MARJORIE LAYOSA
Graduate Student
Marjorie graduated from the University of the Philippines – Los Baños (UPLB) where she earned her degrees on BS Nutrition and MS Applied Nutrition. She was a research visiting scholar at Texas A&M University where she explored the chemotherapeutic potential of dark sweet cherry polyphenolics against breast cancer as part of her Master’s thesis.
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Research: Investigates the metabolic adaptation in breast cancer cells that preferentially metastasize to lung or liver.
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Outside the lab, she enjoys running, hiking, and watching sports.
Dr. CHAYLEN ANDOLINO
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chaylen was raised in Corning, New York (home of all of the glass, ceramics, and lab equipment you could ever imagine!) Fun fact: she grew up on Pyrex Street (yes, like the dishes). She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology and Biochemistry at Bucknell University. She also played softball and worked in Dr. Mitchell Chernin’s lab studying the prevention of bladder cancer via modulation of cell signaling pathways by heat shock protein inhibitors. She then joined the Teegarden lab to complete her PhD. She was a Senior Investigator in the Bindley Proteomics Facilty for one year. She then returned to the Teegarden lab as a postdoctoral fellow.
Research: Determining the role of lipid metabolism and cytoplasmic lipid droplets (CLDs) associated proteins in the promotion of mammary cancer cell metastasis.
When she is not in the lab, she enjoys reading, creating makeup looks, doing yoga, and catching up with her family.
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Olivia Callinsworth
Biochemistry Major
Nutrition Science Minor
Nutrition Honors Program
Research: Studying the role of glycogen metabolism in breast cancer metastasis.
Mary Grace Marcinek
Biomedical Health Sciences Major - Pre-PA
Purdue University
Lillian Cline
Nutrition Science, Pre-Dental
Nutrition Science Honors Program
Purdue University