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                Keith E. Murphy, Ph.D., Professor

                Leigh Anne Clark, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor

                Alison Starr, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist

                Kate L. Tsai, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor      

                Jacquelyn Wahl, Ph.D., Graduate Research Assistant

                Amber Bell, Student worker

Recent Members

Rebecca Bell, Ph.D.

Rebecca defended her doctoral dissertation in September 2007. Her work concerned the genetics of X-linked and autosomal recessive hereditary nephropathy in the dog. She is currently a postdoctoral scientist at The Institute of Molecular Medicine of the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.

R. Michelle Boggs, Ph.D.

Michelle defended her doctoral dissertation in December 2007. Her work concerned canine miRNAs. She is currently a postdoctoral scientist in the department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences at Texas A&M University.

Sarah Canterberry, Ph.D.

Sarah defended her doctoral dissertation in August 2006. Her work concerned the genetics of aging in the domestic dog. She is currently a postdoctoral scientist in the Reproductive Sciences Laboratory at Texas A&M University.

Edward Cargill, Ph.D.

Edward defended his doctoral dissertation in December 2003. His work concerned canine hereditary deafness, specifically in the Dalmatian. He is now a research scientist with Monsanto.

Melissa Cox, Ph.D.

Melissa defended her doctoral dissertation in September 2003. Her work concerned canine X-linked Alport syndrome. She completed three years of postdoctoral training at Pfizer Global Research and is currently a postdoctoral scientist at The Jackson Laboratory.

Ashley Davidson, Ph.D.

Ashley defended her dissertation in March 2007. Her work concerned autosomal recessive familial nephropathy in the English Cocker Spaniel. She now works for a firm specializing in legal applications to biotechnology.

Kimberly Greer, Ph.D.

Kimberly was a postdoctoral scientist from 2002 to 2005 and now is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Stephanie Herbst, Ph.D.

Stephanie defended her doctoral dissertation in August 2007. Her work concerned the genetics of dilated cardiomyopathy in the Great Dane. She is a postdoctoral scientist at The Texas Heart Institute.

Jessica Moody, Ph.D.

Jessica defended her doctoral dissertation in February 2008. Her work concerned regulation of the type IV collagen genes. She will begin  postdoctoral studies in Houston in the summer of 2008.

Canine Genetics Lab, March 2005 Group of the Month   

Top to bottom - left to right: Dr. Keith Murphy, Alison Starr and Tessa, Stephanie Herbst and Chloe, Ashley Davidson and Angelo, Sarah Canterberry and Gussie, Jacquelyn Wahl and Minnie, Rebecca Bell and Huckleberry, Dr. Leigh Anne Clark and Laska, Dr. Virginia Groemminger and Irish, Lauren Schilling and Mad Max, Jessica Henske and Charlie, Valerie Pilger and Maddie, Michelle Boggs and Bogart, and Kate Tsai and Sprout.