Emily E. Whitaker, Ph.D.

 

Office Location: 244B Hitchner Hall
Email Address: emily.whitaker@maine.edu
Phone: 207.581.3068
Mailing Address: 5735 Hitchner Hall, University of Maine, 04469
Courses Taught: Phage Genome Discovery I (BMB 150), General Microbiology Lab (BMB 305)
Publications:
  • Whitaker EE, Mecum NE, Cott RC, Goode DJ. Expression of MHC II in DRG neurons attenuates paclitaxel-induced cold hypersensitivity in male and female mice. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 8;19(2):e0298396. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298396. PMID: 38330029; PMCID: PMC10852343.
  • Goode DJ, Whitaker EE, Mecum NE. Ovariectomy increases paclitaxel-induced mechanical hypersensitivity and reduces anti-inflammatory CD4+ T cells in the dorsal root ganglion of female mice. J Neuroimmunol. 2022 Jun 15;367:577878. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2022.577878. Epub 2022 Apr 22. PMID: 35509138.
  • Whitaker EE, Matheson NJ, Perlee S, Munson PB, Symeonides M, Thali M. EWI-2 Inhibits Cell-Cell Fusion at the HIV-1 Virological Presynapse. Viruses. 2019 Nov 20;11(12):1082. doi: 10.3390/v11121082. PMID: 31757023; PMCID: PMC6950393.
Education:
Ph.D. University of Vermont, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, 2021
B.S. University of Maine, Biochemistry, 2016