I received my Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Notre Dame in 2019, and I am currently a graduate student in the Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP). I am a member of the Society for Duke Fellows, PCB Seminar Speaker Selection Committee, and GradX Organizing Committee. My project takes advantage of next-generation sequencing approaches to extend the concept of spatial encoding to a new layer of gene expression control (post-transcriptional regulation). Outside of science, my hobbies include yoga, running, and going to Duke basketball games. 

Pre-Doctoral Honors/Awards:

  • 2024: ASPET Annual Meeting, selected oral presentation

  • 2024: ASPET Travel Award

  • 2023: ASPET Annual Meeting, poster presentation

  • 2022: Gordon Research Seminar, selected oral presentation

  • 2019: Duke Chancellor's Fellowship

Publications:

Klauer MJ, Jagla CAD and Tsvetanova NG. (2024). Extensive location bias of the GPCR-dependent translatome via site-selective activation of mTOR. bioRxiv. 2024.06.17.599400; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.17.599400.

Klauer MJ, Willette BKA and Tsvetanova NG. (2024). Functional diversification of cell signaling by GPCR localization. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 300: 105668.