PhD Vision Science (Current)
University of California, Berkeley, May 2027
J. Flanagan Lab and K. Gronert Lab
Emily is researching glaucomatous neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in search of novel drug targets. Currently, she uses an array of cellular/molecular techniques and a model of glaucoma to investigate the neuroprotective potential of a promising yet unexplored prostaglandin pathway in the retina.
Methods include sc-RNA-seq, bulkRNAseq, RT-qPCR, Western Blot, IHC/ICC, LC-MS/MS lipidomics, and various other molecular assays.
Rotation 3 (J. Flanagan Lab/K. Gronert Lab): cell/molecular methods, drug discovery, glaucoma
Rotation 2 (S. Chung Lab): literature review, poster presentation at the Stanford Center for Optic Disc Drusen Annual Conference, planning and executing a psychophysical experiment with 20 low-vision patients (optic disc drusen)*
Rotation 1 (R. Kramer Lab): molecular cloning, gene delivery, and behavioral experiments in a model of retinitis pigmentosa
*Emily experiences vision loss as a side effect of her optic disc drusen (ODD). This experience led to her interest in the similarities and differences between the etiology, clinical presentation, and vision loss associated with ODD compared with glaucoma.
Summer School on Psychedelic Research
University of Groningen Medical Sciences Summer School, July 2023
Biomedical Sciences MSc by Research
Royal Holloway, University of London, August 2020
Project 1 (Advisor: Philip Chen, of the Centre of Gene and Cell Therapy):
neuroinflammation, neurodegenerative disease, prostaglandin E2 and jasmonates
Project 2 (Advisor: Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz, Editor-In-Chief of Gene Therapy magazine (of Nature),
President of the British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy): gene therapy, paralysis, spinal cord injury
Co-Lead: Advanced Gene and Cell Therapy Lab at Royal Holloway
Bachelor of Science - Majors of Cell & Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Minor of Chemistry
Tulane University, May 2019
Danish Institute of Student Abroad (DIS)
Copenhagen, June 2017
Physics coursework taught by the Dean of Tulane Newcomb College. Of course, when in the birthplace of quantum mechanics, they were sure to visit the Niels Bohr Institute!
Certifications
Group 1 Biomedical Research Investigators
CITI Program Issued Mar 2023
Health Privacy (HIPAA)
CITI Program Issued Mar 2023
Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research
CITI Program Issued Feb 2023
Working with the IACUC (All Animal Users)
CITI Program Issued Oct 2022
Working with Mice in Research
CITI Program Issued Sep 2022