Welcome π¨π»π»! I am a Staff Scientist in the Lingappan Lab at Childrenβs Hopsital of Philadelphia. Originally from Mexico I moved to Texas to pursue a Biology degree at The University of Texas-Pan American.
In college, I studied neurodegeneration using pond snails (I know, not the fastest animal model) while completing my undergraduate education at UTPA (now UTRGV) in Dr Dan Plasβ laboratory. Also as an undergraduate student and thanks to HHMI EXROP, I got the opportunity to perform research in Dr Hugo Bellenβs lab at BCM helping in the development of a genetic tool that allows for the tagging of genes and a reversible, spatial and temporal knockdown of proteins in fruit flies.
Those experiences showed me the power of genetics and model organisms to the advance of our understanding of basic developmental biology and human disease. I started my PhD in Developmental Biology in the summer of 2015 and joined the Wythe Lab in 2016. My research in the Wythe Lab focused on the study the molecular mechanisms that regulate angiogenesis during development using zebrafish and mice as model organisms.
Now in the Lingappan lab, I am interested in understanding the sex-specific developmental reponse to lung injury. More specifically, my goal is to better understand what happens in premature babies that develop bronchopulmonary displasya (BPD) in a mouse model of hyperxic injury with the hope that it will eventually lead to better and targetted treatments.
PhD in Developmental Biology, 2021
Baylor College of Medicine
B.S. in Biology, 2015
University of Texas-Pan American
Trained in use of confocal and lightsheet microscopy
Use and design of experiments related to the study of DNA/RNA/Proteins
Basic use of R to process next generation sequencing data including RNA-Seq, ATAC-Seq and Single Cell Sequencing
Trained in use of survival surgery techniques to study development and regeneration.
Responsibilities include: