Hi! My name is Megan Wallace and I am a rising junior. I am also a Neuroscience Major and I’m from Oceanside, New York. I joined the lab as a volunteer during my Sophomore year and had the opportunity to shadow Sabin Nettles and Maud Muosieryi. Currently, I work with Kalpana Acharya and Sabin Nettles on a project that focuses on the interactions between the subtypes of progestin receptors using Western Blot technique.

As a high school student, I participated in the College Science Research Program at my high school and worked with Dr. Mary Beth Terry at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health for three summers. As apart of the research team I was able to use data from the Metropolitan Breast Cancer Registry to conduct my own project. My project received honors at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair and focused on the correlation between diet, exercise, and the onset of menarche.  

During the summer of 2014, I worked under the direction of Dr. Allison Reiss at Winthrop University Hospital. I studied M1 and M2 macrophage differentiation using PCR analysis and Western Blot technique. Primarily focusing on changes in scavenger receptor protein expression involved in the influx/ efflux of cholesterol and how that related to atherosclerotic development.

When I am not in lab, I participate in Wellesley’s Relay for Life Organization, Balance Health Educators, and Alpha Phi Sigma Lecture Society. I also love to go to the beach, swim, and play soccer.