PhD Candidate, Cellular and Molecular Biology Dual MS, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics   Contact 3315 MSRB III Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0600 hamemiya@umich.edu Education PhD Student in the Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, 2016-present M.S. in Bioinformatics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2016-present B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Washington, Seattle, 2012-2016 B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of Washington, Seattle, 2012-2016 Professional History 2018-present PhD Student, Freddolino Lab, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Project Focus: Investigating the impact of nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) on genome architecture and regulation.2013-2016 Undergraduate Researcher and Student Helper, Brewer / Raghuraman Lab, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington Projects: Environmental influences on chromosomal ribosomal DNA copy number variation, Examination of how rDNA copy number modulates genome replication. Publications Joseph Sanchez, Elizabeth X Kwan, Haley M Amemiya, Bonita J Brewer, and M K Raghuraman. “Defective replication initiation results in locus specific chromosome breakage and a ribosomal RNA deficiency in yeast”.PloS Genetics 2017, 13(10): e1007041. PMID: 29036220
Elizabeth X Kwan, Xiaobin S Wang, Haley M Amemiya, Bonita J Brewer, and M K Raghuraman. “rDNA copy number variants are frequent passenger mutations in S. cerevisiae deletion collections and denovotransformants”. Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2016, 6(9): 2829-38. PMID: 27449518 Grants Awarded 2018 Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant (Candidate) 2017 Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant (Pre-candidate) 2017-present Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Grant: NIH T-32-GM007315 (Awarded Extension in 2018) Honors and Awards 2019 Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honors Society, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2018 Scholar-Activist Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program - Honorable Mention 2018 Maas Professional Development Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program 2017 Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Service, Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2016 Husky 100 Award, University of Washington, Seattle 2015 University of Washington Mary Gates Research Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle 2015 University of Washington Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle Scientific Outreach (2017-present) 2018-present Director of Grantsmanship and Outreach Advisor, Association for Women in Science (AWIS), University of Michigan 2016-2018 President and Founder, Association for Women in Science (AWIS), University of Michigan 2017-present Fellow, Science Communication Fellowship, University of Michigan 2017-2018 Instructor, Michigan Health Science Pre-College Exposure Academy (MHSPEA), University of Michigan 2017-2018 Instructor, Women in Science and Engineering host Girls in Science and Engineering Summer, University of Michigan 2017 Coordinator, Speaker, MC, March for Science- Ann Arbor 2017 Judge, Forsythe Middle School Science Fair |
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