Candice E. Paulsen, PhD
Biography
Research & Publications
Locations
Appointments
Biography
I love exploring the unknown and the thrill and sense of accomplishment that comes with making the unknown familiar. This passion has inspired me to make significant transitions, both conceptually and with methodology, at every stage of my career. I purposefully choose research projects that serve to improve human health as well as stand to make fundamental discoveries of basic biology and physiology. Moreover, I thoroughly enjoy teaching and mentoring as well as helping kids find the joy in science. As a graduate student with Kate Carroll at the University of Michigan and The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, FL, I studied redox regulation of signal transduction cascades important to cancer. As a postdoctoral fellow with David Julius at the University of California, San Francisco, I determined the structure of an important pain receptor, TRPA1 by cryo-EM. In my independent lab, we will take a multidisciplinary approach to understand how TRPA1 is regulated under basal and chronic pain/inflammation conditions and we will take a broader look at molecular changes involved in the transition from acute to chronic pain.
Education & Training
- Staff ScientistYale University (2017)
- Staff ScientistUniversity of California, San Francisco (2017)
- Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of California, San Francisco (2017)
- Postdoctoral FellowThe Scripps Research Institute (2012)
- PhDUniversity of Michigan, Chemical Biology (2011)
- BSPurdue University, Genetic Biology (2006)
Activities
- Selected SpeakerSouth Hadley, United States 2016
- Selected SpeakerLos Angeles, United States 2016
- Invited SpeakerDedham, United States 2015
- Invited SpeakerLeuven, Belgium 2015
- Invited SpeakerJupiter, United States 2011
- Poster presentationSaint Petersburg, United States 2011
- Poster PresentationSaint Petersburg, United States 2011
- Invited SpeakerAnaheim, United States 2010
- Poster PresentationLucca, Italy 2010
- Poster PresentationAnn Arbor, United States 2010
- Poster presentationWashington, United States 2009
- Poster presentationAnn Arbor, United States 2009
- Invited SpeakerAnn Arbor, United States 2008
- Selected SpeakerAnn Arbor, United States 2008
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Award in Pain Scholar | Rita Allen Foundation and the American Pain Society | 2018 |
Early Career Research Grant | International Association for the Study of Pain | 2018 |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Fellow of the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation | Helen Hay Whitney | 2014 |
Cardiovascular Research Institute T-32 Postdoctoral Fellowship | National Institutes of Helath | 2012 |
Chemistry-Biology Interface NIH T-32 Training Grant | National Institutes of Health | 2009 |
Travel Award | VAUGHN Symposium | 2009 |
Travel Award | PECRUM Symposium | 2008 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Exploratorium After Dark Event | Expert lecturer on the science of peppers and mint (July 2015) and hot sauces (July 2017) | 2015 - 2017 |
Cell | Co-Ad hoc reviewer | 2014 - 2017 |
Nature | Co-Ad Hoc Reviewer | 2014 - 2017 |
Biophysical Society | Member | 2014 - Present |
American Heart Association | Member | 2012 - 2013 |
American Chemical Society | Member | 2006 - 2007 |
Alpha Chi Sigma | Professional chemistry fraternity member | 2003 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS)
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Neuroscience
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale University