Jennifer Lennon

To identify the function of molecular chaperones in the assembly of dynein motor complexes in a model system for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.

Contact type
Person
First name
Jennifer
Surname
Lennon
Role
PhD Student - Jarman Lab
Organisation 1
Hugh Robson Building
Organisation 2
15 George Square
Organisation 3
Edinburgh EH8 9XD
Email
s1685391@sms.ed.ac.uk

Personal Profile

  • BA Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
  • Msc by Research in Integrative Neuroscience, The University of Edinburgh

Research

My PhD project aims to identify the function of molecular chaperones in the assembly of dynein motor complexes in a model system for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. Dynein motor complexes are responsible for ciliary motility and when they do not assembly correctly, disorder occurs. This process is highly conserved in Drosophila melanogaster and so through the use of techniques such as mass spectrometry, I investigate how the individual components of the assembly pathway carry out their function.