Epernicus: Karmella A Haynes, Ph.D.

Karmella A Haynes, Ph.D.

Position:
Post Doctoral Fellow

Systems Biology

Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA)
Advisor:
Pamela A. Silver
Degrees:

Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis (Saint Louis, MO)

B.S., Biology, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, FL)
Past Advisors:

Malcolm Campbell (as Visiting Faculty)

Sarah CR Elgin (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)

Mary Lou Pardue (as Visiting Student)
Research:
Using synthetic biology as an approach to study epigenetics and using epigenetics as an approach to design devices for synthetic biology.

Proposal in progress.
Other Experience:
2006-2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
Honors:
2009-present NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship

2008-2009 National Cancer Institute Training Grant

2008 Journal of Biological Engineering Outsatnding Publication of 2008

Communities:

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Eukaryotic systems broaden the scope of synthetic biology.
Haynes KA, Silver PA

The Journal of cell biology. 2009 Nov 30;187(5):589-96
An investigation of heterochromatin domains on the fourth chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster.
Riddle NC, Leung W, Haynes KA, Granok H, Wuller J, Elgin SC

Genetics. 2008 Mar;178(3):1177-91
Engineering bacteria to solve the Burnt Pancake Problem.
Haynes KA, Broderick ML, Brown AD, Butner TL, Dickson JO, Harden WL, Heard LH, Jessen EL, Malloy KJ, Ogden BJ, Rosemond S, Simpson S, Zwack E, Campbell AM, Eckdahl TT, Heyer LJ, Poet JL

Journal of biological engineering. 2008;2(1):8
A Distinct type of heterochromatin within Drosophila melanogaster chromosome 4.
Haynes KA, Gracheva E, Elgin SC

Genetics. 2007 Mar;175(3):1539-42
Element 1360 and RNAi components contribute to HP1-dependent silencing of a pericentric reporter.
Haynes KA, Caudy AA, Collins L, Elgin SC

Current biology : CB. 2006 Nov 21;16(22):2222-7
Analyzing heterochromatin formation using chromosome 4 of Drosophila melanogaster.
Haynes KA, Leibovitch BA, Rangwala SH, Craig C, Elgin SC

Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology. 2004;69:267-72

Computing With Living Hardware (poster)
Haynes, K.A., Broderick, M.L., Brown, A.D., Butner, T.L., Harden, L., Heard, L., Jessen, E., Malloy, K., Ogden, B., Rosemond, S., Simpson, S., Zwack, E., Campbell, A.M., Eckdahl, T., Heyer, L.J., Poet, J.

Synthetic Biology 3.0, International Conference; 06/2007
A copy of repetitive element 1360 is required for silencing of a pericentric transgene in Drosophila melanogaster (presentation)
Haynes, K.A., Caudy, A.A., Elgin, S.C.R.

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Annual Meeting; 04/2006

Interfacing synthetic circuits with biological functions (Haynes & Silver, 2009, Journal of Cell Biology).

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