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Christina Kelly

Research Associate

Dr. Christina Kelly is a research associate in the lab of Dr. Dale Cameron.  Dr. Kelly earned her PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania where she utilized zebrafish to investigate early patterning events during vertebrate embryonic development.  Following a hiatus from the lab to raise her family, she joined the department in 2016 and is now studying yeast prions and supporting Ursinus students who are conducting research in Dr. Cameron’s lab.

Background

B.S., Case Western Reserve University

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Related News

Ben Allwein '18 (top left); Dr. Dale Cameron (Associate Professor of Biology, right), and Dr. Christina Kelly (Research Assistant, bottom...
Professor Dale Cameron and his lab team publish research on prions
Associate Professor of Biology, Dr. Dale Cameron, along with his former Honors student Ben Allwein (’18) and Research Assistant Dr. Christina Kelly, recently published their work on prions (view full text). Prions form when proteins adopt alternative structures that can assemble into ordered protein aggregates. These misshapen proteins can propagate their prion structures infectiously, converting other molecules of the same protein into the prion conformation. Prions are the cause of diseases like “mad cow” disease, scrapie in sheep, chronic wasting disease in deer, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.
Prof. Dale Cameron with Summer Fellows, FUTURE students, and Research Research Associate Christina Kelly.
NIH Funding Extends Cameron Lab Research on Disease-Causing Misfolded Proteins

The National Institutes of Health is again supporting the significant work of Ursinus Professor and Chair of Biology Dale Cameron and students in his lab with a $418,000 competitive grant renewal.

Dr. Dale Cameron, Nikole Fandino Pachon, Dr. Christina Kelly & Cameron Lab
Dr. Cameron and current Ursinus students recently published
Dr. Dale Cameron and members of his lab on campus have recently published their work titled “The human ribosome-associated complex suppresses prion formation in yeast.” The publication included research that took years to gather and allowed students in the Cameron lab an opportunity for hands-on learning.
Photo of Christina Kelly
Photo of Christina Kelly

Contact Info

Thomas Hall 210
610-409-3053
ckelly@ursinus.edu