Cora Helton
Phase 1 Second Year Student
Locations
- Medical Scientist Training Program
Contact Information
Education
Research Interests
Neurodegenerative diseases, movement disorders, biochemistry
Research Experience
Indiana University-Bloomington, 2019-2023
Advisor: Dr. Soni Lacefield
Project: The role of protein mechanisms on chromosome segregation, spindle formation and developmental disorders
Roche Diagnostics, 2018-2019, Advisor: Michael Wheeler
Project: Electrochemistry and metal alloy composition for Accu-Check diabetes test strips
Publications
Cairo G, Greiwe C, Jung GI, Blengini C, Schindler K, Lacefield S. Distinct Aurora B pools at the inner centromere and kinetochore have different contributions to meiotic and mitotic chromosome segregation. Mol Biol Cell. 2023 May 1;34(5):ar43. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E23-01-0014. Epub 2023 Mar 15. PMID: 36920098; PMCID: PMC10162408.
Meeting Abstracts
Greiwe C. Bmh1 interacts with DNA-binding proteins to repair double stranded breaks after meiotic recombination. Summer Symposium for the Undergraduate Advanced Research Grant at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, July 2022. [Poster]
General Interests
Violin, piano, painting, Taekwondo, hiking, baking