Graduate Student – GMB curriculum

Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine

2018 February – present

Funding in the lab

2021 – 2023. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS-NIH) F31 postdoctoral fellowship

2018 – 2019. GMB T32 training program (NIH-NIGMS)

Contact information

6330 Medical Biomolecular Research Building

111 Mason Farm Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Phone: 919-962-6260

E-mail: emhinkle@email.unc.edu

Education

B.Sc., Genetics. North Carolina State University, 2013-2017

B.A., English. North Carolina State University, 2013-2017

Publications

  • Hinkle ER, Blue RE, Tsai, Y-H, Combs M, Davi J, Coffey AR, Boriek A, Taylor JM, Parker J, Giudice J. (2022). Mechanical stretching induces global transcriptional and posttranscriptional transitions and changes in SR proteins in muscle cells. Communications Biology. 5 (1): 987. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03915-7.
  • Gentile GM#, Gamarra J#, Engels N#, Blue RE#, Hoerr I, Wiedner HJ, Hinkle ER, Cote JL, Leverence E, Mills A, Herring L, Tan X, Giudice J. (2022). The synaptosome-associated protein 23 (SNAP23) is necessary for proper myogenesis. FASEB Journal. 36 (8): e22441. doi: 10.1096/fj.202101627RR. # co-first authors.
  • Hinkle ER#, Wiedner HJ#, Torres E, Jackson M, Black AJ, Blue RE, Harris SE, Guzman BB, Gentile GM, Lee EY, Tsai Y-H , Parker J, Dominguez D, Giudice J. (2022). Alternative splicing regulation of membrane trafficking genes during myogenesis. RNA, 28 (4): 523-540. # co-first authors.
  • Hinkle ER#, Essader TO#, Gentile GM, Giudice J. (2021). ViaFuse: Fiji macros to calculate skeletal muscle cell viability and fusion index. Skeletal Muscle 11 (1): 28. doi: 10.1186/s13395-021-00284-3. # co-first authors.
  • Hinkle ER, Wiedner HJ, Black AJ, Giudice J. (2019). RNA processing in skeletal muscle biology and disease. Transcription 10 (1): 1-20.
  • Schertzer MD, Thulson E, Braceros KCA, Lee DM, Hinkle ER, Murphy RM, Kim SO, Vitucci ECM, Calabrese JM. (2019). A piggyBac-based toolkit for inducible genome editing in mammalian cells. RNA 25 (8): 1047-1058.

Magazine Article

  • Gentile GM, Wiedner HJ, Hinkle ER, Giudice J. (2020). Alternative splicing provides a broad menu of proteins for cells. The Scientist, 34 (10): 38-43.

Blog Article

Honors and awards

  • Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, travel award, 2/2022
  • The company of biologists, DMM conference travel grant, 2/2022
  • Mechanistic Interdisciplinary Studies of Biological Systems Symposium (MiBio), best poster award, 4/2021
  • Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting, abstract selected for platform presentation, 10/2020
  • ComSciCon National, abstract selected for presentation, 6/2020
  • Mechanistic Interdisciplinary Studies of Biological Systems Symposium (MiBio), abstract selected for platform presentation, 3/2019
  • Science Writing and Communication Club UNC-CH, invited speaker 2/2019
  • North Carolina State University, invited speaker, 8/2016
  • Cary-Kildaire Rotary Club Scholarship, 2013-2017
  • North Carolina State University, Starling Scholarship, 2013-2017
  • North Carolina State University, Jean F. Kilgore Scholarship, 2014-2017
  • Business and Professional Women of Raleigh Scholarship, 2015-2016
  • North Carolina State University, Guy Owen Memorial Fund, 2015-2016
  • North Carolina State University, Deans Academic Scholarship, 2013-2015
  • City of Raleigh, Beckom Educational Scholarship, 2013-2014
  • Electronic Security Association, Youth Scholarship, 2013-2014

Research experience

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Genetics), Dr. Michael Cowley’s laboratory, North Carolina State University, 10/2016-05/2017

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Genetics), Dr. Matthew Breen’s laboratory, Veterinary School at North Carolina State University, 03/2016-08/2016

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Genetics), Dr. Robert Smart’s laboratory, North Carolina State University, 08/2013-08/2014

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Genetics), Dr. James Mahaffey’s laboratory, North Carolina State University, 08/2012-05/2013

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