Kelsey Keller Email and Phone Number

In 2017, Jenly and I moved and transformed Fullbody Fitness Club into Iron City Circus Arts, a circus school located in the historic Brew House in the south side of Pittsburgh. We teach classes in aerial arts, pole dancing, acrobatics, and more. We also host student showcases, summer camps, and in-house productions.

Iron City Aerial is an aerial performance company that offers performances, workshops, aerial champagne pouring, and more to both private and public events around the tri-state area. For an event calendar and other information, check out our website: www.ironcityaerial.com.

After teaching aerial arts at Fullbody Fitness Club for nearly a year and a half, my circus partner Jenly Deiter and I decided to take on ownership! We are now proud owners of this fitness studio, which includes aerial, pole, and group fitness programs. For more information, check out our website: www.fullbodyfitnessclub.com.

I teach aerial silks, hoop/lyra, static trapeze, and corde lisse to children and adults. I offer group and private lessons for beginner through advanced levels. Schedule a class and learn how to fly at www.fullbodyfitnessclub.com.

I choreograph and perform jazz, contemporary, hip hop, lyrical, and aerial dance styles as well as participate in community outreach opportunities.

For six months I taught and performed for Club Med's CREACTIVE by Cirque du Soleil. Teaching disciplines included acro bungee, vertical wall, flying trapeze, trampoline, aerial silks, aerial hoop, and single point trapeze for children and adults. Performances included acro bungee, duo straps, duo hoop, silks, hoop, rope, single point trapeze, hand-to-hand, and dance.

I teach aerial and floor acrobatics as well as jazz and hip hop dance to competitive students from the elementary to high school level.

I specialize in aerial tissu (silks), but also perform tissu loop/hammock, lyra (hoop), and corde lisse (rope). I also perform floor acrobatics and other circus disciplines such as plate spinning and stilt walking. For other information about Zany Umbrella Circus, visit www.zanyumbrellacircus.com.

I taught classes to all ages, from children to adults, in aerial acrobatics such as silks and lyra.

I instruct company and recital students (from elementary to high school level) in the dance styles of jazz, hip hop, lyrical, musical theatre, and acrobats.

I studied the role of tau protein aggregation in Alzheimer's Disease. My research focused on answering two important questions:1. What are the molecular mechanisms underlying tau aggregation inhibition and how might we use them to slow or stop disease progression? 2. What would it take to image tau aggregates with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for Alzheimer's Disease diagnosis?Publications:K.E. Funk, S.N. Thomas, K.N. Schafer, G.L. Cooper, Z. Liao, D.J. Clark, A.J. Yang, J. Kuret. Lysine methylation is an endogenous post-translational modification of tau protein in human brain and a modulator of aggregation propensity. J. Biochem. 462(1):77-88, 2014.K.N. Schafer, K. Cisek, CJ Huseby, E Chang, J. Kuret. Structural determinants of tau aggregation inhibitor potency. J. Biol Chem. 288(45):32599-611, 2013. K. Cisek, J. Jensen, N. Honson, K.N. Schafer, G. Cooper, J. Kuret. Ligand electronic properties modulate tau filament binding site density. Biophysical Chemistry. 170C:25-33, 2012.K.N. Schafer, S. Kim, A. Matzavinos, and J. Kuret. Selectivity requirements for diagnostic imaging of neurofibrillary lesions in Alzheimer's disease: A simulation study. NeuroImage. 60(3):1724–1733, 2012.J.R. Jensen, K. Cisek, K.E. Funk, S. Naphade, K.N. Schafer and J. Kuret. Research towards tau imaging. J. Alzheimers Dis. 25(3):26, 2011.K.N. Schafer, D.P. Murale, K. Kim, K. Cisek, J. Kuret, and D.G. Churchill. Structure-activity relationship of cyclic thiacarbocyanine tau aggregation inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 21(11):3273-6, 2011.E. Chang, S. Kim, K.N. Schafer, and J. Kuret. Pseudophosphorylation of tau protein directly modulates its aggregation kinetics. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1814(2):388-95, 2011.S. Kim, J.R. Jensen, K. Cisek, K.E. Funk, S. Naphade, K. Schafer, and J. Kuret. Imaging as a strategy for premortem diagnosis and staging of tauopathies. Curr Alzheimer Res. 7(3):230-234, 2010.

Lead recitation sections through lectures and science activities and evaluated students’ performance.

Tutored and evaluated pre-health profession students in physics and helped students complete laboratory experiments.

Presented educational science programs to audiences of all ages and assisted in the design of science demonstrations and programs.