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 Janet Rowley Award from the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH), an American Society of Hematology (ASH) Scholar Award, the V Scholar Award and the Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award. She is an Associate Professor 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

Jennifer Myers SanMiguel – Postdoctoral Fellow

Jen received her BA in Biology from Colby College and PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Jen conducted her thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Marisa Bartolomei studying the epigenetic regulator TET1 and its role during developmental epigenetic reprogramming. Jen’s project focuses on understanding how inflammation in the context of aging contributes to clonal hematopoiesis via mutant HSC selection. Jen is a current recipient of an ASH Scholar Award. Email: Jennifer.SanMiguel@jax.org

Logan Schwartz – Ph.D. candidate

Logan received her BS in Molecular Genetics from The University of Rochester and subsequently was a research technician with Drs. Christopher Ott and Jay Bradner at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Logan is currently a PhD candidate in the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Genetics Program. Logan’s project focuses on understanding how changes in the bone marrow microenvironment synergize with somatic mutations in HSCs to promote clonal hematopoiesis. Logan is the recipient of a Burroughs Wellcome Fund training fellowship from JAX and NIH F31 fellowship grant from the NIDDK. Email: Logan.Schwartz@jax.org

Kristina Mujica – Research Lab Associate Manager

Tina received her BS in Wildlife Biology from Unity College and Masters degree from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to joining the lab, Tina had previous experience as an animal care technician here at JAX, and as a veterinary technician at an animal shelter. Tina serves as our laboratory manager for day-to-day operations, coordinates our animal colony, trains incoming lab members, and supports experiments across the laboratory. Email: Kristina.Mujica@jax.org