Graduate student, CBP Curriculum
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine
2025 May –
Funding in the lab
2025 -2028. IVB (Integrative Vascular Biology) T32 training program (NIH-NIGMS)
Contact information
6330 Medical Biomolecular Research Building
111 Mason Farm Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone: 919-962-6290
E-mail: jtharr@unc.edu
Education
B.S. Biochemistry and B.S. Theology & Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 8/2017 – 5/2021
Honors and awards
- IVB (Integrative Vascular Biology) T32 training program (NIH-NIGMS), 2023 – 2026
- Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, The Catholic University of America, 2021
- Msgr. Campbell Valedictorian Award, The Catholic University of America, 2021
- Summa Cum Laude, The Catholic University of America, 2021
- College Chemistry Achievement Award, Chemical Society of Washington, 2021
- Outstanding Biochemistry Graduate Award, The Catholic University of America, 2021
- Graduating Senior Community Service Award, The Catholic University of America, 2021
Research experience
Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Trainee, Dr. Jenny E. Hinshaw’s laboratory, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK), 06/2021—05/2024
Summer Research Intern, Dr. John A. Hanover’s laboratory, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), 06/2019—08/2019
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dr. Gregory J. Miller’s laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University of America, 08/2018–05/2021
Publications
- Gentile GM, Blue RE, Goda GA, Guzman BB, Szymanski RA, Lee EY, Engels NM, Hinkle ER, Wiedner HJ, Bishop AN, Harrison JT, Zhang H, Wehrens XHT, Dominguez D, Giudice J. (2025). Alternative splicing of the Snap23 microexon is regulated by MBNL, QKI, and RBFOX2 in a tissue-specific manner and is altered in striated muscle diseases. RNA Biology. 22 (1): 1-20. doi: 10.1080/15476286.2025.2491160.
- Shin W, Zucker B, Kundu N, Lee SH, Shi B, Chan CY, Guo X, Harrison JT, Turechek JM, Hinshaw JE, Kozlov MM, Wu LG (2022). Molecular mechanics underlying flat-to-round membrane budding in live secretory cells. Nature Communications, 13(1), 3697.
