Extended Faculty Research Descriptions

FirstCheryl
LastWellington
Current RankProfessor
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Are willing to serve on graduate student committees related to your expertise areas?Yes
Are you interested in collaborative research?Yes
Do you have any biobanks available for collaborative research?Yes
If yes, please provide more details or describe the biobanks available:

COVID-19 biobank consisting of acute blood (serum and plasma) specimens from COVID-19 patients hospitalized the ICU during the first waves of the pandemic, as well as chronic specimens collected from patients who recovered from COVID-19 infections up to ~2 years post-infection. Some ICU samples have limited PBMCs.

Do you have any other equipment or resources available for collaborative research?Yes
If yes, please provide more details or describe the equipment and resources available:

The Wellington lab has a major interest in fluid biomarkers, and has the following resources available now on a collaborative basis: Quanterix HD-X (2 units), SP-X (1 unit) and Alamar NULISA Argo (1 unit).
Expected in 2025: Roche cobas e402 and Fujirebio Lumipulse G1200

Please check all research categories that apply to your interests
  • Neuroscience and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Post your research keywordsbiomarkers, dementia, lipids, neurology, neurotrauma
Comments on Potential Collaborations

For clinical biomarker projects, we will work with interested laboratories to develop a scope of work and deliver high quality data, leveraging our volume discounts for assay kits.

The Wellington lab also has access to equipment and resources for pre-clinical research, including a Light sheet microscope with experience in tissue clearing and image analysis pipelines, a slide scanner, and expertise in pluripotent stem cell differentiation to brain-relevant cell types (neurons, astrocytes, endothelial cells).

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