Stacey L Kigar

Stacey L Kigar, A.B.

(Ph.D. in progress)
  • Position:
    Graduate Student - Ph.D.

    Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

    Zoology

    University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)

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  • Advisor:

    William Bement

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D. (in progress), Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
     
    A.B., Biology, University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Stephen J Kron (as Technician)
     
    Stephen J Kron (as Undergraduate Student)
     
    Milan Mrksich (as Undergraduate Student)
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  • Research:
    I am currently investigating signaling proteins upstream of RhoA in actomyosin contractile ring-based processes.

    The processes of cytokinesis and single-cell wound healing both involve the highly orchestrated recruitment of small GTPases like RhoA and Cdc42 to drive formation of a constrictive ring of actomyosin anchored to the plasma membrane. Our lab uses the Xenopus laevis model system to investigate proteins regulating recruitment of Rho-family GTPases in a spatiotemporally-defined manner via confocal microscopy techniques. My current project involves investigation of the chromosomal passenger complex at the metaphase-anaphase transition. Additionally, I am developing an assay to identify novel signaling components of the cytokinetic and single-cell wound healing pathways.

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  • Other Experience:

    2010 Course in Proteomics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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Stacey Kigar's Posters and Presentations (2)

  • Using PROTAPS to selectively induce degradation of Crkl-GFP post-translationally (poster)

    Kigar SL, Tien V, Parker L, Kron SJ

    Frontiers in Molecular Imaging: From Promise to Practice, Chicago Biomedical Consortium; 10/2008
  • Synthesis and Label-Free Analysis of Peptide Arrays on Self-Assembled Monolayers (poster)

    Eisenberg AH, Kigar SL, Mrksich M

    American Chemical Society, National Meeting; 03/2007

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