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Sarah Kargbo-Hill joined the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) department at University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor in January 2024. She has a robust academic background, earning her Ph.D. in Cell Biology from Yale University, where she studied presynaptic development and autophagy in C. elegans neurons under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Colón-Ramos. Her postdoctoral work in Dr. Michael Ward's lab focused on using human iPSC-derived neurons to study proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases, specifically TDP-43. During her undergraduate career at Penn State University, she researched microtubule polarity in Drosophila neurons in Dr. Melissa Rolls’ lab. Her research interests primarily revolve around understanding how neurons adapt to stress and aging through epigenomic and transcriptomic mechanisms, specifically through neuronal gene regulation involving RNA splicing and DNA methylation. She aims to uncover how these processes are altered in the context of aging and disease, contributing valuable insights into neurodegenerative conditions.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science