Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interests:

I joined the Queitsch laboratory in October 2011 to pursue my interests in molecular biology, genomics, and evolution. Prior to this appointment, I was a graduate student in Catherine Peichel's laboratory at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, where I studied how sex chromosome systems and sex determination mechanisms evolved in a family of teleost fishes, the sticklebacks.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology (2011); University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
• B.A. in Biology (2003); Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, U.S.A.

Experience:

• 2011-present: Postdoctoral Researcher; Christine Queitsch laboratory; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
• 2005-2011: Graduate Student; Catherine Peichel laboratory; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
• 2003-2005: Research Technician I; Meng-Chao Yao laboratory; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
• 2002: Summer Undergraduate Research Intern; Meng-Chao Yao laboratory; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
• 2001: Summer Undergraduate Research Intern; David Weiss laboratory; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
• 1999-2003: Part-time Laboratory Technician; Department of Biology; Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, U.S.A.

Publications:

• Urton JR, McCann SR, and Peichel CL (2011). Karyotype Differentiation between Two Stickleback Species (Gasterosteidae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 135(2): 150-159.
• Ross JA, Urton JR, Boland J, Shapiro MD, and Peichel CL (2009). Turnover of sex chromosomes in the stickleback fishes (Gasterosteidae). PLoS Genetics 5(2): e1000391.

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