Willow Morgan
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Biological Chemistry
Contact
Willow Jay Morgan (f.k.a. William James Myers)
3315 MSRB III
1150 W. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0600
wimyers@umich.edu
Education
B.S. in Biology with Honors from Rutgers University – Camden, 2021
Research Interests
Biophysicochemical characterization and computational modeling of microbial systems
Investigation of how DNA methylation in the Escherichia coli genome regulates local protein occupancy and gene expression
Investigation of a putative transcriptional memory effect in Escherichia coli
Professional History
2022 to present: Graduate Research Fellow
Freddolino Lab, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan
2019 to 2021: MARC Undergraduate Research Fellow
Freddolino Lab, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan (2020-2021)
Lee Lab, Department of Biology, Rutgers University - Camden (2020)
Klein Lab, Department of Biology, Rutgers University - Camden (2019-2020)
2020: Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) Fellow
Freddolino Lab, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan
Publications
Defeo, J.A., and Myers W.J. (2019). Burned and unburned oil-contaminated media impede lateral growth of Neurospora crassa regardless of hydrophobin expression. The Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 5: 1-5.
Fellowships and Awards
NIH MARC U-STAR (T34) Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, 2019-2021
Summer Research Opportunity Program, Rackham Graduate School, 2020
Sandy Stewart Undergraduate Research Grant, Department of Biology, 2019