Mattea Keister (Miller)
- 2017 Beckman Program Scholar
- M.D. Candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Biography —
Mattea Keister (Miller) grew up in Arvada, Colorado, where she attended Ralston Valley High School. She joined Dr. Lisa Timmons lab in August 2016 where she started working on an unusual form of gene silencing that was observed in transgenic strains of Caenorhabditis elegans. The findings are reminiscent of genetic imprinting mechanisms in humans and may illuminate unintended consequences of genetic manipulation. The goal is to use biochemical and genetic approaches to uncover the underlying mechanism for this form of silencing. She graduated from KU in 2019 with a BS in Biochemistry and is an M.D. candidate, class of 2024, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Selected Presentations —
Keister, M.; Timmons, L.A. "“Hyperactive Antiforeign Genome Response" KU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Lawrence, KS, May 2019 (poster)
Keister, M.; Timmons, L.A. "“Hyperactive Antiforeign Genome Response" Beckman Symposium, Irvine, CA, August 2018 (poster)
Keister, M.; Timmons, L.A. "Unexpected Silencing at a Genetically Engineered Locus: Mechanism and Sequence," Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session, Lawrence, KS, August 2017 (poster)
Keister, M.; Timmons, L.A. "Unexpected Silencing at a Genetically Engineered Locus: Mechanism and Sequence," REU Research Progress Symposium," Lawrence, KS, July 26, 2017 (talk)
Awards & Honors —
Graduation with University Honors and with Distinction
May 2019
Minor in Spanish
Phi Beta Kappa