ABOUT ME:

Ever since I can remember, I have been fascinated by biology. From the submicroscopic world of chemical reactions that take place within cells to the macroscopic in the regulation of organ systems, I love it all. Since the time I started college, through obtaining my Ph.D., and now doing a postdoctoral fellowship, I have been studying chemistry and biology for over fifteen years. As a tutor, my goal is to pass my passion for these subjects on to students and helping the realize how exciting these subjects are.

Throughout my educational career, I was always the person that classmates asked for help. I tutored my peers throughout high school and college. In college, I taught an undergraduate biology lab. As a Ph.D. student, I mentored many other students in science. I am skilled in making even the most difficult concepts easy to understand. I am extremely patient with students, and I know working with me will lead to higher grades. I will help you understand various topics in any biology or chemistry courses. In addition, I can help with homework, lab reports, or with science fairs. Finally, I served on a graduate school admissions committee, and I can guide you through the process of applying to graduate school.

I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Seattle, WA. My research centers on trying to understand the changes in chromatin and epigenetics between normal and cancer cells. I am also a member of the Center for the Convergence of Physical Science and Cancer Biology, a program by the National Institute of Health to bring together physicists and biologists together to develop novel approaches to cancer research.

 

Tutoring Subjects:

Chemistry, Biology

SPECIFIC TUTORING SERVICES:

Middle School:

General Science

Science Fair Projects

High School:

General Science

Chemistry

Biology

Anatomy and Physiology

AP Chemistry

AP Biology

Undergraduate:

General Chemistry

Chemistry I

Chemistry II

Organic Chemistry

Biochemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Biology

Cell Biology

Molecular Biology

Genetics

Microbiology

Immunology

Virology

Anatomy and Physiology

Evolution

Developmental Biology

Organismal Biology

Medical/Nursing/Pharmacology/Allied Health:

Biochemistry

Anatomy and Physiology

Genetics

Microbiology

Cell Biology

Pharmaceutics

SELECTED AWARDS:

2012 - Keystone Symposia Conference Assistant

2008 - 1st place poster award FASEB Summer Research Conference

2006,2008 - Genes and Development ProgramTravel Award, UT MDACC

2005-2007 - American Legion Auxiliary Fellowship in Cancer Research, UT MDACC

2001 - Elected to Alpha Chi Sigma chemistry society, KSU

2001 - Rodney A. Nemechek Cancer Research Award, KSU

200 - Golden Key International Honor Society

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

2011 - Latham, J.A., Chosed, R.J., Wang, S., Dent, S.Y.R. Chromatin signaling to kinetochores: transregulation of Dam1 methylation by histone H2B ubiquitination. Cell. 2011 Sept 2; 146:709-719.

2009 - Latham, J.A. and Dent S.Y.R. The H2BK123Rgument. Journal of Cell Biology. 2009 Aug 10; 186(3):313-315.

2007 - Latham, J.A. and Dent S.Y.R. Cross-regulation of histone modifications. Nature Structure and Molecular Biology. 2007 Nov 5; 14(11):1017-1024.

2005 - Zhang, K., Lin, W., Latham, J.A., Riefler, G.M., Schumacher, J.M., Chan, C., Tatchell, K., Hawke, D.H., Kobayashi, R., Dent, S.Y.R. The Set1 methyltransferase opposes Ipl1 Aurora kinase functions in chromosome segregation. Cell. 2005 Sep 9;122(5):723-34.