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Jason D. Vevea, PhD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
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Jason D. Vevea, PhD
Developmental Neurobiology
MS 322
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, 38105-3678
Affiliations
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Wisconsin-Madison, HHMI
- Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar - University of Wisconsin-Madison, HHMI
- NIH Fellow - University of Wisconsin-Madison, HHMI
- PhD (Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine Program) - Columbia University, New York, New York
- MPhil (Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine Program) - Columbia University, New York, New York
- MA (Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine Program) - Columbia University, New York, New York
- BSc (Biochemistry and Microbiology) - University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
Honors & Awards
- 2020-2022 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar
Acute disruption of disease relevant neuronal proteins. - 2017-2020 NIH Postdoctoral F32 Fellow
Mechanisms regulating mitochondrial polarity in neurons: regional distribution and specialization. Mentor: Edwin R. Chapman, Ph.D. - 2018 F1000 Associate Faculty Member Travel Grant for Cell Biology Faculty
- 2010-2011 HHMI Med into Grad Fellow. Clinical Mentor: Michio Hirano, M.D.
Research Interests
- Molecular mechanisms of the synaptic vesicle cycle
- Presynaptic origins of neurodegenerative disease
- Organelle trafficking and polarity in neurons
- Organelle quality control in neurons
