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Krystle McLaughlin
Alma materColgate University
University of Rochester
Scientific career
InstitutionsLehigh University
Vassar College
Thesis Structural and Thermodynamic Analysis of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions
Websitehttp://www.krystlejmclaughlin.com/

Krystle McLaughlin is a Caribbean-American structural biophysicist. She is an assistant professor of chemistry at Vassar College.

Early life and education

McLaughlin grew up in Tobago, where she met Joan and Jay Mandle, professors at Colgate University, who encouraged her to apply.[1] She studied physics at Colgate University, graduating in 2006.[1] She was the only woman of colour in her graduating physics class.[1] At Colgate University she was a leader of the Society of Physics Students.[2] She has since returned to Colgate University, to speak at their annual SophoMORE Connections event, introducing undergraduate students to alumni.[3] In 2006 she joined Clara Kielkopf's laboratory at the University of Rochester.[4] She was awarded the University of Rochester William F. Neuman and George Metzger Awards.[5] During her graduate studies she was a guest lecturer at Hampton University.[6] Her thesis used X-ray crystallography to study thermodynamic and structural basis for protein-nucleic acid interactions, and she successfully defended it in 2011.[7]

Research and career

McLaughlin joined University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a postdoctoral researcher, funded by a Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE) fellowship.[8] She characterised proteins responsible for the transfer of antibiotic resistance and virulence in bacterial cells, as well as teaching the biology program.[8] She was appointed a professor of practice at Lehigh University, where she started the PA DNA Day, a now annual celebration of DNA and genetics.[9][10] She was in Paris during the November 2015 Paris attacks.[11] At Lehigh University she developed innovative ways to teach undergraduates how to interpret crystallography.[12] She uses lysozyme to teach students about molecular modelling and crystallisation.[7] She has campaigned for a Synchrotron light source in South Africa.[13]

She joined Vassar College in 2017 as an assistant professor in chemistry.[14][15] Here her lab focus on the spread of antibiotic resistance, the gut microbiome and biochemistry of mycobacteriophages.[16][17]

She takes part in science outreach activities.[18] McLaughlin is the 2018 chair of the American Institute of Physics Liaison Committee on Underrepresented Minorities.[19] She was elected to the American Crystallographic Association communication committees.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Krystle McLaughlin '06 fights disease with crystals". The Colgate Scene. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  2. ^ "Krystle McLaughlin". Society of Physics Students. 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  3. ^ "Career Services – SophoMORE Connections". www.colgate.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  4. ^ "Lab Alumni – Personnel – Kielkopf Lab – University of Rochester Medical Center". www.urmc.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  5. ^ "The University of Rochester Celebrates Faculty and Student Honors 2012–13" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  6. ^ "Courses Taught – Krystle J. McLaughlin PhD". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  7. ^ a b "Lysozyme, Models and the PDB: Helping Undergraduates Explore Structure". RCSB PDB. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  8. ^ a b "Krystle McLaughlin – SPIRE Community". spire.unc.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  9. ^ "Lehigh University – DNA Day Pennsylvania". www.lehigh.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  10. ^ "NC DNA Day » Collaboration". ncdnaday.org. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  11. ^ "Two students, one faculty safe in Paris after attacks – The Brown and White". The Brown and White. 2015-11-14. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  12. ^ McLaughlin, Krystle J. (2017-05-09). "Understanding Structure: A Computer-Based Macromolecular Biochemistry Lab Activity". Journal of Chemical Education. 94 (7): 903–906. Bibcode:2017JChEd..94..903M. doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00464. ISSN 0021-9584.
  13. ^ "'If you build it, scientists will come'". 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  14. ^ "Krystle McLaughlin – Faculty – Vassar College". www.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  15. ^ "Biography – Krystle J. McLaughlin PhD". www.krystlejmclaughlin.com. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  16. ^ "McLaughlin Lab | Vassar". pages.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  17. ^ "Acumen" (PDF). Lehigh University. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  18. ^ UCA SPS (2014-04-15), Google Hangout w/ Dr. Krystle McLaughlin, retrieved 2018-05-16
  19. ^ "Member Society Liaison Committees". 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  20. ^ "American Crystallographic Association – Election Results". www.amercrystalassn.org. Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
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