Christa Trexler

Christa recieved her doctorate in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow with Dr. Ju Chen at the University of California, San Diego. She is a former research technician with SenesTech, Inc., where she worked as part of a team to perform histological analysis across multiple rodent organ systems to identofy potential side effects of drug treatment. 

• BA in Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
• Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder

Christa formerly mentored middle school and high school science fair participants at the Denver Metro Regional Science and Engineering Fair. She also mentored graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She taught students essential laboratory skills and techniques as well as supervised students on independent laboratory projects. She was a former teaching assistant in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Develomental Biology for courses such as Genetics and Introduction to Cellular and Developmental Biology. 

• Trexler, C.L.,  Odell, A.T., Jeong, M.Y., Dowell, R.D., Leinwand, L.A. The transcriptome profile of cardiac myocytes is influenced by biological sex. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017;10:e001770. DOI: 10.1161/ CIRCGENETICS.117.001770. 
• Pugach, E.K.*, Blenck, C.L.*, Dragavon, J.M., Langer, S.J., Leinwand, L.A. Estrogen receptor profiling and activity in cardiac myocytes. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2016; 431:62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.05.004 
• Blenck, C.L., Harvey, P.A., Reckelhoff, J.F., Leinwand, L.A., The importance of biological sex and estrogen in rodent models of cardiovascular health and disease. Circulation Research. 2016; 118(8):1294-312. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.307509.