Section: Biography

Postdoctoral Position Available

Kirsten Hagstrom, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Program in Molecular Medicine

Other Affiliation(s):
   Cell Dynamics Group
   Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Academic Background:

Kirsten Hagstrom received her B.A. in Biology and Music from Oberlin College in 1989, and her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University in 1998. Her graduate research with Dr. Paul Schedl examined the role of chromatin silencers and insulators in regulating gene expression during Drosophila development. She then pursued postdoctoral research with Dr. Barbara Meyer at the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied the function of the condensin complex in C. elegans mitosis and meiosis. She was supported by a fellowship from the Damon Runyan Cancer Research Foundation. Dr. Hagstrom joined the faculty of the Program in Molecular Medicine and the Program in Cell Dynamics in 2004.

Office: Suite 334
Phone: 508-856-6851
E-mail: Kirsten.Hagstrom@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Genetic Systems, Cancer, Cell Biology, Cell Cycle, Organisms - C. elegans

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