Education

2002 - present — Brandeis University — Graduate student
Biochemistry

• GPA 3.88
• Research project: Role of p35 subunit in Arp2/3 complex activity
• Thesis advisor: Dr. Bruce Goode

1998-2002 — California Institute of Technology — B.S.
Biology

• GPA 3.6, graduated with honors
• Research project: Transcriptional response to heat shock

Teaching Experience

2002 - 2003 — Brandeis University

• Teaching assistant - one semester
  Graduate course: Quantitative Approaches to Biochemical Systems
  Professor: Dr. Chris Miller
• Teaching assistant - one semester
  Undergraduate course: Advanced Biochemistry: Enzyme Mechanisms
  Professor: Dr. Melissa Moore

Awards and Fellowships

2001 — Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), California Institute of Technology

Selected Publications

Rodal A.A., O. Sokolova O., D.B. Robins, K.M. Daugherty, S. Hippenmeyer, H. Riezman, N. Grigorieff, B.L. Goode. Conformational changes in the Arp2/3 complex leading to actin nucleation. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2004 Dec 12; [Epub ahead of print]

Selected Meeting and Conference Presentations

44th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (2004) — Poster presentation

Daugherty, K.M., A.A. Rodal, O. Slokolova, D.B. Robins, N. Grigorieff, B.L. Goode. Biochemical and Genetic Dissections of the p35 subunit of the Arp2/3 complex.

SURF Seminar Day (2001) — Oral presentation

Daugherty, K.M. and C.S. Parker. Hot Stuff: The Role of Heat Shock Factor in Transcription in Stressed Cells.