Developmental Biology
Cancer Biology
Keywords: Neurobiology, developmental biology, cancer biology, zebrafish, STEM education
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Northwestern University
B.A. in Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
High School Diploma, Mundelein High School
Monick, Sarah, Vineet Mohanty, Mariam Khan, Gowtham Yerneni, Raj Kumar, Jorge A. Cantu, Shunsuke Ichi, Guifa Xi, Bai Ram Singh, Tadanori Tomita, and Chandra Shekhar Mayanil. "A Phenotypic Switch of Differentiated Glial Cells to Dedifferentiated Cells Is Regulated by Folate Receptor α." STEM CELLS (2019).
Wiwatpanit, Teerawat*, Sarah M. Lorenzen*, Jorge A. Cantú*, Chuan Zhi Foo, Ann K. Hogan, Freddie Márquez, John C. Clancy, Matthew J. Schipma, Mary Ann Cheatham, Anne Duggan, and Jaime Garcia-Anoveros. "Trans-differentiation of outer hair cells into inner hair cells in the absence of INSM1." Nature 563, no. 7733 (2018): 691. *Equal Contribution
Nimrod Miller, Zhihua Feng, Brittany M. Edens, Ben Yang, Han Shi, Christie C. Sze, Benjamin Taige Hong, Susan C. Su, Jorge A. Cantu, Jacek Topczewski, Thomas O. Crawford, Chien-Ping Ko, Charlotte J. Sumner, Long Ma, Yong-Chao Ma. "Non-aggregating tau phosphorylation by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 contributes to motor neuron degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy." Journal of Neuroscience 35, no. 15 (2015): 6038-6050.
Remis, Natalie N., Teerawat Wiwatpanit, Andrew J. Castiglioni, Emma N. Flores, Jorge A. Cantú, and Jaime Garcia-Anoveros. "Mucolipin co-deficiency causes accelerated endolysosomal vacuolation of enterocytes and failure-to-thrive from birth to weaning." PLoS genetics 10, no. 12 (2014): e1004833.
Cantu, Jorge A., G. Parker Flowers, and Jacek Topczewski. "Notum homolog plays a novel role in primary motor innervation." Journal of Neuroscience 33, no. 5 (2013): 2177-2187.
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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
MS, Higher Education Administration and Policy
MEd, Secondary Education (Biology)
BA, Biology and Art, Minor: Environmental Science
BBH 235
5500 North St. Louis Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
I graduated from NEIU with a B.A. in Anthropology in 2020. In addition, I completed an Archaeological summer field school under the guidance of Dr. Rebecca Graff from Lake Forest College in 2018.
Yale University, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Ph.D. Candidate Dec. 2022 – Jan. 2024
Master of Science Sept. 2020 – Nov. 2022
DePaul University, B.S. Molecular and Cell Biology Sept. 2016 – June 2020
Minors: Chemistry, African and Black Diaspora Studies, LGBTQ Studies
2020 Biology Student of the Year, Presidential Scholarship (2016-2020)
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States