Ellen Perkowski Email & Phone Number

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Development of a microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic platform for identification of protein and nucleic acid targets.

Lab Of J. Michael Ramsey

Development of a microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic platform for identification of protein and nucleic acid targets.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Assisting customers on and off campus with their next generation sequencing and qPCR needs. Developing and testing new methods.

Chapel Hill, Nc

I am working towards my PhD in Dr. Miriam Braunstein's laboratory. My research is focused on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of TB. I am studying exported proteins and their role in infection.

Detroit, Michigan

I worked as a technician for Dr. Alex Gow before starting graduate school. The Gow lab studies tight junctions, which are points of contact and adhesion between epithelial cells. My research focus was on the role of Claudin 11 in formation of tight junctions.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

I worked in the laboratory of Dr. Barry OConnor and Dr. Pavel Klimov. The focus of my research was understanding the evolutionary development of house dust mites. Using molecular phylogenetics, we determined that house dust mites evolved from parasitic ancestors.Publications my work contributed to include: Klimov PB and OConnor B. Is permanent parasitism reversible?--critical evidence from early evolution of house dust mites. Syst Biol. 2013 May 1;62(3):411-23.Klimov PB and Knowles LL. Repeated parallel evolution of minimal rRNAs revealed from detailed comparative analysis. J Hered. 2011 May-Jun;102(3):283-93.Klimov PB and Oconnor BM. Improved tRNA prediction in the American house dust mite reveals widespread occurrence of extremely short minimal tRNAs in acariform mites. BMC Genomics. 2009 Dec 11;10:598. Klimov PB and Oconnor BM. Origin and higher-level relationships of psoroptidian mites (Acari: Astigmata: Psoroptidia): evidence from three nuclear genes. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2008 Jun;47(3):1135-56.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

I worked in the laboratory of Drs. Huda Akil and Stan Watson. My research focused on the neurological changes resulting from stress, and subsequent anatomical, molecular and behavioral changes seen in stressed mice.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I worked in the laboratory of Dr. James Gnarra. My research focused on the cellular response to hypoxia, angiogenesis, and von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Detroit, Michigan

Through the Summer Undergraduate Research program I had the opportunity to work in Dr. Alex Gow's laboratory during the summer. The Gow lab studies tight junctions, which are points of contact and adhesion between epithelial cells. My research focus was on the role of Claudin 11 in formation of tight junctions. Specifically, I studied the expression of Claudin 11 during mouse development.

Phd, Microbiology

Coursework: Professional Skill and Communications, Mechanisms of Disease, Systemic Pathology, Microbial Pathogenesis (focus on Bacterial.

Bs, Cellular And Molecular Biology, Gpa 3.73

Relevant Course Work: Genetics, Genetics Lab, Animal Physiology, Molecular and Cell Biology Lab, Cell Biology, Evolutionary Developmental.

Guest Summer Student, Gpa 3.92