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CV - Laura Anne Lowery updated February 2019

Boston College, Biology Department Phone: (617) 552-1608 Higgins Hall – Room 428 Email: laura.lowery@bc.edu 140 Commonwealth Avenue https://www.lowerylab.org/ Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Education Ph.D. Developmental Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 2008 M.S. Biology, University of California, San Diego March 2001 B.S. Biology, cum laude, Revelle College, University of California, San Diego March 2000

Academic/Research Positions Associate Professor, Biology Department, Boston College September 2018 – present Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Boston College January 2014 – August 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow in lab of Dr. David Van Vactor, Harvard Medical School July 2008 – December 2013 With Co-mentor Dr. Gaudenz Danuser, Harvard Medical School November 2010 – December 2013 Doctoral thesis in lab of Dr. Hazel Sive, MIT and Whitehead Institute May 2002 – June 2008 Master’s thesis in lab of Dr. William R. Schafer, University of California, San Diego April 1999 – June 2001

Honors and Awards Charles H. Hood Foundation 2018-2019 Bridge Funding Award September 2018 Boston College “Ever to Excel” Reverend John R Trzaska SJ Award (for Teaching/Mentoring) March 2017 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award July 2016 March of Dimes Research Award June 2016 North East Society of Developmental Biology Poster Presentation Award April 2013 Growth Cones and Axon Regeneration RegenBase Oral Presentation Award October 2012 Growth Cones and Axon Regeneration RegenBase Travel Fellowship October 2012 North East Society of Developmental Biology Best Oral Presentation Award April 2012 NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award February 2012 – January 2017 North East Society of Developmental Biology Best Oral Presentation Award March 2011 NIH/NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Post-doctoral Fellowship August 2008 – July 2011 Developmental Biology Gordon Conference Poster Award June 2005 NIH/NIMH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Pre-doctoral Fellowship May 2005 – May 2008 Abraham J. Siegel Fellowship, Whitehead Institute September 2004 North East Society of Developmental Biology Poster Award April 2004 Revelle College Outstanding Academic and Leadership Excellence Award June 2000 Porter Beach Foundation Summer Research Grant June 1999 Outstanding Student of the Year, National Association of College and University Residence Halls June 1998 Ernest C. Mort Leadership Excellence Award, Revelle College, UCSD June 1997

Mentored Awards Northeast Craniofacial Meeting Best Flash Talk Award (Fred Kim) August 2018 North East Society of Developmental Biology Best Student Presentation Award (Ali Mills) April 2018 North East Society of Developmental Biology Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award (Eric Lee) April 2017 North East Society of Developmental Biology Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award (Beth Bearce) April 2017 North East Society of Developmental Biology Undergraduate Poster Presentation Awards (Erin Rutherford) April 2016 North East Society of Developmental Biology Undergraduate Poster Presentation Awards (Leslie Carandang) April 2016 American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting Undergraduate Travel Award (Erin Rutherford) December 2015 North East Society of Developmental Biology Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award (Matthew Evans) April 2015 North East Society of Developmental Biology Poster Presentation Award (Belinda Nwagbara) April 2014

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Professional Memberships

Editorial Board, Review Editor, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 2018 – present New England Society for Microscopy (Board Member, 2016-2018) 2015 – 2018 Genetics Society of America 2013 – present Society for Neuroscience 2012 – present American Society for Cell Biology 2011 – present Society for Developmental Biology 2003 – present

Peer-Reviewed Publications

At Boston College * undergraduate student author

1. Slater P, Cammarata G, Monahan C*, Bowers J*, Yan O*, Lee S, Lowery LA. Characterization of Xenopus Guanine Deaminase reveals new insights for its expression and function in the embryonic kidney. Developmental Dynamics, in press.

2. Lasser M, Tiber J*, Lowery LA. The role of the microtubule cytoskeleton in neurodevelopmental disorders. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 12:165. (Review)

3. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Francl A*, Lee E*, Pratt B*, Rutherford E, Lowery LA. (2017) The microtubule plus-end-tracking protein TACC3 promotes axon outgrowth and mediates responses to guidance signals during development. Neural Development, 12(1):3.

- Recommended by F1000 4. Slater P, Hayraptien L*, Lowery LA. (2017) Xenopus laevis as a model system to study cytoskeletal dynamics during

axon pathfinding. Genesis, 55(1-2). (Review) 5. Rutherford E* and Lowery LA. (2016) Exploring the developmental mechanisms underlying Wolf-Hirschhorn

Syndrome: evidence for defects in neural crest cell migration. Development Biology, 420:1-10. (Review) 6. Rutherford E*/Carandang L*, Ebbert P*, Mills A*, Bowers J*, Lowery LA. (2016) TACC2 is a microtubule plus-end

tracking protein that can promote microtubule polymerization during embryonic development. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 27:3013-20.

7. McDowell GS, Lemire JM, Pare JF, Cammarata G, Lowery LA, Levin M. (2016) Conserved roles for cytoskeletal components in determining laterality. Integrative Biology, 8(3):267-86.

- Image selected for cover 8. Erdogan B, Ebbert P*, Lowery LA. (2016) Using Xenopus laevis retinal and spinal neurons to study mechanisms of

axon guidance in vivo and in vitro. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 51:64-72. (Review) 9. Cammarata G, Bearce E, Lowery LA. (2016) Cytoskeletal social networking in the growth cone: how +TIPs mediate

microtubule-actin cross-linking to drive axon outgrowth and guidance. Cytoskeleton, 73:461-76. (Review) - Cited in Sinaeur Developmental Biology textbook by Barresi and Gilbert, Eleventh Edition

10. Chen CT, Farrell M, de Leon J, Nwagbara B, Ebbert P*, Ferguson D, Lowery LA, Morrissette N, Gubbels MJ. (2015) EB1 and tubulin acetylation regulate Toxoplasma gondii spindle stability. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 26:4562-76.

- Recommended by F1000 11. Bearce EA, Erdogan B, Lowery LA. (2015) TIPsy tour guides: How microtubule plus-end tracking proteins (+TIPs)

facilitate axon guidance. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 9:241. (Review) - Cited in Sinaeur Developmental Biology textbook by Barresi and Gilbert, Eleventh Edition

12. Lucaj C*/Evans M*, Nwagbara B, Ebbert P*, Baker C*, Volk J*, Francl A*, Ruvolo S, Lowery LA. (2015) Xenopus TACC1 is a microtubule plus-end-tracking protein that can regulate microtubule dynamics during embryonic development. Cytoskeleton, 72(5):225-34.

13. Nwagbara B/Faris A, Bearce E, Erdogan B, Ebbert P*, Evans M*, Rutherford E*, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. (2014) TACC3 is a microtubule plus-end tracking protein that promotes axon elongation and also regulates microtubule plus-end dynamics in multiple cell types. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 25:3350-62.

- Image selected for cover of November 15 2014 issue - Recommended by F1000

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14. Stout A*, D’Amico S*, Enzenbacher T, Ebbert P*, Lowery LA. (2014) Using plusTipTracker open-source software to measure microtubule dynamics in Xenopus laevis growth cones. Journal of Visualized Experiments, (91) doi: 10.3792/52138. (Methods)

15. Lemmon V, Ferguson A, Popovich P, Xu X, Snow D, Igarashi M, Beattie C, Bixby J, and the MIASCI Consortium. (2014) Minimum information about a spinal cord injury experiment (MIASCI) – a proposed reporting standard for spinal cord injury experiments. Journal of Neurotrauma 31:1354-1361. - Lowery LA is a member of the MIASCI Consortium

From Graduate and Postdoctoral Research 16. Lowery LA, Faris A, Stout A, Ding L, Baird M, Davidson M, Danuser G, Van Vactor D. (2013) Growth cone-specific

functions of XMAP215 in restricting microtubule dynamics and promoting axonal outgrowth. Neural Development 8:22.

17. Long JB, Bagonis M, Lowery LA, Lee H, Danuser G, Van Vactor D. (2013) Multiparametric analysis of CLASP-interacting protein functions during interphase microtubule dynamics. Molecular and Cellular Biology 33(8):1528-45.

18. Lowery LA, Faris AE, Stout A, Van Vactor D. (2012) Neural explant cultures from Xenopus laevis neurons. Journal of Visualized Experiments (68), e4232, DOI: 10.3791/4232. (Methods)

19. Chang J, Lowery LA, Sive H. (2012) Multiple roles for the Na,K-ATPase subunits, Atp1a1 and Fxyd1, during brain ventricle development. Developmental Biology 368 (2):312-22.

20. Lowery LA, Lee H, Lu C, Murphy R, Obar RA, Zhai B, Schedl M, Van Vactor D, Zhan Y. (2010) Parallel genetic and proteomic screens identify Msps as a CLASP-Abl pathway interactor in Drosophila. Genetics 185(4):1311-25.

21. Lowery LA, Van Vactor D. (2009) The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10(5):332-43. (Review)

- Cited in Sinaeur Developmental Biology Textbook by Barresi and Gilbert, Eleventh Edition 22. Lowery LA, Sive H. (2009) Totally tubular: the mystery behind function and origin of the brain ventricular system.

