Aja Coleman

Biography

Undergraduate
Trinity University

Undergraduate Degree
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Lab
Dr. Kristen Patrick

Research Interests
Microbial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions

Publications

• Wagner AR, Scott HM, West KO, Vail KJ, Fitzsimons TC, Coleman AK, Carter KE, Watson RO, Patrick KL. Global transcriptomics uncovers distinct contributions from splicing regulatory proteins to the macrophage innate immune response (in press at Frontiers in Immunology)
• Baranwal G, Pilla R, Goodlett BL, Coleman AK, Arenaz CM, Jayaraman A, Rutkowski JM, Alaniz RC, Mitchell BM. Common Metabolites in Two Different Hypertensive Mouse Models: A Serum and Urine Metabolome Study (submitted/in review at Journal of Hypertension)

What excites you about joining Texas A&M School of Medicine for your PhD studies?
I'm excited to gain the skills and knowledge to conduct great research, as well as further my academic and professional career at such a great institution.

If you could meet any scientist throughout history, who would you want to meet and why?
I would love to meet Rosalind Franklin because of her great contributions to our understanding of the double helix structure. Her story and her perseverance to overcome the injustices she faced are amazing to me, yet her contributions to science often get overlooked. I would love to talk to her about her tenacity to continue her research.

Tell us something you are passionate about apart from research.
While I have not had the opportunity to do it often, I am very passionate about traveling. I especially love walking around nature.