Education

University of Toronto, 2019-2023
Honours B.Sc., Biochemistry

Teaching Assistant VIC170 Science & Society, 2021-2023 (Dr. Angus McQuibban)
VIC491 Independent Studies in Humanities, 2020 (Dr. Mathew Mercuri)

Research

Yale University
2023-2024
Postgraduate Associate, Colón-Ramos Lab

The relationship between glycolytic metabolism and neuronal activity; the dynamic localization & interactions of glycolytic enzymes in neurons

University of Toronto
2022-2023, Lee Lab

Stress granules’ macromolecular composition and regulation by heat shock protein chaperones

2021-2022, Watts Lab

The structural properties of Parkinson’s disease-linked mutant α-synuclein aggregates

2020-2021, McQuibban Lab

The mechanism of action of a small-molecule mitophagy enhancer

Awards

2019-2023 University of Toronto National Scholarship
2023 Regents Graduating Scholarship
2022 Warwick Biochemistry Studentship
2021 NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award

Experience

Freelance Science Tutor, 2024-2025

SciCHAI Founder & Leader, 2023-2024
Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University

Journal club-style discussion group on intersections of brain sciences, philosophy of science, and visual, literary, or musical arts

Brain Education Day Staff, Spring 2024
Interdepartmental Neuroscience, Yale University

Science Editor, 2020-2022
The Strand Newspaper, Victoria College

Speaking

Yale University Spring 2024, CCAM Symposium: Adaptation/s

Neuronal architecture and the architectural body

Spring 2024, Worm Club seminar series

Connecting the activity and metabolic profiles of single neurons

Fall 2023, Open Labs Science Café

Inside the minds of nematodes: What can we learn about the brain from a microscopic worm?

University of Toronto
(2022) Biochemistry Poster Fair
(2021) ROP Interdisciplinary Poster Fair

Jess Nash

Jess Nash