Bioessays 31(4):446-58. (Review) 23. Lowery LA, De Rienzo G, Gutzman J, and Sive H. (2009) Characterization and classification of zebrafish brain

morphology mutants. Anatomical Record 292(1):94-106. 24. Gutzman JH, Graeden E, Lowery LA, Holley H, Sive H. (2008) Formation of the midbrain hindbrain boundary

constriction requires laminin-dependent basal constriction. Mechanisms of Development 125(11-12):975-83. 25. Lowery LA, Rubin J, and Sive H. (2007) wis/sfpq is required for cell survival and neuronal development in the

zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics 236(5):1347-57. 26. Lowery LA and Sive H. (2005) Initial formation of zebrafish brain ventricles occurs independently of circulation and

requires the nagie oko and snakehead/atp1a1a.1 gene products. Development 132(9):2057-67. 27. Lowery LA and Sive H. (2004) Strategies of vertebrate neurulation and a re-evaluation of teleost neural tube

formation. Mechanisms of Development 121(10):1189-97. (Review) - Cited in Sinaeur Developmental Biology textbook by Barresi and Gilbert, Eleventh Edition

28. Hardaker LA, Singer E, Kerr R, Zhou G, Schafer WR. (2001) Serotonin modulates locomotory behavior and coordinates egg-laying and movement in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Neurobiology 49 (4):303-13.

29. Waggoner LE, Hardaker LA, Golik S, and Schafer WR. (2000) Effect of a neuropeptide gene on behavioral states in Caenorhabditis elegans egg-laying. Genetics 154:1181-1192.

Book Chapters/Reviews (Not Peer-Reviewed) 30. Dickinson AJ, Lowery LA. (2016) Xenopus as a model for developmental biology. Seminars in Cell and

Developmental Biology, 51:53. 31. Lowery LA. (2014) Axon Guidance: FLRT-ing promotes attraction. Current Biology 24(5):R198-200. 32. Jo H, Lowery LA, Tropepe V, Sive H. (2005) The zebrafish as a model for analyzing neural tube defects. In “Neural

Tube Defects: From Origin to Treatment” (ed. D.F. Wyszynski) Oxford University Press.

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Invited Seminars (since 2014)

1. 06/04/18 – Tufts University, Allen Discovery Center Seminar Series, Host: Prof Michael Levin 2. 05/30/18 – University of Texas Health San Antonio, Department of Pharmacology Seminar, Host: Asst Prof April

Risinger 3. 03/09/18 – Whitehead Institute, Whitehead Forum Seminar, Host: Whitehead Seminar Organizers 4. 02/26/18 – Bentley University, American Cancer Society Relay for Life Talks, Host: Undergraduate Students 5. 07/11/17 – University of Minnesota, Informal Seminar, Host: Asst Prof Gant Luxton 6. 04/25/17 – Purdue University, Neuroscience Seminar Series, Host: Prof Daniel Suter 7. 03/08/17 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biophysics Seminar Series, Host: Assoc Prof Iain Cheeseman 8. 01/17/17 – University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program Seminar Series,

Host: Assoc Prof Jennifer Ross 9. 01/09/17 – California Institute of Technology, Informal Seminar, Host: Prof Marianne Bronner 10. 11/09/16 – University of California, Davis, Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar Series, Host: Asst Prof Kassandra

Ori-McKenney 11. 11/08/16 – University of California, Berkeley, Informal Seminar, Host: Prof Richard Harland 12. 11/07/16 – University of California, San Francisco, Informal Seminar, Host: Prof Fred Chang 13. 10/17/16 – University of Richmond, Biology Department Seminar Series, Host: Asst Prof Omar Quintero 14. 10/05/16 – College of Saint Rose, Colloquium for Science Majors, Host: Asst Prof Rebecca Landsberg 15. 09/13/16 – University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Special Seminar, Host: Assoc Prof Stephanie Gupton 16. 08/18/16 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gertler Lab Group Meeting, Host: Prof Frank Gertler 17. 07/27/16 – University of California, Los Angeles, Cytoskeletal Club Seminar, Host: Assoc Prof Margot Quinlan 18. 07/13/16 – University of Wisconsin Madison, Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program Seminar,

Host: Prof Tim Gomez 19. 06/21/16 – Temple University, Shriners Hospitals for Children Pediatric Research Center Seminar Series, Host: Prof

Gianluca Gallo 20. 05/11/16 – Drexel University, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series, Host: Prof Peter Baas 21. 04/26/16 – University of Washington, Department of Biochemistry Seminar Series, Host: Asst Prof Andrea Wills 22. 03/23/16 – University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Biology Colloquium, Host: Asst Prof Sarah McMenamin 23. 03/07/16 – Columbia University, Pathology and Cell Biology Seminar Series, Host: Asst Prof Francesca Bartolini 24. 01/15/16 – University of Southern California, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology Seminar, Host: Asst Prof

Ruchi Bajpai 25. 11/02/15 – McGill University, Department of Biology Molecular Seminar, Host: Assoc Prof Gary Brouhard 26. 10/15/15 – Stony Brook University, Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar, Host: Asst Prof David Matus 27. 09/17/15 – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Host: Prof David

Sharp 28. 03/10/15 - Tufts University, Integrated Science Program Seminar, Host: Julia Yelick (graduate student) 29. 02/25/15 - Pennsylvania State University, Neuroscience Seminar, Host: Assoc Prof Melissa Rolls 30. 11/13/14 - Yale University, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Informal Seminar, Host: Prof Anthony Koleske 31. 11/10/14 - University of Vermont, Department of Biology Seminar, Host: Assoc Prof Bryan Ballif 32. 10/10/14 - University of Albany, State University of New York, Department of Biological Sciences Seminar series,

Host: Prof Ben Szaro 33. 09/08/14 - Brandeis University, Molecular Genetics Seminar, Host: Prof Bruce Goode 34. 05/06/14 - Boston Children’s Hospital Informal Seminar, Host: Prof Elizabeth Engle Oral Meeting Presentations (since 2014) (presenter underscored, (*) invited) 1. (*) Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics during growth cone guidance and cell migration Annual

Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Minisymposium: Cytoskeleton, Washington DC, December 7-11, 2019.

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2. Lasser M, Tiber J, Monohan C, Kim S, Ostojic A, Lee S, Pizzo L, Girirajan S, Lowery LA, Using Xenopus laevis as a model for studying genes associated with intellectual disabilities, American Society of Human Genetics, San Diego, CA, October 16-20, 2018.

3. (*) Lowery LA. Investigating the embryonic functions of genes associated with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome. 17th International Xenopus Meeting, University of Washington, Seattle, August 12-18, 2018.

4. Kim, Seung Woo*, Cella R, Mills A, Bearce E, Lowery LA. Investigation of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome in Xenopus laevis. Northeast Craniofacial Meeting, Boston, MA, August 10, 2018.

- Winner of best flash talk 5. Monahan C*, Lasser M, Lowery LA. Assessing craniofacial defects associated with the 16p12.1 microdeletion in

Xenopus laevis, Northeast Craniofacial Meeting, Boston, MA, August 10, 2018. 6. Mills A*, Cella F, Kim F, Selig M, Lee S, Lowery LA. The role of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome related genes in Xenopus

development, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

- Winner of Student Oral Presentation Award 7. (*) Slater P, Magee A, Samuelson A, Lowery LA. XMAP215 affects the spatio-temporal guidance of microtubules in

Xenopus laevis growth cones, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Special Interest Subgroup: Neuronal Cytoskeleton, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

8. Erdogan B, Lowery LA. The microtubule plus-end-tracking protein TACC3 promotes persistent axon outgrowth and mediates responses to axon guidance signals during development, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Microsymposium: Recent Advances in the Molecular Cell Biology of Neurons, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

9. (*) Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics during growth cone guidance and cell migration, LabRoots Cell Biology 2017 Conference, September 27, 2017.

10. (*) Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics during embryonic cell migration, Xenopus Resources and Emerging Technologies Meeting, Woods Hole, MA, August 26-29, 2017.

11. (*) Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics during growth cone guidance and cell migration, Xenopus Imaging Workshop, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA, August 21, 2017.

12. Bearce E, Rutherford E, Francl A, Carandang L, Evans M, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein, affects neural crest cell migration during embryonic development, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017.

- Winner of Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award 13. Erdogan B, Lowery LA. The +TIP, TACC3, is an important regulator of microtubule dynamics, axon outgrowth and

guidance, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Microsymposium: Cytoskeletal Molecular Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, Dec 3-7, 2016.

14. (*) Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics during growth cone motility and axon guidance, 15th Anniversary Nikon Imaging Symposium, Harvard Medical School, November 1, 2016.

15. Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics by TACC3 during axon guidance. 16th International Xenopus Meeting, The Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece, August 28-September 1, 2016.

16. Bearce E, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein (+TIP), promotes cell motility during embryonic development. New England Society for Microscopy Spring Symposium, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 28, 2016.

17. Erdogan B, Lowery LA. TACC3: a +TIP to guide axons, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 15-17, 2016.

