Clover Stubbert, B.S.
- Center for Cancer Research
- National Cancer Institute
- Building 560, Room 22-76
- Frederick, MD 21702
- 301-846-5521
- clover.stubbert@nih.gov
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Using planarian flatworms, Clover is studying the acquisition of regenerative abilities during embryogenesis and is utilizing irradiation as a tool to study planarian stem cell specification and behavior. In a collaborative effort with OMAL members, she is optimizing protocols for fluorescent light microscopy and optical clearing of planarian embryos.
Areas of Expertise
Biography
Clover Stubbert, B.S.
Clover Stubbert received her B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Molecular Biology at Cal State Monterey in Seaside, California. While there she was an undergraduate researcher at the Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station in Dr. Chris Lowe’s lab, where she worked on developing RNAi protocols for hemichordate acorn worms and studied gene expression and stem cell localization during metamorphosis. She now works as a postbaccaureate researcher in Dr. Erin Davies’ lab in the Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory at NCI and will pursue Ph.D. studies in cell and developmental biology in the future.