Jayde Zimmerman
Jayde is a Senior Research Technician in the Microbiology Department at SCCWRP. Her research focuses on quantifying gene in changes expression in knockout mutants and molecular techniques.
She earned a M.S. in biology with an emphasis on molecular genetics from California State University, Long Beach in 2023 and a B.S. in molecular biology from the University of Tampa in 2018. She joined SCCWRP in 2023.
Education
M.S., biology, California State University, Long Beach, 2023
B.S., molecular biology, University of Tampa, 2018
Professional Experience
Senior Research Technician, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA. 2024-present
Research Technician, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA. 2024
Laboratory Assistant, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA. 2023-2024
Research Assistant, California State University, Long Beach. Long Beach, CA. 2021-2023
Teaching Assistant, California State University, Long Beach. Long Beach, CA. 2021-2023
GIS Lead, Exzeo USA. Tampa, FL. 2018-2021
Honors and Awards
Departmental Graduate Student Honors. 2024
Awarded Best Poster Presentation of Independent Study or Co-Curricular Research. 2016
Publications
Journal Articles
Zimmerman, J.A., B. Verboonen, A.P. Harrison Hanson, L.R. Arballo, J.A. Brusslan. 2024. Arabidopsis apoplast TET8 positively correlates to leaf senescence, and tet3tet8 double mutants are delayed in leaf senescence. Plant Direct 8(9). doi: 10.1002/pld3.70006. PMID: 39323734; PMCID: PMC11422175.