天美传媒

Developmental Biology, Hematopoiesis, Genetics, Molecular Biology

PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California San Francisco (2015)

AB in Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University (2007)

• Goins LM, Girard JR, Mondal BC, Buran S^%, Su CC^%, Tang R^%, Biswas T^#, Kissi JA^{^}, Banerjee U. 2024 Jun 6:S1534-5807(24)00341-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38866012. ^% Undergraduate student (UCLA); ^# High school student; ^{^} Postbaccalaureate student
• Allara M^$ Girard JR^%. Bioessays. 2024 Apr; 46(4): e2300142. Epub 2024 Mar 15. PMID: 38488673. ^$ Graduate student;^%Corresponding author
• Evans CJ, Liu T^$, Girard JR^%, Banerjee U^%. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2022 Mar 22;119(12):e2119109119. PMID: 35286208; PMCID: PMC8944666. ^$ Graduate student; ^%Corresponding author
• Girard JR*, Goins LM*, Vuu DM* ⁺, Sharpley MS, Spratford CM, Mantri SR^%, Banerjee U. (2021) eLife. 2021;10:e67516. *Equal contribution; ⁺ Masters’ student; ^% Undergraduate student
• Spratford CM, Goins LM, Chi F^$, Girard JR, Macias SN^%, Ho VW^%, Banerjee U. (2021) Development. Dec 15;148(24):dev200216. Epub 2021 Dec 17. PMID: 34918741; PMCID: PMC8722385. ^$ Graduate student; ^% Undergraduate student
• Banerjee U*, Girard JR*, Goins LM*, Spratford CM*. (2019) Drosophila as a genetic model for hematopoiesis. Genetics 211, 367-417. . PMID: 30733377; PMCID: PMC6366919. *Equal contribution
• Lu D^$, Girard JR^$, Mizrak A^$, and Morgan DO. (2015) BMC Biology 13:96. PMID: 26573515; PMCID: PMC4647693. ^$ Graduate student
• Girard JR^$, Tenthorey JL^{^}, and Morgan DO. (2015) Journal of Biological Chemistry 290, 24614-25. PMID: 26306044; PMCID: PMC4591839. ^{^} Postbaccalaureate student; ^$Graduate student
• McCullah E^$, Farlow J^$, Fuller C^$, Girard J^$, Lipinski-Kruszka J^$, Lu D^$, Noriega T^$, Rollins G^$, Spitzer R^$, Todhunter M^$, and El-Samad H. (2009) Not all Quiet on the Noise Front. 5, 699-704. PMID: 19763097 ^$ Graduate student

Research Interests

The Girard lab studies the molecular mechanisms that govern blood cell development (hematopoiesis) using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. Insights into the molecular mechanisms that underlie blood formation are necessary to understand the causes of blood diseases such as leukemia. Drosophila blood cells are immune cells with functional similarities to human myeloid cells such as macrophages, and despite the vast evolutionary distance that separates these two organisms, their blood cells employ some of the same molecular pathways for their development. The Girard lab investigates the process by which undifferentiated blood progenitor cells differentiate into a variety of specialized blood cell types. Their approach to this research combines the power of Drosophila genetics and microscopy with newer single cell and molecular techniques.

Honors

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
• Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity (IMSD) Graduate Research Fellowship