18. (*) Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics during axon outgrowth. Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Special Interest Subgroup: Neuronal Cytoskeleton, San Diego, CA, December 12-16, 2015.

19. Lowery LA. Using live imaging to investigate the regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics by TACC family members, New England Society for Microscopy Fall Symposium, Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA, December 3, 2015.

20. (*) Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics in embryonic development by TACC protein family members, International Xenopus PI Meeting, Woods Hole, MA, September 28-30, 2015.

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21. Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics during embryonic growth cone motility: a tale of a new tip-tracker, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 10-12, 2015.

22. (*) Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics in growth cone motility, 3rd Biennial Emerging Concepts of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton EMBO Workshop, Puerto Varas, Chile, March 22-26, 2015.

23. Nwagbara B, Faris A, Bearce B, Erdogan B, Evans M, Ebbert P, Rutherford E, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. TACC3 is a microtubule plus-end tracking protein that promotes axon elongation and MT polymerization in multiple embryonic cell types. Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, ePoster Talk Session: Microtubules and Microtubule-Related Motors, Philadelphia, PA, December 6-10, 2014.

24. (*) Lowery LA. A tale of two tip-trackers: regulation of microtubule dynamics in axon outgrowth, Axonal Transport and Neuronal Mechanics Workshop, Mathematical Bioscience Institute at Ohio State University, November 3-7, 2014.

25. (*) Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics in growth cone motility, 15th International Xenopus Conference, Asilomar, CA, August 24-28, 2014.

26. Lowery LA. Growth cone-specific functions of XMAP215 in restricting microtubule dynamics and axon outgrowth, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 11-13, 2014.

Poster Presentations (since 2014) (presenter underscored, *undergraduate presenter) 1. Cammarata G, Pratt B, Coughlin Q, Nazarenko H, Lowery LA. TACC family members regulate the dynamic

microtubule plus-end in an in vitro environment, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, San Diego, December 8-12, 2018.

2. Lasser M, Tiber J, Monohan C, Kim S, Ostojic A, Lee S, Pizzo L, Girirajan S, Lowery LA, Using Xenopus laevis as a model for studying genes associated with intellectual disabilities, American Society of Human Genetics, San Diego, CA, October 16-20, 2018.

3. Mills A*, Bearce E, Cella F, Kim F, Selig M, Lee S, Lowery LA. The role of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome related genes in Xenopus development, Society of Developmental Biology, Portland, OR, July 20-24, 2018.

4. Zaccaro T*, Pratt B, Lee E, Luxton G, Lowery LA. TorsinA's Role in Mechanosensing Ability of Neurons, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

5. Tiber J*, Monahan C, Kim S, Lasser M, Ostojic A, Lee S, Pizzo L, Girirajan S, Lowery LA. Determining the Role of the 16p12.1 Microdeletion in Neurodevelopment, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

6. Slater P, Cammarata G, Samuelson A, Magee A, Lowery LA, XMAP215 binds actin filament in vitro and promotes microtubule/actin filament alignment, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

7. Selig M*, Cella R*, Kim Seung Woo*, Mills A, Lowery LA, Investigation of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome associated genes in Xenopus laevis embryos, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

8. Bearce E, Rutherford E, Carandang L, Pratt B, Lowery LA, TACC3,a plus-end tracking protein, facilitates neural crest cell motility, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

9. St Clair R, Dumas C, Lasseigne A, Damon L, Emerson S, Cammarata G, Lowery LA, Ballif B, Ebert A, Characterization of Sema6a and its Downstream Effector Crmp2 in Zebrafish Eye Development, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

10. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Lee E, St Clair R, Ballif B, Lowery LA, The microtubule plus-end-tracking protein TACC3 promotes persistent axon outgrowth and mediates responses to axon guidance signals during development, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

11. Lasser M, Tiber J, Monohan C, Kim S, Ostojic A, Lee S, Pizzo L, Girirajan S, Lowery LA, Using Xenopus laevis as a model for studying genes associated with intellectual disabilities, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

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12. Lawrence K*, Cammarata G, Kim S, Rutherford E, Koleske A, Lowery LA, Abl2 promotes microtubule polymerization in vivo via multiple functional domains and interacts with actin during filopodial formation and extension, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

13. Nazarenko H*, Cammarata G, Lowery LA, Characterization of the TACC Microtubule Plus-End Binding Complex, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

14. Pratt B*, Cammarata G, Devitt C, Lee C, Wallingford J, Lowery LA, Shroom2 plays an important role in a number of cytoskeletal driven neural development processes, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2018.

15. Slater P, Magee A, Samuelson A, Lowery LA. XMAP215 is important for coordination between actin filaments and microtubules in embryonic neuronal growth cones, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

16. Pratt B*, Cammarata G, Devitt C, Lee C, Wallingford J, Lowery LA. The effects of Shroom2 knockdown on axonal transport of mitochondria, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

17. Mills A*, Cella F, Kim F, Selig M, Lee S, Lowery LA. The role of Wolf-Hisrchhorn Syndrome related genes in Xenopus development, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

18. Lasser M, Tiber J, Monahan C, Lee S, Ostojic A, Pizzo L, Girirajan S, Lowery LA. Using Xenopus laevis as a model for characterizing the function of C16orf52 during early embryonic development, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

19. Lee E*, Erdogan B, Lowery LA. TACC3 mitigates nocodazole-induced growth cone effects and is required for proper embryonic neural development, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

20. Cammarata G, Erdogan B, Pratt B, Nazarenko H, Coughlin Q, Ebbert P, Lowery LA. TACC3 regulates the dynamic microtubule plus-end in an in vitro environment, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

21. Bearce E, Rutherford E, Carandang L, Pratt B, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein, regulates neural crest cell motility in vitro and in vivo, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

22. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Lee E, Pratt B, Lowery LA. The microtubule plus-end-tracking protein TACC3 promotes persistent axon outgrowth and mediates axon guidance signals during development, Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, December 2-6, 2017.

23. Bearce E, Rutherford E, Carandang L, Pratt B, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein, regulates neural crest cell motility in vitro and in vivo, Gordon Conference on Motile and Contractile Systems, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, July 30-Aug 4, 2017.

24. Lee E*, Erdogan B, Lowery LA. TACC3 mitigates nocodazole-induced growth cone effects and is required for proper embryonic neural development and morphology, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017.

- Winner of undergraduate poster award 25. Bowers J*, Hayrapetian L, Yan J, Lee S, Lowery LA. The role of Cypin in Xenopus embryonic development, Northeast

Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017. 26. Lawrence K*, Lowery LA. Influence of Arg overexpression and knockdown on microtubule dynamics, Northeast

Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017. 27. Pratt B*, Lowery LA. The effects of Shroom2 knockdown on axonal transport of mitochondria, Northeast Society of

Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017. 28. Lasser M, Lowery LA. Using Xenopus laevis as a model for studying genes associated with intellectual disabilities,

Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017. 29. Cammarata G, Lowery LA. The TACC protein family and their unique regulation of the dynamic microtubule plus-

end, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017. 30. Coughlin Q,*, Lee S, Lowery LA. Developing a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout protocol for Xenopus laevis,

Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017.

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31. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Lee E, Pratt B, Francl A, Rutherford A, Lowery LA. The microtubule plus-end-tracking protein TACC3 promotes persistent axon outgrowth and mediates axon guidance signals during development, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017.

32. Slater P, Magee A, Samuelson A, Lowery LA. XMAP215 affects the spatio-temporal guidance of microtubules in Xenopus laevis growth cones, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017.

33. Mills A*, Lowery LA. Expression of craniofacial morphology defects of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome related genes NELFA and WHSC1 in Xenopus laevis, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017.

34. Yan J*, Bowers J, Hayrapetian L, Lee S, Lowery LA. Expression of cypin in Xenopus laevis, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 27-29, 2017.

35. Bearce E, Rutherford E, Francl A, Carandang L, Evans M, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein, affects neural crest cell migration during embryonic development, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 3-7, 2016.

36. Rutherford E*, Carandang L, Ebbert P, Evans M, Lucaj C, Lowery LA. The unique and collective functions of TACC family members in regulating microtubule plus-end dynamics in vivo, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 3-7, 2016.

37. Bowers J*, Hayrapetian L, Lowery LA. The effect of Cypin on microtubule dynamics in vivo, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 3-7, 2016.

38. Cammarata G, Erdogan B, Rutherford E, Ebbert P, Lowery LA. The TACC protein family and their unique regulation of the dynamic microtubule plus-end, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 3-7, 2016.

39. Bearce E, Rutherford E, Francl A, Carandang L, Evans M, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein, affects neural crest cell migration during embryonic development, Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, September 12, 2016.

40. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Francl A, Lowery LA. TACC3: a +TIP to guide axons. International Xenopus Meeting, Crete, Greece, August 28-September 1, 2016.

41. Rutherford E, Carandang L, Lowery LA. The unique and collective functions of TACC family members in regulating microtubule plus-end dynamics in vivo. International Xenopus Meeting, Crete, Greece, August 28-September 1, 2016.

42. Bearce E, Rutherford E, Francl A, Carandang L, Stauffer C, Evans M, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein, affects neural crest cell migration during embryonic development. Society of Developmental Biology 75th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 4-8, 2016.

43. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Francl A, Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics by TACC3 during axon outgrowth and guidance. Society of Developmental Biology 75th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 4-8, 2016.

44. Rutherford E*, Carandang L, Lowery LA. Plus-end tracking proteins of the TACC family regulate microtubule dynamics during embryonic development. Society of Developmental Biology 75th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 4-8, 2016.

45. Erdogan B, Francl A, Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics by TACC3 during axon guidance. EMBO Symposia on Microtubules: From Atoms to Complex Systems, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, May 29-June 1, 2016.

46. Rutherford E*, Carandang L, Lowery LA. The unique and collective functions of TACC family members in regulating microtubule plus-end dynamics in vivo. EMBO Symposia on Microtubules: From Atoms to Complex Systems, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, May 29-June 1, 2016.

47. Bearce E, Rutherford E, Francl A, Carandang L, Stauffer C, Evans M, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein (+TIP) promotes cell motility during embryonic development. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 15-17, 2016.

48. Carandang L*, Rutherford E, Lowery LA. TACC2 is a plus-end tracking protein that regulates microtubule dynamics. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 15-17, 2016.

- Winner of undergraduate poster award

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49. Rutherford E*, Carandang L, Lowery LA. Plus-end tracking proteins of the TACC family regulate microtubule dynamics during early embryogenesis. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 15-17, 2016.

- Winner of undergraduate poster award 50. Bowers J*, Stauffer C, Lowery LA. The effect of Cypin on microtubule dynamics in vivo. Northeast Society of

Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 15-17, 2016. 51. Cammarata G, Erdogan B, Francl A, Lowery LA. TACC3 is a +TIP capable of regulating axon outgrowth and guidance

during neuronal development Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 15-17, 2016.

52. Ebbert P*, Cammarata G, Rutherford E, Evans M, Lucaj C, Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics by TACC family members. Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, PA, December 12-16, 2015.

53. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Francl A, Lowery LA. TACC3: a +TIP to guide axons. Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, PA, December 12-16, 2015.

54. Bearce E, Rutherford E, Francl A, Carandang L, Stauffer C, Evans M, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein (+TIP) promotes cell motility during embryonic development. Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, PA, December 12-16, 2015.

55. Rutherford E*, Bearce E, Francl A, Carandang L, Lowery LA. TACC3 plays a role in early embryonic development by impacting cell migration events essential to morphogenesis. Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, PA, December 12-16, 2015.

56. Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics in growth cone motility, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL October 17-21, 2015.

57. Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics in growth cone motility. Gordon Conference on Motile and Contractile Systems, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, July 19-24, 2015.

58. Erdogan B, Nwagbara B, Evans M, Volk J, Francl A, Lowery LA. Microtubule plus end binding protein TACC3 is required for proper axon elongation in vivo. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 10-12, 2015.

59. Bearce E, Rutherford E*, Francl A, Evans M, Volk J, Lowery LA. The plus-end-tracking protein TACC3 is enriched near focal adhesions and regulates embryonic cell motility. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 10-12, 2015.

60. Ebbert P*, Nwagbara B, Evans M, Lucaj C, Ruvolo S, Baker C, Lowery LA. TACC1 and TACC3 regulation of microtubule dynamics at the plus end. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 10-12, 2015.

61. Evans M*, Nwagbara B, Lucaj C, Volk J, Lowery LA. The structure and function of TACC family members in neurodevelopment. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 10-12, 2015.

- Winner of undergraduate poster award 62. Francl A*, Lowery LA. Developing software for microscopy image quantification. Northeast Society of

Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 10-12, 2015. 63. Nwagbara B, Faris A, Bearce B, Erdogan B, Evans M, Ebbert P, Rutherford E, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. TACC3 is a

microtubule plus-end tracking protein that promotes axon elongation and MT polymerization in multiple embryonic cell types. Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, PA, December 6-10, 2014.

64. Erdogan B, Evans M, Nwagbara B, Lowery LA. Role of TACC3 in axon elongation and guidance. Annual Meeting for the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, PA, December 6-10, 2014.

65. Nwagbara B, Faris A, Bearce B, Erdogan B, Evans M, Ebbert P, Rutherford E, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. TACC3 is a microtubule plus-end tracking protein that promotes axon elongation and microtubule polymerization in growth cones. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, November 15-19, 2014. (dynamic poster presentation session)

66. Nwagbara B, Faris A, Bearce B, Erdogan B, Evans M, Ebbert P, Rutherford E, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. TACC3 is a microtubule plus-end tracking protein that promotes axon elongation and microtubule polymerization in growth cones. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, November 15-19, 2014.

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67. Nwagbara B, Faris A, Bearce E, Erdogan B, Evans M, Ebbert P, Rutherford E, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. TACC3 is a microtubule plus-end tracking protein that promotes axon elongation and microtubule polymerization in growth cones. Axon Guidance, Synapse Formation and Regeneration Cold Spring Harbor Meeting, September 16-20, 2014.

68. Nwagbara B, Faris A, Bearce E, Evans M, Ebbert P, Baker C, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. Investigating the role of Maskin in early neuronal development. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 11-13, 2014.

- Winner of poster award 69. Erdogan B, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. Investigating how guidance cue signaling affects +TIP dynamics in growth

cones. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 11-13, 2014.

70. Bearce E, Nwagbara B, Faris A, Ebbert P, Evans M, Lowery LA. Initial investigations of a role for Maskin, a TACC3 orthologue, in neural crest cell migration. Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 11-13, 2014.

71. Ebbert P*, Nwagbara B, Faris A, Lowery LA. Characterization of maskin’s role in the microtubule dynamics of Xenopus laevis growth cones, Northeast Society of Developmental Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, April 11-13, 2014.

Oral Presentations at Boston College (since 2014) (presenter underscored) 1. Lawrence K*, Lowery LA. Abl2 regulates microtubule dynamics in vivo. Boston College Undergraduate Research

Day, May 4, 2018. 2. Bearce E, Lowery LA. Rainbow Connections: Neural crest motility as a model for embryonic cell migration,

metastasis, and developmental disorders. Boston College Biology Department Data Club, April 5, 2018. 3. Erdogan B, Lowery LA. TACC3 relentlessly tracks microtubule plus-ends in growth cones since 2014, Boston College

Biology Department Data Club, December 21, 2017. 4. Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics during growth cone guidance and cell migration. Boston College

Biology Department Seminar, September 19, 2017. 5. Slater P, Lowery LA. XMAP215 contributes to the spatiotemporal guidance of microtubules and the morphology of

Xenopus laevis growth cones. Boston College Biology Department Retreat, August 22, 2017. 6. Lasser M, Lowery LA. Using Xenopus laevis as a model for studying genes associated with intellectual disability

disorders. Boston College Biology Department Retreat, August 22, 2017. 7. Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics by TACC proteins during growth cone guidance and cell migration.

NSF REU Program Seminar, June 29, 2017. 8. Cammarata G, Lowery LA. The TACC protein family and their unique regulation of the dynamic microtubule plus-

end. Boston College Biology Department Data Club, April 20, 2017. 9. Bearce E, Lowery LA. Exploring a role for TACC3 in cell migration in vitro and in vivo. Boston College Biology

Department Data Club, April 6, 2017. 10. Bowers J*, Lowery LA. The role of Cypin in Xenopus embryonic development. Biology Department Honors Thesis

Presentations, April 3, 2017. 11. Erdogan B, Lowery LA. Exploring the function of microtubule plus-end binding protein TACC3 in axon outgrowth and

guidance, Boston College Biology Department Data Club, November 17, 2016. 12. Bearce E, Lowery LA. Moving right along - Exploring a role for TACC3 in cell migration in vitro and in vivo. Cell and

Developmental Biology Group Meeting, October 10, 2016. 13. Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics by TACC proteins during growth cone guidance and cell migration.

Biology Department Retreat, August 22, 2016. 14. Rutherford E*, Carandang L, Lowery LA. Plus-end tracking proteins of the TACC family regulate microtubule

dynamics during early embryogenesis. Biology Department Honors Thesis Presentations, April 11, 2016. 15. Lowery LA. Biology at Boston College. Boston College Eagle Admit Day, April 10, 2016. 16. Francl A*, Erdogan B, Lowery LA. Investigating the role of TACC3 in axon outgrowth. Biology Department Honors

Thesis Presentations, March 14, 2016.

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17. Erdogan B, Lowery LA. Role of microtubule plus-end-tracking protein TACC3 during axon outgrowth and guidance, Cell and Developmental Biology Group Meeting, March 4, 2016.

