Amelia Kim

Griffin lab

Amelia is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. There she studied Animal Science.
In the Griffin lab, she studies how cell fates are established during the early development of the C. elegans embryo. Her research is focused on understanding how asymmetric inheritance of tandem CCCH zinc finger protein MEX-1 is established in the one-cell embryo. She also studies how MEX-1 is involved in a feedback mechanism that regulates the activity of upstream polarity regulator MEX-5.  Amelia likes to watch movies and cook.

Contact

Amelia.J.Kim.GR@dartmouth.edu
HB Hinman Box 6044

Selected Publications

  • Kim AJ, Griffin EE. PLK-1 Regulation of Asymmetric Cell Division in the Early C. elegans Embryo. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Jan 21;8:632253. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.632253. PMID: 33553173; PMCID: PMC7859328.

    Pan J, Wenger ES, Matthews ML, Pollock CJ, Bhardwaj M, Kim AJ, Allen BD, Grossman RB, Krebs C, Bollinger JM Jr. Evidence for Modulation of Oxygen Rebound Rate in Control of Outcome by Iron(II)- and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenases. J Am Chem Soc. 2019 Sep 25;141(38):15153-15165. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b06689. Epub 2019 Sep 16. PMID: 31475820; PMCID: PMC6900985.

    Blaesi EJ, Palowitch GM, Hu K, Kim AJ, Rose HR, Alapati R, Lougee MG, Kim HJ, Taguchi AT, Tan KO, Laremore TN, Griffin RG, Krebs C, Matthews ML, Silakov A, Bollinger JM Jr, Allen BD, Boal AK. Metal-free class Ie ribonucleotide reductase from pathogens initiates catalysis with a tyrosine-derived dihydroxyphenylalanine radical. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Oct 2;115(40):10022-10027. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1811993115. Epub 2018 Sep 17. PMID: 30224458; PMCID: PMC6176560.