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Karina Kinghorn

Graduate Student: Cell Biology and Physiology (2017-present)

Contact: k_kinghorn@unc.edu

Education: University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX- BS in Biochemistry, 2017

Research: I am interested in understanding how spatiotemporal regulation of VEGFR1 modulates sprouting angiogenesis. Currently, I am working to understand the trafficking machinery involved in soluble VEGFR1 secretion and determining whether soluble VEGFR1 secretion is polarized in endothelial cells.

Publications:

Wang, R., Lee, M., Kinghorn, K., Hughes, T., Chuckaree, I., Pantano, P., Draper, R. (2018). Quantitation of cell-associated carbon nanotubes: selective binding and accumulation of carboxylated carbon nanotubes by macrophages. Nanotoxicology.

Immunofluorescence image of a human endothelial cell expressing tagged-soluble VEGFR1 (green), and additionally stained for actin (red), PECAM(dark blue), and the nucleus(light blue)

 

Funding:

AHA Predoctoral Fellowship July 2020-2022

Past IVB T32 Training Grant July 2019-2020