Medical Assistant
Resume:
Jennifer A. Tyson Ph.D.
*************@*****.***
*** ***** **** ******, *** 102 Philadelphia PA 19143
Education
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/UPenn, Philadelphia PA, April 2014-Present
Post Doctoral Fellow
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York NY, 2008-2014
Ph.D. in Neuroscience 2014
MS in Neuroscience 2010
Smith College, Northampton MA, 2004-2008
B.A. in Neuroscience
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Scotland, 2007
Neuroscience Focus
Adjunct Instructor Course: Human Embryology and Teratology GC 507
Arcadia University, MS Program in Genetic Counseling, Philadelphia PA. Fall 2014
Research Mentor
UPenn, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA 2012-present
Teaching Assistant Course: Grant Writing & Scientific Journalism
WCMC Department of Neuroscience, New York, NY. Spring 2011 & Spring 2012
Teaching Assistant Course: Brain and Mind
WCMC, Medical College New York, NY. Fall 2011
Research Mentor
WCMC, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY. 2010 – 2012
Academic and Professional Honors
UPenn Institute for Regenerative Medicine Inaugural Stem Cell Conference; Invited Speaker, 2013
Hadley Society for Improving Natural Knowledge; Invited Speaker, 2012
Deans list 1st Group Scholar 2008
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship; Awardee, Summer 2007 and Summer 2008
Memberships in professional societies
National Post Doctoral Association – Member 2014-Present
Penn Biotech Group (PBG) Healthcare Consulting -- Member 2014-Present
Wharton Graduate Association – Member 2014-Present
Smith College Club of Philadelphia – Member 2012-Present
International Society for Stem Cell Research -- Member 2013-Present
Elected Sigma Xi Chapter 066 -- The Scientific Research Society 2008
Publications
• Tyson JA, Maroof AM, Xu Q, Petros TJ, Anderson SA. Birthdate and Sonic Hedgehog signaling
differentially specify PV versus SST expressing cortical interneuron fates from embryonic stem cells. In
Revision
• Tyson JA and Anderson SA. GABAergic interneuron transplants to study development and treat
disease. (2014) Trends Neurosci. 37(3) 169-177. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.01.003. PMID: 24508416
• Tyson JA and Anderson SA. The Protracted Maturation of Human ESC-Derived Interneurons
(2013) Cell Cycle. 2013 Sep 6;12(19). PMID: 24013418
• Maroof AM, Keros S, Tyson JA, Ying SW, Ganat YM, Merkle FT, Liu B, Goulburn A, Stanley
EG, Elefanty AG, Widmer HR, Eggan K, Goldstein PA, Anderson SA, Studer L. Directed differentiation
and functional maturation of cortical interneurons from human embryonic stem cells (2013) Cell Stem
Cell. 559-72. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.04.008. PMID: 23642365
• Tyson JA. Considerations for importing live genetically modified mice from academic laboratories
(2012) Lab Anim (NY). doi: 10.1038/laban0612-167. PMID: 22614092
• Petros TJ, Tyson JA, Anderson SA. Pluripotent stem cells for the study of CNS development.
(2011) Front. Mol. Neurosci. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2011.00030. PMID: 22016722
• Campbell LL, Tyson JA, Stackpole EE, Hokenson KE, Sherrill H, Mckeon JE, Edmands SD, Suarez
C, Hall AC. Assessment of general anaesthetic cytotoxicity in murine cortical neurones in dissociated
culture. (2011) Toxicology. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2011.01.014. PMID: 21277931
Grants
T32 Training Grant in Developmental Biology 1T32HD060600
October 2010-October 2012
Tri-Institutional community (The Rockefeller University, Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate Program and
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences).
Professional Presentations
J.A. TYSON, L. CAMPBELL, E.E. STACKPOLE, K.E. HOKENSON, S.D. EDMANDS, A.C. HALL;
Assessment of neurotoxicity by anesthetic cocktails on primary cultures from dissociated neonatal murine
cortex. 2008, Society for Neuroscience. Washington D.C. MD
J.A. TYSON, D.R. CHINTA, A.M. MAROOF, S.A. ANDERSON; Lost in Translation: Revealing
Mechanisms Underlying Fate Determination in Cortical Interneurons. 2010, Sloan-Kettering
Institute Center for Stem Cell Biology Inaugural Symposium. New York City, NY
J.A. TYSON, A.M. MAROOF, S.A. ANDERSON; Revealing mechanisms underlying fate determination in
cortical interneurons. 2011, Society for Neuroscience. Washington D.C. MD
J.A. TYSON, A.M. MAROOF, S.A. ANDERSON; Revealing mechanisms underlying fate determination in
cortical interneurons. 2012, Vincent du Vigneaud Memorial Research Symposium. New York City, NYC
J.A. TYSON, A.M. MAROOF, S.A. ANDERSON; Generation of Cortical Interneuron Subgroups
From a Dual-Reporter Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Line. 2012, Cortical interneurons in health and disease.
Costa d’en Blanes, Mallorca, Spain
J.A. TYSON, A.M. MAROOF, S.A. ANDERSON; Generation of Cortical Interneuron Subgroups From A
Dual-Reporter mESC Line 2012, Society for Neuroscience. New Orleans, LA
J.A. TYSON; Generation of Enriched Populations of Cortical Interneuron Subgroups From mESCs. 2013,
Invited Speaker, UPenn Institute for Regenerative Medicine Inaugural Stem Cell Conference.
J.A. TYSON, S.A. ANDERSON; Generation of Enriched PV versus SST Expressing Interneurons from a
Dual-Reporter mESC Line. 2013, Next Generation Stem Cell Conference. Saratoga, NY
J.A. TYSON, A.M. MAROOF, S.A. ANDERSON; Generation of Enriched PV versus SST Expressing
Interneurons from a Dual-Reporter mESC Line. 2013, ISSCR, International Society for Stem Cell
Research. Boston, MA
Other
Reviewer Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 2011-present
Creator, Author & Illustrator ScienceHaikuProject 2012-2013
Digital Artist Created Original Info-graphics for multiple publications
Housing Liaison for Graduate Students 2008-2010
Publicity & Design Committee Member Vincent Du Vigneaud Research Symposium 2010
Member Club Biomed (pharmaceutical investment club) 2009-2012
Member Graduate Student Executive Committee 2008-2012
Skills
Adobe Photoshop CS, MS Excel, Basic Statistics
Languages
Spanish (Basic)
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