18. Lowery LA. Investigating early brain development using the frog. Junior Scholars in Conversation, January 28, 2016. 19. Bearce E, Lowery LA. Moving right along - Exploring a role for TACC3 in cell migration in vitro and in vivo. Boston

College Biology Department Data Club, November 19, 2015. 20. Ebbert P*, Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics by TACC family members. Cell and Developmental

Biology Group Meeting, November 6, 2015. 21. Lowery LA. Integrated Science at Boston College. Boston College Parents Weekend Morrissey College of Arts and

Sciences Dean’s Luncheon Reception, September 25, 2015. 22. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Francl A, Lowery LA. TACC3: a +TIP to guide axons. Boston College Biology Department

Retreat, August 17, 2015. 23. Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule dynamics in growth cone motility. Psychology Department Behavioral

Neuroscience Data Club, July 16, 2015. 24. Lowery LA. Growth cones, frog brains, and the future of science at Boston College. Boston College Alumni Reunion

Weekend Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Reception, May 30, 2015. 25. Evans M*, Nwagbara B, Lowery LA. The Structure and Function of the TACC Protein Family in Neurodevelopment.

Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day, May 1, 2015. 26. Ebbert P*, Lowery LA. TACC family regulation of microtubule dynamics. Biology Department Honors Thesis

Presentations, March 18, 2015. 27. Evans M*, Nwagbara B, Lowery LA. The Structure and Function of the TACC Protein Family in Neurodevelopment.

Biology Department Honors Thesis Presentations, March 18, 2015. 28. Bearce E, Lowery LA. Two-Faced: Exploring a role for TACC3 in cell migration in vitro and in vivo. Biology

Department Data Club, March 12, 2015. 29. Nwagbara B, Faris A, Bearce B, Evans M*, Ebbert P*, Baker C, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. Building better brains with

+TIPs. Biology Department Data Club, May 8, 2014. Poster Presentations at Boston College (since 2014) (presenter underscored) 1. Pratt B*, Cammarata G, Devitt C, Lee C, Wallingford J, Lowery LA. Boston College Biology Department

Undergraduate Research Day, May 4, 2018. 2. Nazarenko H*, Cammarata G, Lowery LA. Characterization of the TACC Microtubule Plus-End Binding Complex,

Boston College Biology Department Undergraduate Research Day, May 4, 2018. 3. Cella R*, Kim Seung Woo*, Snow E*, Mills A, Lowery LA. Investigation of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome associated

genes in Xenopus laevis embryos, Boston College Biology Department Undergraduate Research Day, May 4, 2018. 4. Tiber J*, Monahan C*, Kim S*, Lasser M, Ostojic A, Lee S, Pizzo L, Girirajan S, Lowery LA. Determining the Role of the

16p12.1 Microdeletion in Neurodevelopment, Boston College Biology Department Undergraduate Research Day, May 4, 2018.

5. Zaccaro T*, Pratt B, Lee E, Luxton G, Lowery LA. TorsinA's Role in Mechanosensing Ability of Neurons, Boston College Biology Department Undergraduate Research Day, May 4, 2018.

6. Magee A*, Samuelson A*, Slater P, Lowery LA. XMAP215 regulates axonal growth cone morphology, Boston College Biology Department Undergraduate Research Day, May 4, 2018.

7. Lee E*, Erdogan B, Lowery LA. TACC3 mitigates nocodazole-induced growth cone effects and is required for proper embryonic neural development, Boston College Biology Department Undergraduate Research Day, May 4, 2018.

8. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Lee E, Pratt B, Rutherford E, St Clair R, Ballif B, Lowery LA. The microtubule plus-end tracking protein TACC3 promotes persistent axon outgrowth and mediates responses to axon guidance signals during development, Boston College Biology Department Retreat, August 21, 2017.

9. Lee E*, Erdogan B, Lowery LA. TACC3 mitigates nocodazole-induced growth cone effects and is required for proper embryonic neural development and morphology, Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 5, 2017.

10. Bowers J*, Hayrapetian L, Yan J, Lee S, Lowery LA. The role of Cypin in Xenopus embryonic development, Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 5, 2017.

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11. Lawrence K*, Lowery LA. Influence of Arg overexpression and knockdown on microtubule dynamics, Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 5, 2017.

12. Pratt B*, Lowery LA. The effects of Shroom2 knockdown on axonal transport of mitochondria, Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 5, 2017.

13. Coughlin Q,*, Lee S, Lowery LA. Developing a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout protocol for Xenopus laevis, Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 5, 2017.

14. Mills A*, Lowery LA. Expression of craniofacial morphology defects of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome related genes NELFA and WHSC1 in Xenopus laevis, Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 5, 2017.

15. Yan J*, Bowers J, Hayrapetian L, Lee S, Lowery LA. Expression of cypin in Xenopus laevis, Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 5, 2017.

16. Lee E*, Erdogan B, Pratt B*, Lowery LA. TACC3 mitigates the effects of Nocodozaol and Slit2 at low concentrations. Boston College Biology Department Retreat Poster Session, August 22, 2016.

17. Bearce E, Rutherford E*, Francl A*, Carandang L*, Stauffer C*, Evans M*, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein (+TIP), promotes cell motility during embryonic development. Boston College Biology Department Retreat Poster Session, August 22, 2016.

18. Erdogan B, Cammarata G, Francl A*, Tiber J*, Lee E*, Pratt B*, Lowery LA. Regulation of microtubule plus-end dynamics by TACC3 during axon outgrowth and guidance. Boston College Biology Department Retreat Poster Session, August 22, 2016.

19. Cammarata G, Erdogan B, Ebbert P*, Francl A*, Lowery LA. Exploring a mechanistic function for TACC3 at the plus end of the microtubule. Boston College Biology Department Retreat Poster Session, August 22, 2016.

20. Rutherford E*, Carandang L*, Lowery LA. Plus-end tracking proteins of the TACC family regulate microtubule dynamics during early embryogenesis. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 6, 2016.

21. Carandang L*, Rutherford E*, Lowery LA. TACC2 is a plus-end tracking protein that regulates microtubule dynamics. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 6, 2016.

22. Bowers J*, Stauffer C*, Lowery LA. The effect of Cypin on microtubule dynamics in vivo. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 6, 2016.

23. Francl A*, Erdogan B, Lowery LA. Investigating the role of TACC3 in axon outgrowth. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 6, 2016.

24. Cammarata G, Francl A*, Ebbert P*, Lowery LA. High-level feature extraction from large biological datasets. Advancing Research and Scholarship at Boston College, March 16, 2016.

25. Bearce E, Rutherford E*, Francl A*, Carandang L*, Stauffer C*, Evans M*, Lowery LA. TACC3, a microtubule plus-end tracking protein (+TIP), promotes cell motility during embryonic development. Boston College Biology Department Retreat Poster Session, August 17, 2015.

26. Carandang L*, Rutherford E*, Nwagbara B, Lowery LA. The role of the TACC family proteins in Xenopus embryonic development. Boston College Biology Department Retreat Poster Session, August 17, 2015.

27. Ebbert P*, Nwagbara B, Lowery LA. TACC1 and TACC3 regulation of microtubule dynamics at the plus end. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 1, 2015.

28. Lucaj C*, Lowery LA. Xenopus TACC1 is a microtubule plus-end tracking protein that regulates microtubule dynamics during embryonic development. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 1, 2015.

29. Rutherford E*, Lowery LA. Role of TACC3 in neural crest cell adhesions and motility. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 1, 2015.

30. Francl A*, Lowery LA. Developing software for microscopy image quantification. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 1, 2015.

31. Stauffer C*, Lowery LA. Role of TACC3 in neural crest cell migration (transplant technique). Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 1, 2015.

32. Evans M*, Erdogan B, Nwagbara B, Lowery LA. The potential role of TACC3 in neurodevelopmental pathology. Advancing Research and Scholarship at Boston College, December 11, 2014.

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33. Bearce E, Nwagbara B, Faris A, Evans M*, Lowery LA. Investigating a role for Maskin, a TACC3 orthologue, in neural crest cell migration. Biology Department Retreat Poster Session, August 27, 2014.

34. Erdogan B, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. How are +TIPs and microtubule dynamics regulated within the growth cone? Biology Department Retreat Poster Session, August 27, 2014.

35. Nwagbara B, Faris A, Bearce E, Evans M*, Ebbert P*, Baker C, Enzenbacher T, Lowery LA. Investigating the role of Maskin in early neuronal development. Biology Department Retreat Poster Session, August 27, 2014.

36. Ebbert P*, Nwagbara B, Faris A, Lowery LA. Characterization of maskin’s role in the microtubule dynamics of Xenopus laevis growth cones. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 2, 2014.

37. Evans M*, Nwagbara B, Faris A, Lowery LA. Structure-function analysis of TACC3/Maskin in regulating microtubule development during neuronal development. Boston College Biology Undergraduate Research Day Poster Session, May 2, 2014.

