Jennifer Sallee
Associate Professor of Biology
Contact +1 630 637 5183
jlsallee@noctrl.edu
Office Location
WSC
My interests lie in how cells change their shape during development and I use Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) to study this. My goal is to engage students at all levels of their study and show them how biology is connected to their everyday lives.
Selected Scholarship
Sallee, J. L., and D. P. Kiehart. ck/MyosinVIIA contributes to denticle formation during Drosophila development. (In preparation)
Sallee, J. L., and K. Burridge. 2009. DEP-1 regulates phosphorylation of tight junction proteins and enhances barrier function of epithelial cells. J. Biol. Chem. 284:14997-15006.
Sallee, J. L., E. S. Wittchen, and K. Burridge. 2006. Regulation of cell adhesion by protein-tyrosine phosphatases 2. cell-cell adhesion. J. Biol. Chem. 281:16189-16192.
Burridge, K., S. K. Sastry, and J. L. Sallee. 2006. Regulation of cell adhesion by protein-tyrosine phosphatases 1. cell-matrix adhesion. J. Biol. Chem. 281:15593-15596
External Funding
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2013.
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship Award, 2006-2008
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, 2005-2006.
Courses Taught
BIOL 195 Investigating Biology
BIOL 230 Genes and Genomics
BIOL 370 Mechanisms of Development
BCHM 465 Advances in Biomedical Research
GSST 340 Global Views: Women in Science