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I'm a scientist and mom to two young daughters. I'm interested in neurobiology, microscopy, art and design, gardening, cooking, and sharing it all with my family. 

Education, Experience

2022-present

Affiliate

University of California, San Diego, Neurosciences

National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research

2016-2021
Postdoctoral Research/Associate Scientist

Clive Svendsen Lab, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Regenerative Medicine

2020-2016

PhD in Biomedical Sciences/Neuroscience

Roger Y. Tsien Lab, University of California, San Diego, HHMI​

2010

Research Associate, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

Hilde Cheroutre Lab, Developmental Immunology​

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2005-2009

B.S. Chemical Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Jay T. Groves Lab, Biophysics, HHMI​

Carla Cicero Lab, Evolutionary Genetics, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 

2003-2007

High school/summer student, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA

Joanne Chory Lab, Plant Biology

Publications

Perineuronal nets and the neuronal extracellular matrix can be imaged by genetically encoded labeling of HAPLN1 in vitro and in vivo. S. Lemieux, V. Lev-Ram, R. Tsien, M. Ellisman. BioRxiv, 2023.

 

Do perineuronal nets stabilize the engram of a synaptic circuit? V. Lev-Ram, S. Lemieux, Thomas J. Deerinck, Eric A. Bushong, Brandon H. Toyama, Alex Perez, Denise R. Pritchard, Sung Kyu R. Park, Daniel B. McClatchy, Jeffrey N. Savas, Susan S. Taylor, Mark H. Ellisman, John Yates, Roger Y. Tsien. BioRxiv, 2023.

 

Spilt miniSOG for spatially detecting intracellular protein-protein interactions by correlated light and electron microscopy. D. Boassa, S. Lemieux, V. Lev-Ram, J. Hu, Q. Xiong, S. Phan, M. Mackey, R. Ramachandra, R. Peace, S. Adams, M. Ellisman, J. Ngo. Cell Chemical Biology, 2019

 

Multicolor electron microscopy via lanthanide labels resolved by electron energy loss spectroscopy.

S. Adams, M. Mackey, R. Ramachandra, S. Palida Lemieux*, E. Bushong, M. Butko, M. Ellisman, R. Tsien.

Cell Chemical Biology, November 2nd. 2016

 

Click-EM for visualization of biomolecules by correlated light and electron microscopy.

J. Ngo, S. Adams, D. Boassa, T. Deerinck, F. Rodriguez-Rivera, S. Palida, C. Bertozzi, M. Ellisman, R. Tsien. Nature Chemical Biology, June 12th, 2016

 

PKMζ, but not PKCλ, is rapidly synthesized and degraded at the neuronal synapse.

S. Palida, M. Butko, J. Ngo, M. Mackey, L. Gross, M. Ellisman, R. Tsien. The Journal of Neuroscience, May 20th, 2015.

 

Improved PeT Molecules for Optically Sensing Voltage in Neurons.

C. Woodford, E. Frady, R. Smith, B. Morey, G. Canzi, S. Palida, R. Araneda, W. Kristan, C. Kubiak, E. Miller, R. Tsien. JACS, February 11th, 2015

 

αβT cell receptors expressed by CD4(-)CD8αβ(-) intraepithelial T cells drive their fate into a unique lineage with unusual MHC reactivities. S. Mayans, D. Stepniak, S. Palida, A. Larange, J. Dreux, B. Arlian, R.

Shinnakasu, M. Kronenberg, H. Cheroutre, F. Lambolez. Cell Immunity, August 21st, 2014

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