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Current External Funding Charles H. Hood Foundation Bridge Funding 09/18 – 08/19 Role of TACC3 in cranial neural crest cell migration: implications for craniofacial disorders Total: $10,000 Beckman Scholars Program Award (Role: Co-PI, with Jeff Byers, Chemistry) 06/18 – 06/21 Boston College Beckman Scholars Undergraduate Research Program Total: $156,000 National Science Foundation (Role: sub-contract; PI, Bryan Ballif, University of Vermont) 07/17 – 06/20 A biochemical, proteomic and functional delineation of Dcbld1 and 2 signaling during zebrafish neural retina development Total: $20,524 National Institutes of Health/NIMH R01 (Sub-contract; PI: Santosh Girirajan, Pennsylvania State University) Genomics basis of phenotypic variability in intellectual disability disorders 01/17 – 12/20 Total: $125,728 National Science Foundation (Role: Co-PI; PI: Ken Burch, Physics Dept, Boston College) 09/16 – 08/19 REU Site: Integrated Science for Society (IS2) Total: $343,816 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant (Role: PI) 07/16 – 06/20 Exploring the mechanism by which TACC proteins promote cell motility Total: $793,000 NIH/NIMH R01 MH109651-01 (Role: PI) 05/16 – 01/21 Elucidating mechanistic connections between guidance signaling, microtubule regulation, and growth cone steering Total: $1,983,193 NIH/NIDCR R03 DE025824-01 (Role: PI) 03/16 – 02/19 Role of TACC3 in cranial neural crest cell migration: implications for craniofacial disorders Total: $234,750 Completed External Funding – At Boston College National Science Foundation (Role: PI; with Co-PIs: Folker, Gubbels, Burgess, Shiau) 09/16 – 08/18 MRI: Acquisition of a super resolution microscope for Boston College Total: $454,399 March of Dimes Research Grant (Role: PI) 06/16 – 10/18 Role of TACC3 in cranial neural crest cell migration: implications for craniofacial disorders Total: $131,251 NIH/NIMH R00 (Role: PI) 02/14 – 05/17 Function of microtubule plus-end-tracking proteins in the neuronal growth cone Total: $746,997 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Role: mentor (PI: Beth Bearce, graduate student) 06/14 – 05/17

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Investigating the role of Maskin and microtubule dynamics in a neural model of cellular migration Total: $135,000 Completed External Funding – Prior to Boston College NIH/NIMH K99 (Role: PI) 01/12 – 01/14 Function of microtubule plus-end-tracking proteins in the neuronal growth cone Total: $182,088 NIH/NINDS F32 (Role: PI) 08/08 – 07/11 Role of msps and tacc during axon guidance Total: $146,394. NIH/NIMH F31 (Role: PI) 06/05 – 06/08 Brain ventricle development and mental health Total: $133,284. Teaching

Spring 2019 BIOL402 Advanced Cell Biology (3 credit hour undergraduate class, 38 students) Spring 2019 BIOL496 Undergraduate Research (14 students) Spring 2019 BIOL490 Tutorial in Biology (1 student) Fall 2018 BIOL304 Cell Biology (3 credit hour undergraduate class, 138 students) Fall 2018 Freshman Topic Seminar (1 credit hour undergraduate class, 13 students) Fall 2018 BIOL496 Undergraduate Research (14 students) Fall 2018 BIOL490 Tutorial in Biology (2 students) Spring 2018 BIOL304 Cell Biology (3 credit hour undergraduate class, 135 students) Spring 2018 BIOL496 Undergraduate Research (15 students) Spring 2018 BIOL492 Advanced Independent Research (1 student) Spring 2018 BIOL490 Advanced Independent Research (1 student) Fall 2017 BIOL496 Undergraduate Research (13 students) Fall 2017 BIOL492 Advanced Independent Research (1 student) Spring 2017 BIOL304 Cell Biology (3 credit hour undergraduate class, 114 students) Spring 2017 BIOL491 Undergraduate Research (5 students) Spring 2017 BIOL495 Undergraduate Thesis Research (1 student) Fall 2016 BIOL491 Undergraduate Research (4 students) Fall 2016 BIOL495 Undergraduate Thesis Research (1 student) Spring 2016 BIOL304 Cell Biology (3 credit hour undergraduate class, 102 students) Spring 2016 BIOL615 Advanced Cell Biology (2 credit hour graduate class, 6 students) Spring 2016 BIOL491 Undergraduate Research (3 students) Spring 2016 BIOL495 Undergraduate Thesis Research (2 students) Fall 2015 BIOL491 Undergraduate Research (2 students) Fall 2015 BIOL495 Undergraduate Thesis Research (2 students) Spring 2015 BIOLI615 Advanced Cell Biology (2 credit hour graduate class, 14 students) Spring 2015 BIOL4912 Undergraduate Research (5 students) Spring 2015 BIOL495 Undergraduate Thesis Research (2 students) Fall 2014 BIOL491 Undergraduate Research (4 students) Fall 2014 BIOL495 Undergraduate Thesis Research (2 students) Spring 2014 BIOL491 Undergraduate Research (3 students) Fall 2013 BIOL879 Topics in Developmental Neurobiology (2 credit hour graduate class, 5 students)

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Guest Teaching Spring 2016 BIOL489 Investigations in Cellular Re-Programming (Instructor: Tim Connolly) - 1 guest lecture Fall 2015 BIOL489 Investigations in Cellular Re-Programming (Instructor: Tim Connolly) - 1 guest lecture External Teaching August 2017 Xenopus Imaging Workshop, National Xenopus Resource Center – Faculty Instructor Current Lab Personnel

Research Staff Sangmook Lee, Senior Research Associate (06/16 – present)

Graduate students Elizabeth Bearce, PhD student (03/14 – present)

- Recipient of National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 2014 - Winner of NESDB Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award, April 2017

Burcu Erdogan, PhD student (03/14 – present) Garrett Cammarata, PhD student (03/15 – present) Micaela Lasser, PhD student (01/17 – present)

Undergraduate student researchers * BC undergraduate research fellowship, # BC research credit Rachael Cella (Biology BC 2019), Sp16, Su16*, Fa16, Sp17#, Su17, Fa17#, Sp18#, Su18, Fa18#

- Gateway Program Benjamin Pratt (Biology BC 2019), Su16*, Fa16, Sp17, Su17, Fa17#, Sp18#, Su18, Fa18#

- Co-author on Erdogan et al 2017 Megan Selig (Biochemistry BC 2019), Fa16, Sp17#, Su17, Sp18#, Su18, Fa18# Alexandra Magee (Biology BC 2019), Sp17, Su17, Fa17, Sp18, Su18, Fa18# Connor Monahan (Biochemistry BC 2019), Sp17, Su17, Sp18, Su18, Fa18 Seung Woo Kim (Biology BC 2019), Sp17, Su17, Fa17#, Sp18#, Su18, Fa18# Annika Samuelson (Biology BC 2019), Sp17, Su17, Fa17#, Sp18#, Fa18# John McNamara (Biology BC 2019), Sp17, Fa17, Sp18, Fa18 Tim Zaccaro (Biology BC 2019), Sp18, Su18, Fa18# Helen Nazarenko (Biochemistry BC 2020), Fa16, Sp17, Su17, Fa17#, Sp18# Sydney Kim (Biology BC 2020), Fa16, Sp17, Su17, Fa17*, Sp18, Su18, Fa18# Jessica Bolduc (Biology BC 2020), Fa17, Sp18, Su18, Fa18 Mitchell Lavoie (Biology BC 2020), Fa17, Sp18#, Su18, Fa18# Eric Snow (Biology BC 2020), Fa17, Sp18, Su18, Fa18#

- BC Beckman Scholar, 2018-2019 Luke Murphy (Biology BC 2020), Sp18

- BC Presidential Scholar Ashley Oh (Biology BC 2020), Su18, Fa18*

- McNair Scholar Katherine Montas (Biology 2021), Su18, Fa18#

- McNair Scholar Nicholas Burns (Biology 2021), Fa18 Liane Obaid (Biology 2021), Fa18 Caroline O’Brien (Biology 2021), Fa18 David Martignetti (Biochemistry 2021), Sp19

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Lab Alumni

Research Staff Aleksandra Ostojic, Research Technician, 8/14 – 8/18 (current: graduate school at Boston College) Anna Faris, Visiting Scholar, 11/13 – 4/14 (current: medical school at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University) Belinda Nwagbara, Research Technician, 9/13 – 5/15 (current: medical school at St. George’s University) Tiffany Enzenbacher, Research Technician, 8/13 – 7/14 (current: Supervisor of Plant Production at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University)

Postdoctoral Associate Paula Slater, Postdoctoral associate, 09/16 – 08/18 (current: post-doctoral fellow in Chile)

- Recipient of Beca Postdoctorado en el Extranjero BECAS CHILE Fellowship - Co-organizer/co-founder of the Boston College Postdoctoral Association

Undergraduate student researchers * BC undergraduate research fellowship, # BC research credit Katya Van Anderlecht (Biology BC 2019), Fa17#, Sp18# Alexandra Mills (Biology BC 2018), Fa14, Sp15, Fa15*, Sp16*, Su16*, Fa16#, Sp17#, Su17, Fa17#, Sp18# (current: Research Assistant at Harvard MGH while applying for MD/PhD programs)

- Winner of NESDB Student Oral Presentation Award, April 2018 - Winner of Balkema Prize for Best Biology Senior Thesis, May 2018 - BC Presidential Scholar - BC Integrated Sciences Research Fellowship (w/co-mentor John Christianson, Psychology, Fa15, Sp16, Su16) - Co-author on Rutherford et al 2016, Co-first author on Mills/Bearce et al submitted

Eric Lee (Biochemistry BC 2018), Fa15, Sp16, Su16*, Fa16*, Sp17#, Su17, Fa17#, Sp18# (current: PhD graduate student at UCLA)

