Email

cinnamon.hardee@bcm.edu

Positions

Graduate Student, PhD Candidate

Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Staff Research Associate III

Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California United States

Research Specialist

Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California United States

Research Assistant

Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California United States

Addresses

Zechiedrich (Lab)

Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Room: 220A
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5127
https://www.bcm.edu/research/labs/lynn-zechiedrich

Education

BS from Univeristy of Southern California

Los Angeles, California United States

Biological Sciences, Psychology

Professional Interests

• Cell and Gene Therapy
• Immunotherapy

Professional Statement

I am currently a 6th year graduate student whose dissertation research focuses on the development of a non-viral gene therapy-based aerosol treatment strategy for both lung and systemic diseases. Our hope is to provide further treatment options for patients whose only options rely heavily on injection-based peptide administration (e.g. insulin). Progress in my research has generated important pre-clinical data needed to establish the feasibility of this approach, and will hopefully lead to therapies that are cheaper, less invasive, less frequent, and more convenient for patients in the future.

Websites

Selected Publications

• "Effects of Vector Backbone and Pseudotype on Lentiviral Vector-Mediated Gene Transfer: Studies in Infant ADA-Deficient Mice and Rhesus Monkeys." 2014 : Pubmed PMID: 24925206
• "Modification of Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells with CD19-specific Chimeric Antigen Receptors as a Novel Approach for Cancer Immunotherapy." 2012 : Pubmed PMID: 23978226
• "Allelic exclusion and peripheral reconstitution by TCR transgenic T cells arising from transduced human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells." 2012 : Pubmed PMID: 23380815
• "Regulated expansion of human pancreatic beta-cells." 2010 : Pubmed PMID: 20389286