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Jennifer Jin, Ph.D.
- Position
- Assistant Professor of Biology
- Email Address
- Jennifer.Jin@sckans.edu
- Phone
- (620) 229-6338
- Bio
Education
2019-2025
Postdoc, Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego
2021-2024
A.P. Giannini Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
2012-2018
Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (and Freie University Berlin, Germany)
2009-2012
Research Assistant at Oregon Health and Sciences University, then at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2005-2009
B.A., Biology, Reed College
Teaching
- BIOL111 Biology 1 (fall)
- BIOL216 Cell Biology (spring)
- BIOL231 Nutrition (spring)
- HSCI100 Careers in Health Science Seminar (spring)
New courses in 2026-2027:
- BIOL355 Topics: Neurobiology (spring)
- NSCI155 Topics: Plastic Brain (General Education; fall and spring)
Other courses in the future:
- BIOL340 Molecular Biology
- BIOL310 Developmental Biology
Mentoring
Selected Publications
See all papers by E. Jennifer Jin on Pubmed
Representative paper from postdoc training:
- Jin, E.J., Qi, Q.B., Chisholm, A.D., and Jin, Y. (2024) The BEN domain LIN-14 coordinates neuromuscular positioning during epidermal maturation. iScience, 28(1):111577.
Representative paper from PhD training:
- Jin, E.J.*, Kiral, F.R.*, Ozel, M.N., Burchardt, L.S., Osterland, M., Epstein, D., Wolfenberg, H., Prohaska, S., and Hiesinger, P.R. (2018). Live observation of two parallel membrane degradation pathways at axon terminals. Current Biology, 28(7):1027-1038. *co-first authors
