Jennifer Trowbridge – Principal Investigator
Jen received her BSc in Genetics and PhD in Microbiology & Immunology from The University of Western Ontario. Her postdoctoral training was with Stuart H. Orkin at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Jen has received the Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Award, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Scholar Award, The Janet Rowley Award from the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH), an American Society of Hematology (ASH) Scholar Award, the V Foundation V Scholar Award and the Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award. She is a Professor and The Dattels Family Endowed Chair at The Jackson Laboratory and at Tufts University School of Medicine. Email: Jennifer.Trowbridge@jax.org
Kira Young – Associate Research Scientist
Kira received her BS in Chemical Engineering and PhD in Functional Genomics from the University of Maine, and completed her postdoctoral training in the Trowbridge lab. Kira’s project focuses on understanding causative changes driving hematopoietic aging, particularly in terms of alterations in the hematopoietic cell-extrinsic bone marrow microenvironment. Kira was the recipient of fellowship funding through a JAX T32 training grant, a JAX Pyewacket fellowship award and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Scholar award. Email: Kira.Young@jax.org
Maria Telpoukhovskaia – Associate Research Scientist
Maria received her BS in Chemistry from Yale University, PhD in Chemistry from The University of British Columbia, and performed postdoctoral training in neuroscience at The Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease. Maria joined the Trowbridge lab in 2023. Her research interests include leveraging genetic diversity in mouse models to better understand human health and disease, and the functional relationship between peripheral and central immune systems in aging. Email: Maria.Telpoukhovskaia@jax.org
Jayna Mistry – Postdoctoral Fellow
Jayna received her BSc (Hons) from Aston University and her PhD from the University of East Anglia and Earlham Institute in the UK. She conducted her thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Stuart Rushworth studying the role of metabolism in stress hematopoiesis. Jayna’s focus is on understanding aging-associated mechanisms of Dnmt3a-mutant clonal hematopoiesis. Jayna is a past recipient of a JAX Scholar Award and current recipient of a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Fellow Award. Email: Jayna.Mistry@jax.org
James Miller – Postdoctoral Fellow
James received his BS from the University of Maine and PhD from Cornell University. He conducted his thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Gerlinde Van de Walle taking a comparative species approach to understand the role of microRNAs in mammary gland health and transformation. Email: James.Miller@jax.org
Xiurong Cai – Postdoctoral Fellow
Xiurong received her Bachelors degree in Clinical Medicine and Masters in Medical Oncology from Sun Ya-sen University and MD from the Department of Hematology, Oncology and Cancer Immunology at Charite – Berlin University Medicine in Germany. She conducted her thesis work with Drs. Clemens Schmitt and Gerald Willimsky studying the immune response towards senescent lymphoma cells and the therapeutic potential of bispecific antibodies in lymphoma. Email: Xiurong.Cai@jax.org
Shawn David – Ph.D. candidate
Shawn received his BS from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, and MS from the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (InStem-NCBS) in India. Shawn is currently a PhD candidate in the University of Maine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (GSBSE). Shawn’s project focuses on investigating T cell function in clonal hematopoiesis. Email: Shawn.David@jax.org
Griffin Nye – Research Lab Manager
Griffin received his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science from the University of New Hampshire with experience in microbial research. Griffin manages our research laboratory staff, mouse colony, and supports experiments in the areas of clonal hematopoiesis, inflammation and metabolic regulation. Email: Griffin.Nye@jax.org
Cameron Keeley-Parker – Postbaccaleaurate Fellow
Cameron received a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Richmond with experience in laboratory research in microbial biology. Cameron joined the lab in the fall of 2023 and his project investigates the influence of heavy metals and environmental exposures on the development of acute myeloid leukemia. Email: cameron.keeley-parker@jax.org
Ashlyn Fernald – Research Assistant I
Ashlyn received a BS in Biology from Husson University with Honors. Ashlyn joined the lab in the fall of 2023 with experience in transgenic mouse genotyping, reproductive sciences IVF injections and as a molecular & cell biology technician at JAX. Ashlyn supports mouse colony efforts and molecular biology experiments across the laboratory. Email: ashlyn.fernald@jax.org
Natalie Fournier – Research Technologist
Natalie received a BA in Biology from Wheaton College and Certificate in Teaching in Secondary Education for Life Sciences from Husson University with research experience in neurobiology. Natalie supports experiments across the entire laboratory including mouse transplantation studies, ex vivo culture studies, molecular biology and flow cytometry. Email: natalie.fournier@jax.org
Former Lab Members
Postdoctoral Fellows:
- Kira Young, PhD, current: Associate Research Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
- Jennifer SanMiguel, PhD, current: R&D Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
PhD Program:
- Logan Schwartz, PhD, current: postdoctoral fellow, The Roux Institute
- Eraj Khokhar, PhD, current: postdoctoral fellow, UMass Medical School
- Sneha Borikar, PhD, current: Principal Scientist I, Novartis
Postbacc Fellows:
- Patricia Colom Diaz, current: PhD canddiate, Yale University
JAX Summer Student Program:
- Mia Corradi, current: undergraduate, University of Maine
- David Bernal, current: undergraduate, Washington University St. Louis
- Brandon James, current: PhD candidate, Cornell University
- Maximo Kesselhaut, current; PhD candidate, UC Berkeley
- Teniola Idowu, current: PhD candidate, NYU
- Zollie Yavarow, PhD, MA (Duke University), current: Science Communicator
- Matthew Loberg, current: MD/PhD candidate, Vanderbilt University
- Jennifer Ditano Hinds, PhD (Dartmouth), current: Senior Scientist I, AbbVie
High School Interns:
- Olivia Erickson
Research Assistants:
- Bridget Whitworth
- Nathan Boyer
- Matthew Bauer
- Abimbola Lawal
- Liz Eudy
- Amy LoTemplio
- Nicole Dean
- Matthew Loberg
- Becca Bell
- Tara Murphy
- Kaiden Waldron-Francis
- Charles Kanozak
The Trowbridge Lab 