Alexa Price

Graduate Student

Advisor: Alan Howe, Ph.D.

Alexa Price
Alma mater(s)
  • Plymouth State University

BIO

I am a PhD student in Alan Howe's lab in the Department of Pharmacology. Broadly, we are interested in the effects of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) signaling at focal adhesions and its role in cell motility and adhesion in cancer models.      I graduated from Plymouth State University in 2022 with a B.S. in Biochemistry. During my time as an undergraduate, I studied aspects of metabolism underlying folliculogenesis in dairy cows, specifically interested in O-GlycNAcylation. I then worked as a lab technician in the Molecular Physiology and Biophysics department here at UVM studying the extracellular and intracellular contributions to diastolic dysfunction before joining the CMB program in 2023.

Area(s) of expertise

Cell Adhesion and Motility in Cancer Models

Bio

I am a PhD student in Alan Howe's lab in the Department of Pharmacology. Broadly, we are interested in the effects of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) signaling at focal adhesions and its role in cell motility and adhesion in cancer models.      I graduated from Plymouth State University in 2022 with a B.S. in Biochemistry. During my time as an undergraduate, I studied aspects of metabolism underlying folliculogenesis in dairy cows, specifically interested in O-GlycNAcylation. I then worked as a lab technician in the Molecular Physiology and Biophysics department here at UVM studying the extracellular and intracellular contributions to diastolic dysfunction before joining the CMB program in 2023.

Areas of Expertise

Cell Adhesion and Motility in Cancer Models