Jennifer McCarthy
January 10, 2014
Chris Winchell
January 10, 2014
Team Member

Angela Kaczmarczyk

Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2010

Research Summary

Germline cells play a unique role in development; these specialized cells form the gametes that allow for reproduction.  The crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis displays the remarkable ability to replace its germline cells post-embryonically, resulting in fertile animals and normal offspring. I am interested in elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in this replacement.

 

Education

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Advisor: Nipam Patel
2009 – Present

B.S. in Evolution, Ecology, & Biodiversity

Department of Evolution and Ecology
University of California, Davis
Advisor: Artyom Kopp
2004 – 2009

Awards, Fellowships, and special training

  • CIRM predoctoral scholar (UC Berkeley), 2013 – 2014
  • NIH Genetics Training Grant (UC Berkeley), 2009 – 2012
  • CLIMB trainee (UC Davis), 2008 cohort
  • President’s Undergraduate Fellowship (UC Davis), 2007

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, Embryology (Arthropod Module)
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Summer 2012

Graduate Student Instructor, Genetics lab (MCB 140)
University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2011

Graduate Student Instructor, Genetics, Genomics, and Cell Biology (MCB 104)
University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2010

Presentations

Poster presenter at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference
“The molecular mechanisms of germline replacement in Parhyale hawaiensis”
San Francisco, CA
Received Best DEDB poster award, January 2013

Speaker at Molecular and Cellular Biology Retreat
“The development of the Parhyale germline”
Pacific Grove, CA
October 2011

Publications

Joshua G. Schraiber, Angela N. Kaczmarczyk, Ricky Kwok, Miran Park, Rachel Silverstein, Florentine U. Rutaganira, Taruna Aggarwal, Michael A. Schwemmer, Carole L. Hom, Richard K. Grosberg, Sebastian J. Schreiber (2012) Constraints on the use of lifespan-shortening Wolbachia to control dengue fever. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 297: 26-32.

Angela N. Kaczmarczyk, Artyom Kopp (2011) Germline stem cell maintenance as a proximate mechanism of life-history trade-offs? BioEssays. 33(1): 5-12.

Created on: January 10, 2014