Former UW Lab Members

Publication:

Chea, H., Wright C.V. and Swalla, B. J. (2005) Nodal signaling and the evolution of deuterostome gastrulation. Dev. Dynamics. 234: 269-278.

Heather Brown did a rotation through the Swalla lab Spring Quarter 2002. She is now doing research in the Truman Lab in the Zoology Department of the University of Washington.

Dr. Chung was a visiting professor from Korea in the Swalla Lab in 2002. He worked on the innate immunity project.

Adrian has been awarded an internship at Texas A&M University Galveston, Marine Mammal Research Program, Department of Behavioral Ecology. She is working with Bernd Wursig studying the behavioral ecology of wild dolphins near galveston, Texas.

Address
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
401 Barker Hall #3204
Berkeley, CA 94720-3204

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Brad Davidson received his PhD for work performed in the Swalla Lab. He has now moved on to a Post Doc position at UC Berkeley.

Publications:

1.Davidson, B. and Swalla, B.J. (2002) "A molecular analysis of ascidian metamorphosis reveals activation of an innate immune response." Development 129: 4739-4751.

2.Davidson, B., Smith Wallace, S.E., Howsmon, R.A. and Swalla, B.J. (2003) " A morphological and genetic characterization of metamorphosis in the ascidian Boltenia villosa." Dev. Genes Evol. 123: 601-611.

3.Davidson, B., Jacobs, M. and Swalla, B.J. (2004) "The individual as a module: Metazoan evolution and coloniality." In: Modularity in Development and Evolution. Gerhard Schlosser and G�nter Wagner, eds. University of Chicago Press.pp 443-465

Address:
Department of Microbiology
University of Washington
Box 357242, Health Sciences Building
Seattle, WA 98195-7424

Muse first had a career as an architect before coming to the lab in 2000. He worked with Molly Jacobs on 18S and 28S phylogenies as well as expression of T brachyury in Molgula oculata and Molgula occulta. Muse is currently working in the Microbiology Department of the University of Washington, where he is working on Mycobacterium marinum (a close relative of the well know tuberculosis pathogen) in the lab of Dr. Lalita Ramakrishnan. He is applying to MD/PhD programs for 2002.

Kelly rotated through the laboratory in the summer of 2000 at Friday Harbor Laboratories. She was looking at the localization of Intermediate Filament Proteins in Styela clava. She is currently a student in Dr. David Raible's laboratory in the Department of Structural Biology in the University of Washington Medical School. Kelly is studying the development of ectodermal placodes in zebrafish.

Paul had a rotation in the lab during Winter Quarter 2002.

Anton graduated in the summer of 2001 with a B.S. in Zoology. He began his research in the Zoology Department's apprenticeship program at the University's Friday Harbor Labs under Dr Scott V Edwards. His research interests include molecular techniques in developmental biology as well as cancer and endocrinology. He is currently working on cloning Nitric Oxide Synthase. Anton was awarded a Mary Gates Endowment for Students Research Training Grant as well as an award from the Casey Endowment to Biology Students to support his research in 2001.

Publications:

Anton Jackson and Billie J. Swalla (2001) The Role of NOS in Ascidian Development. Developmental Biology, 235: 235; #300.

Molly collaborated with Dr. Swalla during her time as a graduate student at the University of Washington. During a rotation project in 2000-2001, Molly became interested in the evolution of coloniality and associated traits in the Ascidiacea. She used 18S and 28S phylogenies to infer a single origin of coloniality in stolidobranch ascidians. This project was later taken up and expanded by Swalla graduate student Liyun Zeng. Molly recieved her PhD from the University of Washington in 2006 and has moved on to a postdoctoral position at the University of Connecticut.

Publications:

Zeng, L., M. W. Jacobs and B. J. Swalla.(2006). Coloniality has evolved once in Stolidobranch Ascidians. Integr. Comp. Biol. 46:255-268.

Davidson, B., Jacobs, M. and Swalla, B.J. (2004) "The individual as a module: Metazoan evolution and coloniality." In: Modularity in Development and Evolution. Gerhard Schlosser and Gunter Wagner, eds. University of Chicago Press.pp 443-465

Aliza was in the Spring 2001 Undergraduate Apprenticehip at FHL with Dr. Swalla. She continued her work on the innate immune system gene P Selectin in ascidians in the lab during the 2001-2002 school year. She graduated Summer 2002.

Monique was in the Spring 2001 Undergraduate Apprenticehip at FHL with Dr. Swalla. She continued her work on the innate immune system in ascidians in the lab during the 2001-2002 school year.

Kellen started off in the Friday Harbor Appenticeship Program under Dr. Swalla. He worked on cloning Pax 6 in ascidians.

Danielle worked in the lab for Winter and Spring Quarters of 2002. She was working with VASA.

Jason rotated through the Swalla Lab during Autumn Quarter 2001. He is now doing research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Tammie started doing research on ascidians at Friday Harbor with the Gene Network Dynamics and Cellular Behavior apprenticeship, Autumn 2003. She continued doing research in Dr. Swalla�s lab Winter quarter 2004 and graduated with a B.S. in Biology March 2004.

Heather was an undergraduate working in the lab during the 2001-2002 school year. She worked on antibody staining for Type I and Type II collagen in hemichordates.

Publications:

Rychel, A. L., S. E. Smith, H. T. Shimamoto, and B. J. Swalla. (2006). Evolution and development of the chordates: Collagen and pharyngeal cartilage. Mol Biol Evol.23(3):541-549.

Shannon began working in the Swalla Lab as an undergraduate Howard Hughes intern in January 2001. She continued working in the lab and received a Mary Gates Scholarship for Fall 2001 and Winter 2002. After graduating in March 2002 with a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Zoology, Shannon began working full time as a research tech. She worked on her own project on hemichordates which will soon be published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology and on the ascidian innate immunity project. Shannon left the lab in February 2003 to move to Alaska.

Publications:

1.Smith, S.E. and Swalla, B.J. (2002) Identification of a New Enteropneust Species, Saccoglossus barkelyii, and Related Enteropneust Worms in the Pacific Northwest. American Zoology, 41(6): 1589 #P2.13.

2.Davidson, B., Smith Wallace, S.E., Howsmon, R.A. and Swalla, B.J. (2003) " A morphological and genetic characterization of metamorphosis in the ascidian Boltenia villosa." Dev. Genes Evol. 123: 601-611.

3.Rychel, A. L., S. E. Smith, H. T. Shimamoto,and B. J. Swalla. (2006). Evolution and development of the chordates:Collagen and pharyngeal cartilage. Mol Biol Evol.23(3):541-549.

Josh received his undergraduate degree at New College in Florida, doing undergraduate research with Dr. John Morrill. He cloned Styela clava ß-catenin while on his rotation and showed that it becomes nuclear in the endodermal cells by immunoflorescence. He is currently a PhD student in Dr. Randy Moon's laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology in the University of Washington Medical School. Josh is studying the role of a maternal protein, Dapper, in Wnt signalling in Xenopus and zebrafish. Dr. Swalla is a member of his PhD committee.