Abigail Mazie

Department of Botany

430 Lincoln Drive

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI 53706-1381

Office: 220 Birge Hall
Phone: (608) 265-7929

Fax: (608) 262-7509
Email: abigail.mazie@gmail.com

Educational Background:

BS: Biology at the University of Pittsburgh, 2003
BA: Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, 2003

Work History:
University of Pittsburgh
Research Technician in the laboratory of Dr. Jes Klarlund
Summer 2007 - Summer 2008
Summer 2003 - Summer 2005

Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Molecular Laboratory Manager under Dr. Cynthia Morton
Summer 2006 - Summer 2007

University of Pittsburgh
Research Technician in the laboratory of Dr. Anthony Bauer
Summer 2005 - Summer 2006

Research Interests:
Plant Evolutionary Genetics. The Genetic Basis of Morphological Adaptation.

Hobbies:
Reading (mostly science-fiction), movies, music, baking, listening to This American Life, house-pets (two cats, one dog, and two turtles), and playing Scrabble

Publications:
Mazie, A.R., Spix, J.K., Block, E.R., Achebe, H.B., and Klarlund, J.K. Epithelial cell motility is triggered by activation of the EGF receptor through phosphatidic acid signaling (2006) J Cell Sci. 119(Pt 8):1645-54.

Block E.R., Matela A.R., SundarRaj N, Iszkula E.R., Klarlund J.K. Wounding Induces Motility in Sheets of Corneal Epithelial Cells Through Loss of Spatial Constraints: Role of Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Growth Factor Signaling (2004) J. Biol. Chem. 279, 24307-24312.