The Jackson Lab
The Garden Party, May 2017
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Lab retreat, May 2018
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Lauren Parker Jackson (CV)
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences & Biochemistry
Lauren completed her Ph.D. at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Trinity College, Cambridge, UK. She then worked as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in London before joining David Owen's lab in Cambridge for postdoctoral work. When not in the lab, Lauren enjoys sports (CrossFit, swimming), music, wine tasting, and spending time with her two children, husband, and huge Southern family.
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences & Biochemistry
Lauren completed her Ph.D. at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Trinity College, Cambridge, UK. She then worked as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in London before joining David Owen's lab in Cambridge for postdoctoral work. When not in the lab, Lauren enjoys sports (CrossFit, swimming), music, wine tasting, and spending time with her two children, husband, and huge Southern family.
Amy Kendall is our lab manager. She holds a Master's degree and 15+ years of experience at Vanderbilt. Amy's expertise lies in protein expression and purification, as well as structural methods, including X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy. Amy is currently pioneering single particle cryoEM in the lab.
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Dr. John Gadbery is a postdoc working on vesicle coat cargo and regulatory interactions. He completed in Ph.D. at Stony Brook University in 2018.
Dr. Mintu Chandra is a postdoc working on endosomal coat assembly. He completed his Ph.D. in structural biology & biophysics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) followed by a postdoc with Brett Collins at the IMB (Queensland). |
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Betty Xie is a graduate student working on the regulation of the COPI coat using a variety of biochemical, biophysical, structural, and yeast genetic techniques.
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Natalie Wallace is a graduate student focusing on the roles of coat proteins in neurons. She will explore cargoes and binding partners for the AP4 and AP5 coats.
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Christian Jung is an undergraduate researcher majoring in biochemistry. Chris received a VUSRP fellowship for summer 2018. In his free time, Chris enjoys playing and watching soccer, music, and spending time with friends and family. |
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Carli Needle is an undergraduate student researcher from the Washington, D.C. area, majoring in Neuroscience. She will focus on examining the basic biological functions of AP4 coats to better understand the autophagy links and neuronal phenotypes. Outside of the lab, Carli teaches interactive science lessons to middle school students through VSVS; tutors and mentors at-risk youth through Synergy; competes on the Vanderbilt club tennis team; serves as a Dore for a Day host; and also loves to sing, play piano, hike, explore new restaurants in Nashville, and spend time with friends.
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Olivia Pembridge is an undergraduate MCB major working on exploring the functions of coat proteins in zebrafish. In her free time, Olivia enjoys going to coffee shops, listening to music, and learning new languages.
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Lab alumni
Allie Isabelli, undergrad & research technician
Dr. Meredith Frazier, graduate student (2014-2018)
Rodger Burcham, master's student (2015-2018)
Dr. Tara Archuleta, postdoc (2014-2017)
Anderson Monken, undergraduate researcher (2015-2017)
Luwi Shamambo, undergraduate researcher (VSSA, summer 2017)
Jeff Yung, undergraduate researcher (2015-2016)
Ronald Holt, technician (2014)
Rotation students
Drew Dixson, IGP (fall 2020)
Valeria Garcia Lopez, BSCI (fall 2020)
Deanna Bowman, IGP (spring 2020)
Matt Petrovich, BSCI (spring 2020)
Alec Brown, BSCI (fall 2018)
Phyllis Wang, QCB (fall 2018)
Ivette Perez, IGP (fall 2018)
Emily Linton, IGP (spring 2018)
Kaylee Johnson, IGP (spring 2018)
Alyssa Rodriguez, IGP (spring 2017)
Noah Bradley, IGP (spring 2017)
Mac Castro, IGP (fall 2016)
Brennica Marlow, QCB (fall 2015)
Lauren Salay, IGP (spring 2015)
Mark dela Cerna, QCB (spring 2015)
Allie Isabelli, undergrad & research technician
Dr. Meredith Frazier, graduate student (2014-2018)
Rodger Burcham, master's student (2015-2018)
Dr. Tara Archuleta, postdoc (2014-2017)
Anderson Monken, undergraduate researcher (2015-2017)
Luwi Shamambo, undergraduate researcher (VSSA, summer 2017)
Jeff Yung, undergraduate researcher (2015-2016)
Ronald Holt, technician (2014)
Rotation students
Drew Dixson, IGP (fall 2020)
Valeria Garcia Lopez, BSCI (fall 2020)
Deanna Bowman, IGP (spring 2020)
Matt Petrovich, BSCI (spring 2020)
Alec Brown, BSCI (fall 2018)
Phyllis Wang, QCB (fall 2018)
Ivette Perez, IGP (fall 2018)
Emily Linton, IGP (spring 2018)
Kaylee Johnson, IGP (spring 2018)
Alyssa Rodriguez, IGP (spring 2017)
Noah Bradley, IGP (spring 2017)
Mac Castro, IGP (fall 2016)
Brennica Marlow, QCB (fall 2015)
Lauren Salay, IGP (spring 2015)
Mark dela Cerna, QCB (spring 2015)
