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Vanessa Scanlon, PhD

Assistant Professor Adjunct
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Appointments

Laboratory Medicine
Primary

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Assistant Professor Adjunct

Biography

Vanessa Scanlon is an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut. She is passionate about science and strengthening the pipeline of underrepresented individuals to successful research careers. Her research interests include hematopoiesis and the bone marrow microenvironment. In her spare time, she enjoys live music, gardening and star gazing.

Appointments

  • Laboratory Medicine

    Assistant Professor Adjunct
    Primary

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Education & Training

PhD
UConn Health, Biomedical Science (2015)
BS
UConn, MCB (2006)
BS
UConn, DGS (2006)

Research

Overview

Currently, I work on understanding extrinsic mechanisms that underly hematopoietic progenitor cell fate decisions. I have developed a novel method for time-lapse microscopy of bipotent progenitors dividing and committing to two potential lineages. I'm also interested in developing 3D engineered in vitro cell culture models to further investigate spatial regulation between cells of the bone marrow microenvironment.

I also study the function of specific domains within a co-transcriptional activator during megakaryocytopoiesis.

Medical Research Interests

Blood Cells; Hematopoietic System

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Vanessa Scanlon's published research.

Publications

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