The Jackson Lab

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.
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). |

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.
Andrew Engel is an undergraduate researcher majoring in molecular & cellular biology.
Lab alumni
Carli Needle, undergraduate researcher
Christian Jung, undergraduate researcher, Biochemistry Honors
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), Chemistry Honors
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)
Carli Needle, undergraduate researcher
Christian Jung, undergraduate researcher, Biochemistry Honors
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), Chemistry Honors
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)