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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Bloomberg School of Public Health and have a joint appointment in the Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry in the School of Medicine. The Kavran Lab was launched in the summer of 2015. My career in science did not start there. I did my post-doc in the Lab of Dan Leahy where I investigated the activation mechanism of the Type-1 Insulin-like Growth Factor Receptor (IGF1R), For my graduate work, I studied with Tom Steitz at Yale University where I performed structural studies on pyrrolysine-tRNA synthetase and the 50S large ribosomal subunit. Before all of that, my first research project was as an undergraduate in the lab of Mark Lemmon at the University of Pennsylvania where I studied the binding specificities of pleckstrin homology (PH) domains. PH domains are small domains found in a variety of signaling proteins, so it would be fair to say that my interest in signaling pathways started there.
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I’m a PhD student in the CBI program which is based on the Homewood campus in the Chemistry department. I’m originally from Michigan where I attended Alma College. There I worked with Dr. Beckman on neuraminidase and the morphological changes it causes when expressed in human bronchial epithelial cells. I also spent a summer working on characterizing the protein MNRR1 with Dr. Grossman’s group at Wayne State University. I’m so happy to have joined the Kavran lab.
I am a Research Associate in the Kavran Lab here at JHU. I did my post-doc in the labs of Samara Reck-Peterson and Andres Leschziner at UC San Diego. I used a combination of cryoEM, single molecule microscopy, and protein biochemistry to study microtubule binding by the Parkinson’s Disease associated protein, LRRK2. Prior to that, I obtained my MD-PhD at the Tri-Institutional program of Weill Cornell Medical School, Rockefeller University, and Sloan-Kettering. My graduate research was performed in the lab of David Eliezer, where I applied solution state protein NMR spectroscopy to study lipid membrane binding by the intrinsically disordered presynaptic protein complexin. I subsequently spent an additional year in the lab of Jeremy Dittman, also at Weill Cornell, using behavioral assays in C. elegans to further study the structure and function of complexin.
I’m a PhD candidate in the School of Public Health’s BMB program. I earned a B.S. in biochemistry with an emphasis in molecular biology from Washington State University. Before joining the Kavran lab, I did postbaccalaureate research in the lab of Dr. Achour Amiri at the WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in my hometown of Wenatchee. I studied the efficacy of experimental fungicides in preventing the growth and spread of fungal pathogens, particularly those responsible for the highest share of crop losses in the state’s apple and pear industries.
I’m a PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) department based in Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. I was born in Topeka, Kansas and lived there until I finished high school. For undergraduate, I attended Kansas State University where I earned a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry. During my undergraduate, I worked with Dr. Kathrin Schrick on characterizing the role of rhamnose in Arabidopsis thaliana by using genetic and biochemical approaches. For my PhD, I wanted to take a more molecular and structural biology approach to understanding complex mechanisms which is why I choice the Kavran lab to help explore and decipher the mechanisms of activation and control of the Hippo pathway. I am excited for the opportunity to help contribute to the understand of this tumor-suppressor pathway.
Hello! I am a PhD student in the CBI program, which is part of the chemistry department on the Homewood campus. Before starting at Johns Hopkins, I graduated from Roanoke College in spring 2020. While there, I worked with Dr. Sarisky to study the where I studied the purine biosynthesis pathway in archaea through analysis of purF-like genes and the PurF protein. I’m excited to be here in the Kavran Lab!
I'm a ScM student in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. I completed my undergraduate education from NMIMS Deemed-to-be-University, India and earned a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences in 2020. I have also completed a Diploma in Bioinformatics from St. Xavier's College, India. My interest in understanding cell signaling pathways led me to join the Kavran lab. I'm excited to work on the Hippo signaling pathway!
Hi everyone! I am a Ph.D. student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Before attending Johns Hopkins, I attended Marist College, where I attained my bachelor's degree in Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry. At Marist, I worked with Dr. Paula Checchi to investigate the underlying regulatory mechanisms that govern chromatin dynamics to prevent the inheritance of chromosome mutations, utilizing Caenorhabditis elegans as a model. I am very excited to begin my graduate work in the Kavran lab!
I am an undergraduate at the Johns Hopkins Kriger School of Arts and Sciences double majoring in Molecular & Cellular Biology and Archaeology. I am thankful to have joined the Kavran lab and look forward to applying class knowledge in a real world setting.