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Kaelyn Sumigray, PhD

Assistant Professor of Genetics
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Co-Director, Yale Summer Enrichment Research Experience, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)

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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

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

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Kaelyn Sumigray's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2022

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    American Heart Association

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    eLife

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    Science

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    Nature Cell Biology

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    Journal of Clinical Investigation

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  • SHM I 336

    Academic Office

    Sterling Hall of Medicine, I-Wing

    333 Cedar Street

    New Haven, CT 06510

  • 389 NSB

    Lab

    Nathan Smith Building

    315 Cedar Street

    New Haven, CT 06510

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