- Co-author on Erdogan et al 2017 - Winner of NESDB Undergraduate Poster Award, April 2017 - Senior Thesis

Kyle Lawrence (Biology BC 2018), Fa16, Sp17#, Fa17#, Sp18# (current: Research Assistant at Biotech while applying to MD programs)

- Scholar of the College Jingzong Yan (Biology BC 2018), Fa16, Sp17#, Su17, Fa17#, Sp18# (current: post-bac program at Boston University)

- McNair Program - Co-author on Bowers/Slater et al submitted

Jessica Tiber (Biology BC 2018), Fa15, Sp16, Sp17, Su17, Fa17#, Sp18# (current: Research Assistant at Harvard McLean Hospital while applying to Med School) Quinn Coughlin (Biochemistry BC 2018), Sp16*, Su16*, Fa16*, Sp17*, Fa17*, Sp18* (current: Research Assistant at Harvard Medical School) Kelly Hawkins (Biology BC 2018), Fa15, Sp16, Fa16#, Fa17# (current: applying to MD programs)

- Awarded Boston College Advance Study Grant 2016 Jackson Bowers (Biology/Finance BC 2017), Sp15, Fa15*, Sp16*, Fa16#, Sp17# (current: consulting at Putnam Consulting, applying to MD programs) - BC Presidential Scholar - Recipient of BC Integrated Sciences Research Fellowship (with co-mentor Ken Burch in Physics, Fa15)

- Co-author on Rutherford et al 2016, Co-first author on Bowers/Slater et al submitted - Senior Thesis

Laurie Hayrapetian (Biology BC 2017), Fa15, Sp16#, Fa16#, Sp17 (current: medical school at George Washington University)

- Co-author on Slater et al 2017

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Leslie Carandang (Biochemistry BC 2016), Fa14, Sp15*, Su15*, Fa15#, Sp16# (current: medical school at Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine)

- Winner of NESDB Undergraduate Poster Award, April 2016 - Co-first author on Rutherford/Carandang et al 2016

Andrew Francl (Biology/Computer Science BC 2016), Sp14, Fa14#, Sp15*, Su15*, Fa15#, Sp16# (current: MIT PhD program in Brain and Cognitive Sciences)

- Honors Senior Thesis and Scholar of the College - Recipient of BC Integrated Sciences Research Fellowship (with co-mentor Ken Burch in Physics, Sp15, Su15) - Co-author on Erdogan et al 2017, Lucaj/Evans et al 2015

Erin Rutherford (Biology BC 2016), Sp14, Su14*, Fa14#, Sp15#, Su15*, Fa15#, Sp16#, Su16 (current: yoga instructor)

- Honors Senior Thesis - Winner of NESDB Undergraduate Poster Award, April 2016 - First author on Rutherford and Lowery 2016, co-first author on Rutherford/Carandang et al 2016, co-author

on Nwagbara/Faris et al 2014 Claire Stauffer (Biology BC 2016), Fa14, Sp15#, Su15*, Fa15# (current: Clinical Research Coordinator at MGH) Matthew Evans (Biology BC 2015), Fa13, Sp14#, Su14, Fa14#, Sp15# (current: medical school at Oxford University)

- Honors Senior Thesis and Scholar of the College - Winner of the Boston College McCarthy Prize for best thesis in Natural Sciences, May 2015 - Winner of Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Award 2014 - Winner of NESDB Undergraduate Poster Award, April 2015 - Awarded Boston College ACC/IAC Advance Study Grant 2014 - Co-first author on Lucaj/Evans et al 2015, co-author on Nwagbara/Faris et al 2014

Patrick Ebbert (Biochemistry 2015), Fa13, Sp14#, Su14*, Fa14#, Sp15# (current: medical school at University of Pittsburgh)

- Honors Senior Thesis - Co-author on publications: Stout et al 2014, Nwagbara/Faris et al 2014, Lucaj/Evans et al 2015, Chen et al

2015, Erdogan et al 2016, Rutherford/Carandang et al 2016 Christopher Lucaj (Biology BC 2015), Sp14, Su14, Fa14#, Sp15# (current: Research Technician at Astra Zeneca)

- Co-first author on lab publication Lucaj et al 2015 Charlie Baker (Biology BC 2015), Fa13, Sp14#, Su14*, Fa14, Sp15# (current: Clinical Research Coordinator at Icahn Med)

- Co-author on Lucaj et al 2015 Joseph Volk (Biology BC 2015), Fa14#, Sp15# (current: Bit9+Carbon Black Cyber Security Firm)

- Co-author on Lucaj/Evans et al 2015 Salvatore D’Amico (Biology BC 2015), Fa13, Sp14 (current: Clinical Research Coordinator at Boston Medical Center)

- Co-author on Stout et al 2014

Non-BC Undergraduate students

Christy Abraham, Nova Southeastern University, through NSF REU program, 6/18 – 8/18 (current: Nova Southeastern University undergraduate)

Lucas Ashley, UNC Chapel Hill, through NSF REU program, 6/17 – 8/17 (current: UNC Chapel Hill undergraduate) Abigail Antoine, Smith College, through Praxis Program, 5/14 – 6/14 (current: PhD graduate student at UVA) Alina Stout, Northeastern University, 8/13 – 12/13 (current: research technician at Tufts University)

Graduate student rotations AY 2018/19 Alexandra Burgess, Rayane Dennaoui, Melody Harper

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AY 2017/18 Stacy Nguyen, Scott Daniska, Catherine May AY 2016/17 Michaela Lasser, Samantha Dyckman AY 2015/16 Torrey Mandigo AY 2014/15 Alison Earley, Garrett Cammarata, Sean Ruvolo AY 2013/14 Elizabeth Bearce, Burcu Erdogan, Amy Valera

High school students Molly Connors, Su18 Ivanna Lai, Su18 (The Education Cooperative Internship Program) Noel Taylor, Su17 (The Education Cooperative Internship Program) Anna Husson, Su16 Richard Li, Su16 (The Education Cooperative Internship Program)

Other Lab Affiliates Gary McDowell, Postdoctoral Researcher, Tufts University

- Co-mentee with Dr. Michael Levin and Visiting Scholar in the Lowery Lab, 12/14 – 05/16 - Current: Executive Director, The Future of Research Inc

Emily Parodi, Postdoctoral Researcher, Brandeis University - Visiting Scholar in the Lowery Lab, 12/14 – 11/15 - Current: Director of Biological Laboratories, University of Massachusetts Boston

Service Reviewing 2018 Editorial Board, Review Editor, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Guest Editor: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, Xenopus Manual, Chapter 11 Imaging Ad hoc reviewer: Journals – Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2 papers), Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (1 paper), Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (1 paper), Current Biology (1 paper)

2017 Ad hoc reviewer: Grants – NIH SYN Study Section October 2017; NSF Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (Neural Systems

Cluster) October 2017 (Mail In Reviewer); Medical Research Council (1 grant) Journals – Cell Reports (2 papers); Journal of Cell Biology (3 papers); Molecular Biology of the Cell (2 papers); Journal of Cell Science (1 paper); Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (1 paper); Scientific Reports (1 paper); Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2 papers); Journal of Developmental Biology (1 paper)

2016 Ad hoc reviewer: Book Chapter – 11th edition of Developmental Biology by Scott Gilbert and Michael Barresi – Sinauer Associates

(Chapter 15: Neural Crest Cells and Axonal Specificity) Journals – F1000 Faculty Reviews (1 paper); Trends in Neuroscience (1 paper); Journal of Cell Biology (1 paper); Molecular Biology of the Cell (4 papers); Journal of Neurochemistry (1 paper); Cell Reports (1 paper); Journal of Neurology and Experimental Neuroscience (1 paper) Grants – Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NOW) – Earth and Life Sciences division (1 grant); The Wellcome Trust (1 grant)

2015 Ad hoc reviewer: Journals - International Journal of Developmental Biology (1 paper); Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2 papers); Cell Reports (2 papers); Journal of Cell Biology (2 papers); Molecular Biology of the Cell (1 paper); Journal of Visualized Experiments (1 paper); Developmental Biology (2 papers)

Grants - French National Research Agency (ANR) (1 grant) Guest Editor: Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (1 special issue)

2014 Ad hoc reviewer:

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Journals - PLOS Pathogens (1 paper); Molecular Biology of the Cell (2 papers); Grants - Medical Research Council (1 grant); The Wellcome Trust (1 grant) Service to Research Community Co-Chair, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Minisymposium: Cytoskeleton December 2019 Speaker, Buckingham Browne and Nichols, GAINS Meeting (Girls Advancing in STEM) January 2019 Abstract Reviewer for Poster Session, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting September 2018 “Microtubule Cytoskeleton” Judge for Poster Presentation Award, International Xenopus Meeting August 2018 Session Chair, New England Craniofacial Meeting, Boston College, MA July 2018 Judge for Poster Presentation Award April 2018

