Julie Heffler, Ph.D. is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University.

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Cornell University

August 2021 - Present

PHD

University of Pennsylvania

August 2015 - May 2021

Research Assistant

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

May 2013 - December 2014

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Biology

August 2015 - May 2021

University of Houston

Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry

August 2011 - December 2014

Publications

A Balance Between Intermediate Filaments and Microtubules Maintains Nuclear Architecture in the Cardiomyocyte

Julie Heffler, Parisha P. Shah, Patrick Robison, Sai Phyo, Kimberly Veliz, Keita Uchida, Alexey Bogush, Joshua Rhoades, Rajan Jain, and Benjamin L. Prosser

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Microtubule forces drive nuclear damage in LMNA cardiomyopathy

Julie Heffler, Daria Amiad Pavlov, Carmen Suay-Corredera, Mohammad Dehghany, Kaitlyn M. Shen, Noam Zuela-Sopilniak, Rani Randell, Keita Uchida, Rajan Jain, Vivek Shenoy, Jan Lammerding & Benjamin Prosser

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Nucleus Microtubules Desmin

Mature cardiomyocytes have a distinct cytoskeletal organization that greatly influences the morphology of the nucleus.