Kaelyn Sumigray, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics; Co-Director, Yale Summer Enrichment Research Experience, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)
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Biography
Kaelyn Sumigray earned her B.S. from Union College in 2006. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2011 from the Department of Cell Biology at Duke University. She was a postdoctoral fellow first at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from 2012-2013, where she was awarded an NIH Kirschstein postdoctoral fellowship, followed by a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University with Terry Lechler from 2013-2019, where she was awarded a Dermatology Foundation Research Grant. She joined the Yale faculty in 2019.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral associateDuke University (2019)
- Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013)
- PhDDuke University, Cell Biology (2011)
- BSUnion College, Biology (2006)
Activities
- Collective cell migration of intestinal epitheliumHooksett, NH, United States 2024Gordon Research Conference, Cell Polarity Signaling
- Fate and Form: Intestinal morphogenesis and cell fate specificationCancún, Q.R., Mexico 2024Fusion Conference, Intestinal Stem Cell-Niche interactions
- Fate and Form: Intestinal morphogenesis and cell fate specificationBethesda, MD, United States 2024NIH, NHLBI
- Fate and Form: Intestinal morphogenesis and cell fate specificationCold Spring Harbor, NY, United States 2023Cold Spring Harbor Mouse Development Course
- Fate Specification of a Rare Intestinal Cell Type Implicated in Fluid SecretionVentura, CA, United States 2022Gordon Research Conference; Epithelial Stem Cells and Niches
- ROLES FOR MOUSE INTESTINAL STEM CELL NICHE MORPHOGENESIS IN PATTERN FORMATIONCancún, Q.R., Mexico 2022Fusion Conference; Intestinal stem cell-niche interactions in health and disease
- Fate and Form: Key regulators of intestinal function in health and diseaseVirtual seminar for University of Toledo 2022University of Toledo
- Fate and Form: Key regulators of intestinal function in health and diseaseVirtual seminar for FMI, Basel, Switzerland 2022Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
- Fate and Form: Key regulators of intestinal function in health and diseaseSchenectady, NY, United States 2022Union College
- Cellular Mechanisms of Mouse Intestinal Polyp InitiationVirtual annual meeting 2021ISSCR Annual Meeting
- Finding and Starting a Lab at an R1 UniversityVirtual meeting 2020ASCB Annual Meeting
- Minor Tweak Major ImpactPodcast 2020Minor Tweak, Major Impact podcast
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Chen Innovation Award | Yale Stem Cell Center | 2022 |
| Basic Research Award | Dermatology Foundation | 2014 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Early Career Scientist Task Force; International Society for Stem Cell Research | Committee Member | 2023 - Present |
| Scientific Programming Committee; International Society for Stem Cell Research | Committee Member | 2023 - Present |
| Yale Cell Biology Department Qualifying Exam committee | 2 qualifying exam committees | 2023 - Present |
| Duke University Biology Department Qualifying Exam committee | 1 qualifying exam committee | 2023 - Present |
| Duke University Biology Department Thesis Committee | 1 thesis committee | 2023 - Present |
| Science | Reviewer | 2023 - Present |
| Early Career Scientist Committee; International Society for Stem Cell Research | Committee Member | 2022 - 2023 |
| American Heart Association | Reviewer | 2022 - Present |
| Yale Summer Enrichment Research Experience (YSERE) | Co-Director | 2022 - Present |
| Yale Stem Cell Center | Annual Retreat organizer | 2022 - Present |
| eLife | Reviewer | 2022 - Present |
| Journal of Clinical Investigation | Reviewer | 2022 - Present |
| Society for Developmental Biology | Member | 2021 - Present |
| International Society for Stem Cell Research | Member | 2021 - Present |
| American Gastroenterological Association | Member | 2021 - Present |
| Yale Genetics Department postdoctoral mentoring program | Mentor to 2 Yale Genetics department postdocs | 2021 - Present |
| Trends in Cell Biology | Reviewer | 2021 - Present |
| Nature Cell Biology | Reviewer | 2021 - Present |
| K99 mentoring committee | 2 Yale Postdoc K99 mentoring committees | 2020 - Present |
| Yale Department of Genetics Thesis Committee | 5 thesis committees | 2020 - Present |
| Yale Cancer Center | Member | 2019 - Present |
| Yale Stem Cell Center | Member | 2019 - Present |
| Yale Genetics Department Qualifying Exam committees | 9 qualifying exam committees | 2019 - Present |
| Yale Genetics Department Mentoring Committee | Committee Member | 2019 - Present |
| American Society for Cell Biology Regional Meeting: Triangle Cytoskeleton Conference | Co-Founder | 2013 - 2015 |
| American Society for Cell Biology | Member | 2009 - Present |