Northeast Society for Developmental Biology Meeting, Woods Hole, MA Co-Organizer, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting Special Interest Subgroup December 2017 “Neuronal Cytoskeleton: A Complex Interplay of Cytoarchitecture and Dynamics” Appointed American Society for Cell Biology Ambassador to Boston College July 2017 Panelist, Boston Children’s Hospital, New Faculty Career Development Panel May 2017 Judge for Poster Presentation Award April 2017

Northeast Society for Developmental Biology Meeting, Woods Hole, MA Co-Organizer, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting Special Interest Subgroup December 2016

“Neuronal Cell Biology: Cytoskeleton and Trafficking” (~110 attendees) Abstract Reviewer for Poster Session, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting September 2016

“Microtubule Cytoskeleton” Session Leader, Society for Developmental Biology New Faculty Bootcamp, Boston, MA August 2016

“Successful Grant Writing Strategies” Judge for Poster Presentation Award, Society for Developmental Biology Meeting, Boston, MA August 2016 Chair, Microtubules in Neurons Session, EMBL Microtubule Meeting, Heidelberg, Germany May 2016 Panelist, Harvard Medical School Career Panel, “Academic Careers at Research/Teaching Institutions” April 2016 Co-Organizer, Northeast Society for Developmental Biology Meeting, Woods Hole, MA (180 attendees) April 2016 Co-Host, New England Society for Microscopy Spring Meeting, Boston College, MA (40 attendees) February 2016 Table Leader, Career Discussion and Mentoring Roundtables, ASCB Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA December 2015 “Applying for an Academic Faculty Position” Co-Organizer, American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting Special Interest Subgroup December 2015

“Neuronal Cytoskeleton: Cytoarchitecture and Dynamics” (~160 attendees) Guest Editor, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology October 2015

“Xenopus as a model system for vertebrate development” Special Issue Co-Organizer, International Xenopus Principal Investigator’s meeting, Woods Hole, MA (70 attendees) September 2015 Panelist, “Academic Research Careers” Development Session, Brandeis University April 2015 Judge for Poster Presentation Award April 2015

Northeast Society for Developmental Biology Meeting, Woods Hole, MA Table mentor, Applying for faculty positions, Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Axon Guidance September 2014 Judge for Poster Presentation Award, International Xenopus Conference, Asilomar, CA August 2014 Service to Boston College – Committee Work Boston College Pew Biomedical Scholars Program Internal Review Committee June 2018 Boston College Beckman Scholars Steering Committee December 2017 – current Boston College Pre-Medical Committee September 2017 – current Boston College Pew Biomedical Scholars Program Internal Review Committee June 2017 Boston College Beckman Scholar Program Application Co-Organizer (with Chemistry Jeff Byers) May 2017 – June 2017 Boston College Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) (member) June 2015 – May 2018 Boston College Core Imaging Facility Committee (member; chair Dr. David Burgess) January 2014 – current Boston College Strategic Science Planning Committee (member; chair Dr. Tom Chiles) January 2014 – September 2015

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Boston College Community Involvement Eagle Admit Day Biology Presentation January 2019 Keynote Speaker, Boston College Inaugural Leadership Day January 2019 Interviewed for Research Administration Improvement Initiative (RAII) December 2018 Faculty Speaker, STRIDE Program Faculty Lecture Series October 2018 Student Organization Advisor, American Red Cross at Boston College Fall 2018 – present “Featured Feminist” in The Women’s Center Website Fall 2018 Participant in Faculty Cohort on Teaching, 2018 – 2019 “Called to Serve: Preparing Students for Careers Working With and For Others” Mentor to Scholar, Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program Fall 2018 – present Summer Freshman Advising June 2018 – August 2018 Interviewed by Zackary Jason for BC 2018 Annual Report June 2018 Participated in Photo Shoot for Schiller Institute Plans for BC Magazine May 2018 Faculty Field Marshal, 142nd University Commencement of Boston College May 2018 Panelist, Postdoc-PI Transition Panel, Hosted by BC Post-Doc Association at Boston College May 2018 Eagle Admit Day Biology Presentation April 2018 Keynote Speaker, ACC Undergraduate Research Conference, Meeting of the Minds April 2018 Keynote Speaker, Order of the Cross and Crown Ceremony February 2018 Highlighted in Features Article, The Heights: “Lowery helps students learn about biology and beyond” February 2018 Guest of new BC Donors, the Ferrantes, Endowed Professorship Celebration December 2017 Panelist re: Schiller Institute and Research at BC, BC Board of Trustees Meeting December 2017 Faculty Guest Speaker, BC Philosophical Society Discussion on Gene Editing November 2017 Faculty Advisor, Camp Kesem Boston College Student Organization September 2017 – current Participant in Canvas Learning Analytics Research Group, Academic Technology Advisory Board 2017 – 2018 Participant as “Sweep”, Boston College Halftime Retreat, Center for Student Formation August 2017 Awarded Affordable Course Materials Initiative Grant May 2017 Eagle Admit Day Biology Presentation April 2017 Speaker at BC “Relay for Life” talks February 2017 Speaker on panel discussion “Research Opportunities for Undergraduates” – for BC Scholar candidates February 2017 Attended Intersections Civitas faculty lunch November 2016 Eagle Admit Day Biology Presentation April 2016 Interviewed by Ben Birnbaum for BC 2016 Annual Report March 2016 Panelist, Authorship Issues; Discussion Leader, Research and Scholarship Integrity Day at Boston College March 2016 Speaker on panel discussion “Research Opportunities for Undergraduates” – for BC Scholar candidates February 2016 Speaker in “Junior Scholars in Conversation” colloquium luncheons (chair: Fr. Charles Gallagher, SJ) January 2016 Hosted filming of lab for Boston College Promotional Video: “Ever to Excel: The Power of Resilience” Nov 2015 Hosted meeting and tour of lab for Shea family (of Shea Center for Entrepreneurship at the Carroll School) Nov 2015 Lab highlighted in Boston College Magazine on undergraduate opportunities in research (with photo spread) Nov 2015 Participant in “Junior Scholars in Conversation” colloquium luncheons (chair: Fr. Charles Gallagher, SJ) Oct 2015 – 2016 Attended Pops on the Heights with BC Board of Trustees member Janice Gipson to discuss Integrated Science Sept 2015 Speaker at Boston College Parents’ Weekend College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Luncheon Sept 2015 Hosted presentation/tour of lab for Boston College University Advancement officers June 2015 Attended Boston Consortium Lab Supplier Meeting for Boston College (organized by Paul McGowan) June 2015 Hosted tour of lab for Boston College Board of Trustee Pat Stokes June 2015 Speaker at Boston College Arts and Sciences Alumni Reunion Weekend (re: Future of Science at BC) May 2015 Biology Faculty Representative, Lunch with Boston College Admitted Transfer Students May 2015 Participated as “Sweep”, Boston College Halftime Retreat, Center for Student Formation Feb 2015

Mentored Boston College Presidential Scholars in lab (Jackson Bowers, Aleksandra Mills) Oct 2014 – current Represented Boston College Faculty at the Boston Consortium Lab Supplier Presentations, Babson College Oct 2014 Panelist, Preparing Future Faculty Event, Sponsored by Graduate School of Arts and Sciences June 2014

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Service to the Biology Department Faculty Search Committee (chair) June 2018 – Feb 2019 Temporary Faculty Mentor to Emrah Altindis September 2018 – December 2018 Biology Graduate Program Committee (member; chair Dr. Charles Hoffman) January 2014 – December 2017 Faculty Search Committee (member, chair Dr. Ken Williams; hired Celia Shiau) January 2014 – March 2014 Balkema Prize Committee (member) Spring 2014

Boston College Comprehensive Exam Committees Torrey Mandigo (Folker lab) May 2017 Mary Ann Collins (Folker lab) May 2016 Sean Ruvolo (Burgess lab) May 2016 Johnathan Meaders (Burgess lab) May 2016 Alexander Auld (Folker lab) May 2015

Boston College Thesis Defense Committees Alexander Auld (PhD program, Folker lab) June 2018 Sudeshna Saha (PhD, Gubbels lab) December 2016 Nicholas Worley (MS, Veenema Lab, Psychology Dept) November 2016 Sean Ruvolo (MS, Burgess lab) October 2016 Maggie Bennett (MS, Burgess lab) June 2016 Patrick Grady (PhD, Cam lab) November 2015 Josh Meidenbauer (PhD, Seyfried lab) October 2014 Karie Heinecke (MS, Seyfried lab) April 2014 Boston College Thesis Committees Torrey Mandigo (PhD program, Folker lab) 2018 – current Johnathan Meaders (PhD program, Burgess lab) 2017 – current Mary Ann Collins (PhD program, Folker lab) 2017 – current Alexander Auld (PhD program, Folker lab) 2016 – 2018 Nicholas Worley (PhD program, Veenema lab, Psychology Dept) 2014 – 2017 Sudeshna Saha (PhD program, Gubbels lab, Chair of committee) 2014 – 2016

Non-Boston College Thesis Defense Committees Alicia Nugent (PhD, Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, lab of Dr. Elizabeth Engle) March 2016 Zach Feiger (PhD, Brandeis University, lab of Dr. Avital Rodal) March 2016 Jie Quan (PhD, Harvard Medical School, lab of Dr. John Flanagan) November 2013