Kaelyn Sumigray, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Genetics
Co-Director, Yale Summer Enrichment Research Experience, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)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.
Appointments
Genetics
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
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Education & Training
- Postdoctoral associate
- Duke University (2019)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013)
- PhD
- Duke University, Cell Biology (2011)
- BS
- Union College, Biology (2006)
Research
Overview
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Actin Cytoskeleton; Cell Adhesion; Cell Polarity; Cell Shape; Cytoskeleton; Intestinal Polyps; Intestine, Small; Morphogenesis; Organogenesis; Stem Cell Niche; Stem Cells