Lylah Deady, Ph.D.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Physiology and Neurobiology (2018)
University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
B.S. Psychology (2013)
Western New England University, Springfield MA
Research
Postdoctoral Fellow (2018 – current)
NIH NINDS Ruth Kirschstein fellow
University of Washington Institute of Neuroengineering fellow
University of Washington, Physiology and Biophysics
Advisor: John Tuthill
Mechanism and function of presynaptic inhibition in Drosophila proprioceptors
Ph.D. Student (2013 – 2018)
University of Connecticut, Physiology and Neurobiology
Advisor: Jianjun Sun
Thesis title: Signaling Patterns and Genetic Regulation of Drosophila Follicle Rupture
Research Assistant (2011 – 2013)
Western New England University, Psychology and Neuroscience
Advisor: Jacob Krans
The action of octopamine and tyramine on muscles of Drosophila melanogaster larvae
COURSES TAUGHT
2022 Controlling the Brain: Scientific, Therapeutic, and Ethical Implications of New Neurotechnologies
Co-developed and co-taught course
UW Science Teaching Experience Program – Working In Science Education
University of Washington Bothell, Biology Department
2015-2016 Enhanced Anatomy & Physiology I & II
Lab instructor
University of Connecticut, Physiology & Neurobiology Department
2013-2015 Anatomy & Physiology I & II
Lab instructor
University of Connecticut, Physiology & Neurobiology Department
2013 Reproductive Endocrinology & Physiology
Tutor, hired by Student Disability Services
Western New England University, Neuroscience Department
2013 Scientific Communication
Writing Fellow / Teaching Assistant
Western New England University, Neuroscience Department
2012 Neurobiology
Lab Assistant
Western New England University, Neuroscience Department
2012 First Year Seminar
Teaching assistant
Western New England University, Neuroscience Department
2011-2012 Statistics
Teaching assistant
Western New England University, Psychology Department
Teaching and Mentoring Education
2021-2022 UW Science Teaching Experience Program – Working In Science Education
2020 UW School of Medicine Future Faculty Fellows Workshop
2020 UW Inclusive Teaching and Mentoring Workshop
2020 UW STEMM(S) Mentoring Education Series, Considerations for Cultivating Equitable Mentoring Ecosystems
Seminar led by Beronda Montgomery, Ph.D.
2015-2016 Scientific Teaching Workshop, UCONN PNB
Workshop led by President of the National Institute on Scientific Teaching, Dr. Xinnian Chen
2014-2016 Graduate Assistant
mentors: Kris Kimball and Donnasue Graesser
Comparison of Online and On-Site Teaching Environments in an Undergraduate [Animal Physiology / Membrane Physiology] Course
Awards
2019 NIH F32 Ruth Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow (NINDS)
Proposal title: Mechanism and Function of Presynaptic Inhibition in Drosophila Proprioceptors
2018 Washington Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroengineering
Proposal title: Development of a genetically-encoded chloride indicator to visualize inhibition in Drosophila proprioceptive neurons
2018 Publication Image Featured on eLife homepage
2017 UCONN Doctoral Student Travel Award
Awarded to attend Genetics Society of America meeting in San Diego, CA
2017 James S Romanow Award
Awarded for excellence in research & research training
2017 Physiology & Neurobiology Doctoral Fellowship
2016 UCONN Doctoral Dissertation fellowship
Publications
Knapp, EM., Deady, LD., and Sun, J. (2018). Ex vivo Follicle Rupture and in situ Zymography in Drosophila. Bio-Protocol (pdf)
Deady, LD., Li, W., and Sun, J. (2017). Zinc-finger transcription factor Hindsight regulates follicle cell competency to rupture in preovulatory follicles in Drosophila. eLife (pdf)
Deady, LD., Sun, J. (2015). A Follicle Rupture Assay Reveals an Essential Role for Follicular Adrenergic Signaling in Drosophila Ovulation. PLoS Genetics (pdf)
Deady, LD, Shen W, Mosure, SA‡, Spradling, AC., Sun J, (2015). Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 is required for ovulation and corpus luteum formation in Drosophila. PLOS Genetics (pdf)
Ormerod, KG, Hadden, JK‡, Deady, LD‡, Mercier, AJ, Krans, JL. (2013). The action of octopamine on muscles of Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Journal of Neurophysiology, 110(8), 1984-1996. (pdf)
‡undergraduate author
Selected Oral Presentations at Scientific Conferences
Deady LD., Beard A, Tucker T‡, Sun J, Store-operated calcium entry functions downstream of Oamb in mature follicle cells for Drosophila ovulation. Oral Presentation at Drosophila Research Conference 59th Annual Meeting: April 14th, 2018; Philadelphia PA.
Deady LD., Li W., Sun J, Zinc-Finger Transcription Factor Hindsight Regulates Ovulation Competency of Drosophila Follicles. Oral Presentation at Drosophila Research Conference 58th Annual Meeting: April 1st, 2017; San Diego CA.
Deady LD & Sun J, Octopamine acts upon OAMB on preovulatory follicle cells to regulate follicle rupture in Drosophila. Oral Presentation at East Coast Nerve Net 39th annual meeting: March 19th, 2016; Woods Hole MA.
Deady LD & Sun J, Follicular adrenergic signaling plays an essential and conserved role in Drosophila ovulation. Oral Presentation at Drosophila Research Conference, 56th Annual Meeting: March 5th, 2015; Chicago IL.
Deady LD‡, Ormerod KG, Mercier AJ, Krans JL. Preliminary findings using RNAi against gSAPs: contractability and viability. Presented at East Coast Nerve Net, 38th annual meeting; March 23, 2013; Amherst MA.
