current | former
- Malikah Abdullah, Ph.D.
- Sherrice Allen, Ph.D.
- Jason Andrus, Ph.D.
- Antonio Baines, Ph.D.
- Dale Beach, Ph.D.
- Stephanie Carmicle, Ph.D.
- Sue Carson, Ph.D.
- Anne Casper, Ph.D.
- Ashalla Freeman, Ph.D.
- Roberto Frontera-Suau, Ph.D.
- Eric Ganko, Ph.D.
- Amaris Guardiola, Ph.D.
- Julie Hall, Ph.D.
- Wendy Heck, Ph.D.
- Ginny Hutchins, Ph.D.
- Britt Kern, Ph.D.
- Michael LaGier, Ph.D.
- Kimberly Lane, Ph.D.
- Elyse Lee, Ph.D.
- Dina Leech, Ph.D.
- Mitch McVey, Ph.D.
- James Moran, Ph.D.
- Denise Myster, Ph.D.
- Leocadia Paliulis, Ph.D.
- Kathryn Perez, Ph.D.
- Karin Pfennig, Ph.D.
- Traci Powell, Ph.D.
- Rebecca Price, Ph.D.
- Omar Quintero, Ph.D.
- Checo Rorie, Ph.D.
- Meredith Rosser, Ph.D.
- Alexa Rosypal, Ph.D.
- Brian Rybarczyk, Ph.D.
- Katie Shannon, Ph.D.
- S. Catherine Silver-Key, Ph.D.
- Karen Strunk, Ph.D.
- Jackie Swanik, Ph.D.
- Elizabeth Tita, Ph.D.
- Joe T. Thompson, Ph.D.
- Okey Ukairo, Ph.D.
- Kristen Walton, Ph.D.
- Allison Welch, Ph.D.
- Dinitra White, Ph.D.
- Kent Wiles, Ph.D.
- Natasha Wiles, Ph.D.
- Heather Wilkins, Ph.D.
- Emily Wilson, Ph.D.
- Theresa Zucchero, Ph.D.
Jackie Swanik, Ph.D.
Education
- Ph.D. Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mentors
- Frank Conlon, Ph.D.
Biography
Hi Ya'll! I grew up in Roxboro, NC and graduated summa cum laude from Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC. From there I joined the lab of Dr. Michael White at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in Dallas, TX. There I studied the role of scaffolding protein in the regulation of the RAS/RAF signal transduction cascade. I found that the scaffolding proteins, suppressor of RAS 8 (Sur-8) and Kinase Suppressor of Ras (KSR) confer specificity to the pathway in that Sur-8 contributes to EGF induced RAS/RAF pathway activation while KSR is required for LPA induced RAS/RAF pathway activation.
I joined the SPIRE program in Feb. '06 directly after I defended my PhD. Now as a member of the SPIRE program, my research has continued in the lab of Dr. Frank Conlon where I am studying the contribution of the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 to heart development using Xenopus laevis as a model system. With great excitement, I am looking forward to teaching at our partner institution, North Carolina Central University.
Courses
- Spring 2008
- Developmental Biology: North Carolina Central University
- Fall 2008
- Biotechniques (team-taught): North Carolina Central University
- Molecular Mechanism of Human Disease: North Carolina Central University
Publications
- YG Langdon, SC Goetz, AE Berg, JT Swanik, and FL Conlon. (2007) SHP-2 is Required for the Maintenance of Cardiac Progenitors. Development: 134: 4119-4130.
