Andrea Henle Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

I teach the following courses for undergraduate students at Carthage College: -Cell and Molecular Biology (BIO2300)-Advanced Cell Biology (BIO3500)-Immunology (BIO4300)-Senior Seminar in Biology (BIO4120)-Molecular Biology of Cancer (BIO4400)-Molecules, Cells, and Organisms (BIO1110) (which uses HHMI's SEA-PHAGES / Phage Hunters curriculum)-Cancer: Historical and Modern Perspectives (BIO200)-Space Biology: Human Health and Disease from Space to Earth (BIO400)-Rooted in Place: History, Biodiversity, and Environment in SE Asia (Taiwan and Singapore study-abroad course) (BIO675)-Plant Adaptations (a travel course to Florida) (BIO200)-Research in Biology (BIO4900)-Reflections in Biology (BIO2100)I lead and mentor undergraduate students on cancer research. My laboratory uses a zebrafish model of uveal melanoma and human cancer cell lines to understand the signaling events that lead to development and progression of this eye cancer. I am also interested in research which studies the effect of spaceflight (ie. factors such as microgravity and radiation) on bacteriophages and cancer developmentI am a co-PI on a Robert F. Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). I am a PI on several research and undergraduate education grants from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium/NASA.

Kenosha, Wi

Annandale-On-Hudson

Responsibilities (Fall 2014): Teach Biochemistry and corresponding lab. Teach Introduction to Cancer Cell Biology and corresponding lab. Mentor undergraduate students in a research project which utilizes the zebrafish model organism to investigate uveal melanoma progression and pigment cell migration and proliferation.Spring 2015: Teach two biology courses for non-majors and the corresponding labs. Continue to mentor undergraduate students in research projects and serve on the advisory committees for senior students defending their final research projects.

Boston, Ma And Singapore

Currently developing a zebrafish model for melanoma in Dr. Jacqueline Lees lab at MIT. Taught Intro to Biology (7.012) at MIT during the fall 2012 semester. Taught Introductory Biology (10.010) to undergraduates in the spring 2013 semester at SUTD (Singapore), an international collaborative university with MIT. This is a joint teaching (50%) and research (50%) postdoctoral fellowship.

Cambridge, Ma

Role: Taught a discussion and laboratory section for the Life Sciences 1B course (Genetics, Genomics, and Evolution). Held office hours, graded assignments, and maintained student records. LS1B is one of the foundation introductory biology courses for biology majors and non-majors at Harvard University.

Annandale-On-Hudson, Ny

Role: Faculty member for the Citizen Science program that is required for all first-year students at Bard College. This program teaches students how scientists conduct research (by allowing students to conduct actual experiments), immerses students in scientific thought, and gives them a strong foundation to help them understand the scientific and mathematical concepts they may encounter throughout their daily lives. The 2014 program focuses on the topic of infectious diseases.

Northfield, Mn

Designed and taught the Biochemistry Laboratory course for the fall 2011 trimester. Taught two sections of introductory biology laboratories in the spring 2012 trimester.

I investigated the role of the proteasome and the immunoproteasome in the processing of the breast cancer antigen HER-2/neu. I also had a clinical project looking at levels of immunoproteasome subunits in 500+ tumor specimens from breast cancer patients at the Mayo Clinic. In my basic research project, I studied immune responses to breast cancer in both human cell lines and mouse models. I used a variety of techniques to address my research questions, including mass spectroscopy, liquid chromatography, elispot, chromium release assays, flow cytometry, fluorescence activated cell sorting, proliferation assays, RT-PCR, immunoblotting and more.A patent was issued based on one of my research discoveries. The rights to this patent have been licensed to TapImmune, Inc. One manuscript was published in the Journal of Immunology (January 2013). One manuscript was published in JOVE (August 2012). An additional manuscript was published in August 2017 in PLOS One.

Designed and taught several lectures and special research technique sessions for the graduate level immunology course. Tutored the students in the course, corrected quizzes, managed the teaching assistants, and led exam review sessions.

Rochester, Mn

Teaching assistant for the basic immunology course at Mayo Graduate School. Responsibilities included grading the daily quizzes, maintaining the grading spreadsheet, tutoring the students, leading exam review sessions, and leading small group discussions.

Role: student representative on the admissions committee for Mayo Graduate School. Responsibilities included reviewing all incoming applications and presenting a summary at the weekly meeting, and assisting with the interview and acceptance decisions. I also assembled interview weekend reviews from the current graduate students and presented the report to the admissions committee before they extended their final offers of admission.

Rochester, Mn

Teaching assistant for the basic immunology course at Mayo Graduate School. Responsibilities included grading the daily quizzes, maintaining the grading spreadsheet, tutoring the students, leading exam review sessions, and leading small group discussions.

Taught the Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory section. Designed the laboratory curriculum, gave introductory lectures for each laboratory exercise, graded the assignments and led all of the students enrolled in the lab.

Collegeville, Mn

Teaching assistant for the introductory biology laboratory every semester. Responsibilities included grading lab assignments, answering student questions, helping students understand research techniques, and assisting with the set up and clean up of the labs.

Collegeville, Mn

Investigated heat acclimation in both desert doves and the desert mouse, Peromyscus eremicus. This work was presented at a national conference in San Diego and at regional conferences in St. Cloud, MN.

Rochester, Mn

Summer research student in the laboratory of Dr. Karen Hedin. Investigated CXCR4 and TCR signaling and internalization. This work was presented at the 2006 ASBMB conference and won honorable mention in the undergraduate student poster competition.

Eagan, Mn

Summer internship in the water chemistry laboratory at Cuno. I followed standard operating procedures in the laboratory to test the quality of instruments and reagents. Tested water filters for carbon content and pressure.

Postdoctoral Research And Teaching Fellowship, Biology

Phd, Biomedical Sciences With A Concentration In Immunology

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Association, Mayo Graduate School Admissions CommitteeSuccessfully defended PhD thesis in May.

B.A., Biochemistry

Minor in Communication