‡undergraduate author
Poster Presentations at Scientific Meetings
Radhika Malhotra‡, Lylah Deady, and Jianjun Sun. The Role of Ras Signaling in Ovulation in Drosophila; 2017; Poster presented at Yale Undergraduate Research Conference; New Haven, CT.
Alison DePew‡, Lylah Deady, Elizabeth Knapp, Jianjun Sun. Investigating the role of the ETS domain transcription factor Pointed in Drosophila ovulation. Poster presented at NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium; 2016; Storrs, CT.
Risa Kiernan‡, Lylah Deady, Jianjun Sun. Investigating the Mechanic Forces Required for Follicle Rupture in Drosophila. Poster presented at UCONN Frontiers in Undergraduate Research (2016); Storrs, CT.
Gino A. Montero‡, Tzu-Ting Chiou, Lylah D. Deady, Jianjun Sun. Investigating The Role of Canonical Secretory Pathways in Drosophila Ovulation. Poster presented at NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium; 2015; Storrs, CT.
Robert Pijewski‡, Lylah D. Deady, Jianjun Sun. The Role of JNK signaling in Drosophila ovulation. Poster presented at NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium; 2014; Storrs, CT.
Sun J, Deady LD, Mosure S‡, Spradling A. Matrix Metalloproteinase is required for ovulation and corpus luteum formation in Drosophila. Poster presented at Drosophila Research Conference 55th annual meeting; 2014 Mar; San Diego, CA.
Deady LD‡, Ormerod KG, Mercier AJ, Krans J. in vivo characterization of kettin’s contribution to the neuromuscular junction of larval Drosophila melanogaster bodywall muscle. Poster to be presented at Society for Neuroscience 43rd annual meeting; 2013 Nov; San Diego, CA.
Ormerod KG, Deady LD‡, Mercier AJ. Cell-specific modulation by octopamine and proctolin in Drosophila melanogaster. Poster to be presented at Society for Neuroscience 43rd annual meeting; 2013 Nov; San Diego, CA.
DellaMorte AM, Ryan AT‡, Deady LD‡, Ormerod KG, Joffre AJ, Krans JL. Viability of novel cross: Temperature sensitive control of RNAi against the sallimus gene. Poster presented at East Coast Nerve Net, 38th annual meeting; March 23, 2013; Amherst MA.
Deady LD‡, Ormerod KG, Mercier JA, Krans JL. in vivo characterization of gSAPs contribution to hysteretic force production of larval Drosophila melanogaster bodywall muscle. Poster presented at East Coast Nerve Net, 38th annual meeting; March 23, 2013; Amherst MA.
Hadden JK‡, Deady LD‡, Scibelli AE‡, Ormerod KG, Krans JL. Distinguishing presynaptic from postsynaptic actions of octopamine at the neuromuscular junction of the fruit fly. Poster presented at Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting; 2012 Oct 15; New Orleans, LA.
‡ undergraduate author
career development
2022 SciPhD Business of Science Workshops
2020 Completed NeuroMatch Academy – Computational Neuroscience Course
2019 UW Institute for Neuroengineering & eScience Institute series of Career Development Workshops
Workshops led by Bernease Herman and Tom Daniel
2018-2019 Hit the Ground Running: Preparing Postdoctoral Scholars for Academic Success
Workshops led by Sharona Gordon
MENTORSHIP
2017-2018 Andrew Beard, Graduate Student
currently a graduate student at UCONN
2015-2018 Radhika Malhotra, Undergraduate Honors Thesis Researcher
Currently a M.D. resident at New Jersey School of Medicine
2015-2018 Tonya Tucker, Undergraduate Honors Thesis Researcher
Currently an M.D. student at UCONN Health
2016 Yaiza Andrés, Undergraduate Researcher, International Scholar from University of Edinburgh Scotland
Currently a Ph.D. candidate at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
2016 Alison DePew, N.S.F. R.E.U. Student
Currently a Ph.D. candidate at Thomas Jefferson University with Tim Mosca
2014-2016 Risa Kiernan, Undergraduate Honors Thesis Researcher
Currently a medical student at New York Institute of Technology
2015 Gino Montero, N.S.F. R.E.U. Student
2014-2015 | Jason Torres, Undergraduate Researcher, McNair Scholar
Currently a Global Site Management Lead at Roche Pharmaceuticals
2014 | Robert Pijewski, N.S.F. R.E.U. student.
Assistant Professor at Anna Maria College
2013-2014 | Elizabeth Knapp, Undergraduate Researcher.
Currently a postdoc at UCLA.
SERVICE
2022 Workshop (“Group Activities”) for High School Students
UW Biomedical Sciences Research [8-week] Program
2020-current Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Member
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UW
2022 co-reviewed manuscript with John Tuthill for eLife
2020 co-reviewed manuscript with John Tuthill for PNAS
2020-current Postdoctoral Representative for Faculty Meetings
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UW
2020 Q&A with a Scientist
AAAS annual meeting
2019-2020 eLife Ambassador – Initiative Leader
eLife
2019 co-reviewed manuscript with John Tuthill for Current Biology
2018-2019 Volunteer | Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Ride For Kids Puget Sound
2014-2018 Judge Panelist
Connecticut Invention Convention Annual Competition
2012-2017 Volunteer
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Ride For Kids New England
2017 Guest Lecturer – Scientific Communication
Western New England University, Neuroscience Department
2017 Guest Lecturer – Neural Systems and Behavior
Western New England University, Neuroscience Department
2017 Judge panelist
Molecular Principles of Physiology
2017 Interviewee
UConn STEM Talk Magazine
2016-2017 Graduate Student Panelist for recruitment
UCONN Physiology & Neurobiology
Lylah Deady, Ph.D. 