Crista Brawley

Postdoc

The University of Chicago

Lab phone: (773) 702-1332
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Biography

Crista rocks in the Rock lab!!

Scientific Areas of Interest

stem cells, cancer, cell biology, cytoskeleton, motor proteins, fluorescent imaging, EM tomography

Education

• Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
• B.S. in Biology

Crista milking horseshoe crabs at Woods Hole.

Research Experience

• Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Chicago in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, May 2007-present.
• Graduate student, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology with a specialization in cell biology, genetics, and stem cells, May 2007.
• Marine Biological Laboratory Summer Student in the Physiology: Modern Cell Biology Using Microscopic, Biochemical, and Computational Approaches Course at Woods Hole, June 2006-July 2006.
• Graduate Student, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State College, Department of Veterinary Medicine at the Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2001-2002.
• Research Intern, Thomas Jefferson University at the Hepatitis B Foundation on Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture campus, May 2001-August 2001.
• Student Researcher under the supervision of Dr. Catherine Pachuk and Dr. C. Satishchandran at Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture, September 2000-May 2001.

Presentations

• Platform presentation, The Chicago Cytoskeleton, October 2009.
• Abstract acceptance/platform presentation, The 53rd Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, March 2009.
• Abstract acceptance/platform presentation, Single Molecule Biophysics Keystone Conference, January 2009.
• Abstract acceptance/poster presentation, The 48th annual American Society for Cell Biology meeting, December 2008.
• Abstract acceptance/poster presentation, Gordon Research Conference: Muscle and Molecular Motors, July 2008.
• Abstract acceptance/platform presentation, The 52nd annual Biophysical Society Meeting, February 2008.
• Abstract acceptance/poster presentation, The 47th annual American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) meeting, December 2007.
• Abstract acceptance/poster presentation, The 48th annual Drosophila Research Conference, March 2007.
• Invitation to Stem Cell Research: Transatlantic Perspectives and Collaboration research presentation, February 2006.
• Invitation to BCMB Recruiting research presentation, January & February 2006.
• Lewis Seminar research presentation, November 2005.
• Abstract acceptance/poster presentation, Stem Cell Niche Conference, May 2005.
• Developmental Biology Interest Group research presentation, April 2005.
• Abstract acceptance/poster presentation, The 47th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, March 2005.
• BCMB Colloquium research presentation, November 2004.
• Lewis Seminar research presentation, October 2004.
• Lewis Seminar research presentation, May 2004.
• Abstract published/poster presentation, Research Conference of the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs, March 2002.

Crista loves science.

Publications

• Brawley C. and E. Matunis. Regeneration of Male Germline Stem Cells by Spermatogonial Dedifferentiation in Vivo. Science. 2004 May;304(5675):1331-4.
• Brawley C. Woods Hole, Massachusetts Rocks! Restriction Digest. August 2006
• Nagy S., B. L. Ricca, M. F. Norstrom, D. S. Courson, C. Brawley, P. A. Smithback and R. S. Rock. A myosin that selects bundled actin. PNAS 2008 July; 105 (28): 9616-9620.
• Brawley C. and R.S. Rock. Unconventional myosin traffic in cells reveals a selective actin cytoskeleton. PNAS. 2009 Jun 16:106(24):9685-90.
• Rizk S., A. Luchniak, S. Uysal, C. Brawley, R. Rock, and A. Kossiakoff. An engineered Substance P variant for receptor-mediated delivery of synthetic antibodies into tumor cells. PNAS. 2009 Jul 7;106(27):11011-5.
• Sheng X.R., C. Brawley, and E.L. Matunis. Dedifferentiating Spermatogonia Outcompete Somatic Stem Cells for Niche Occupancy in the Drosophila Testis. Cell Stem Cell. 2009 Aug 7:5(2):191-203.
• Issigonis M., N. Tulina, M. de Cuevas, C. Brawley, L. Mellinger, and E. Matunis. JAK-STAT signal inhibition regulates competition within the Drosophila testis stem cell niche. Science. 2009 October;326(5949):153-6.

Awards and Honors

• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Biology from NIH, September 2007.
• Martin and Carol Macht Award at Young Investigators Day, April 2006.
• Second Place Award for GSA poster contest, April 2006
• Winner of the graduate student US delegation position to the 2006 INYS Stem Cell Workshop, February 2006.
• Finalist in Confocal Image Contest sponsored by Zeiss, August 2005.
• First Place Award for GSA poster contest, April 2005.
• Honorable Mention Award for GSA poster contest, April 2003.
• Research Fellowship, JHMI, 2002-2007.
• Research Fellowship, VT, 2001-2002.
• Cum Laude graduation honors from Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture, 2001.
• Delaware Valley College Trust Scholar, 1998-2001.