Jessica Sullivan-Brown

Jessica Sullivan-Brown
  • Associate Professor
  • Department: Biology
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: JSullivan@wcupa.edu

Education

  • B.S. James Madison University
  • Ph.D. Princeton University

Research Interests

folic acid metabolism genesearly embryonic developmentneural tube defectsFolic acidgenetic and environmental contributions

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-2864

List of Publications

  • Sullivan-Brown J, Goldstein B. (2012) Neural tube closure: the curious case of shrinking junctions. Current Biology, Jul 24
  • 22(14):R574-6. Sullivan-Brown J, Bisher ME, Burdine RD. (2011) Embedding, serial sectioning and staining of zebrafish embryos using JB-4 resin. Nature Protocols, 6 (1):46-55. Becker-Heck A, Zohn IE, Okabe N, Pollock A, Lenhart KB, Sullivan-Brown J, McSheene J, Loges NT, Olbrich H, Haeffner K, Fliegauf M, Horvath J, Reinhardt R, Nielsen KG, Marthin JK, Baktai G, Anderson KV, Geisler R, Niswander L, Omran H, Burdine RD. (2011). The coiled-coil domain containing protein CCDC40 is essential for motile cilia function and left-right axis formation. Nature Genetics, 43(1):79-84. Sawyer JM, Harrell JR, Shemer G, Sullivan-Brown J, Roh-Johnson M, Goldstein B. (2010). Apical constriction: a cell shape change that can drive morphogenesis. Developmental Biology, 341(1):5-19. Sullivan-Brown J, Schottenfeld J, Okabe N, Hostetter CL, Serluca FC, Thiberge SY, Burdine RD. (2008). Zebrafish mutations affecting cilia motility share similar cystic phenotypes and suggest a mechanism of cyst formation that differs from pkd2 morphants. Developmental Biology, 314 (2): 261-75. Schottenfeld J, Sullivan-Brown J, Burdine RD. (2007). Zebrafish curly up encodes a Pkd2 ortholog that restricts left-side-specific expression of southpaw. Development, 134(8):1605-15. Silberg D.G., Sullivan J., Kong E., Swain G.P., Moffett J., Sund N.J., Sackett S.D., Kaestner K.H. (2002). Cdx2 ectopic expression induces intestinal metaplasia in transgenic mice. Gastroenterology, 122 (3):689-96.

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