SAKINA PALIDA LEMIEUX
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