. 1/2017 – 5/2019. Present position: Marketing Coordinator North America at VOCO America Inc.
Xiaomin (Becky) Chen. 9/2016 – 5/2019. Present position: Clinical Research Coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital
Publications:
- Smith JA#, Curry EG#, Blue RE#, Roden C, Dundon SER, Rodriguez-Vargas A, Jordan DC, Chen X, Lyons SM, Crutchley J, Anderson P, Horb M, Gladfelter AS*, Giudice J*. (2020). FXR1 splicing is important for muscle development and biomolecular condensates in muscle cells. Journal of Cell Biology, 219 (4): e201911129. Link
Jacquelyn N. Davi. 8/2017 – 5/2019.
Jessica Harrison. 8/2017 – 5/2018. Present position: Graduate student at Washington University at St. Louis
Marvin Meza Jarquin. 8/2017 – 5/2018. Present position: Research Assistant in Dr. Lori O’Brien’s lab at UNC-Chapel Hill
James Alex Lothspeich. 8/2016 – 5/2017. Next position: undergraduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill
Susan Ngo. 10/2016 – 8/2017. Present position: graduate student at the School of Pharmacy at UNC-Chapel Hill
Mazin Nohur Ahmed. 1/2017 – 5/2017.
Research technicians
Nichlas Engels. 1/2017 – 6/2019. Present position: Ph.D. Student at University of Arizona
Publications:
- Blue RE, Curry EG#, Engels NM#, Lee EY, Giudice J. (2018). How alternative splicing affects membrane trafficking. Journal of Cell Science 131 (10): pii: jcs216465. [#equal contribution]
- Blue RE, Koushik A, Engels NM, Wiedner HJ, Cooper TA, Giudice J. (2018). Modulation of alternative splicing of trafficking genes by genome editing reveals functional consequences in muscle biology. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology pii: S1357-2725(18)30227-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2018.10.004.
Eunice Y. Lee. 8/2016 – 6/2018. Present position: Student at Duke’s Accelerated Bachelors in Nursing Program.
Publications:
- Blue RE, Curry EG#, Engels NM#, Lee EY, Giudice J. (2018). How alternative splicing affects membrane trafficking. Journal of Cell Science 131 (10): pii: jcs216465. [#equal contribution]
