JENNIFER J. BUSSELL
EDUCATION
Ph.D., The Rockefeller University, June 2014
A.B., The University of Chicago, 2004
Diploma, South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, 2000
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Axel Lab, Columbia University-HHMI, 2014-present
Graduate Fellow, Vosshall Lab, The Rockefeller University-HHMI, 2008-2014
Rotating Graduate Fellow, Gilbert Lab, The Rockefeller University, 2008
Rotating Graduate Fellow, Darnell Lab, The Rockefeller University-HHMI, 2008
Rotating Graduate Fellow, Roeder Lab, The Rockefeller University, 2008
Associate Consultant, ZS Associates management consulting firm, 2004-2007
Undergraduate Researcher, Lahn Lab, The University of Chicago, 2002-2004
Summer Research Intern, Vance Lab, The University of South Carolina, 1999
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Clowney, E.J., Iguchi, S., Bussell, J.J., Scheer, E., and Ruta, V. Multimodal Chemosensory Circuits Controlling Male Courtship in Drosophila. Neuron 87, 1036-1049.
Bussell, J.J., Yapici, N., Zhang, X., Dickson, B.J., and Vosshall, L.B. Abdominal-B neurons control Drosophila virgin female receptivity. Current Biology 24, 1584-1595.
Bussell, J.J., Pearson, N.M., Kanda, R., Filatov, D.A. and Lahn, B.T. (2006). Human polymorphism and human-chimpanzee divergence in pseudoautosomal region correlate with local recombination rate. Gene 368, 94-100.
INVITED REVIEWS
Bussell, J.J. and Vosshall, L.B. (2012) Behavioral neuroscience: learning to suckle with signature odor. Curr Biol 22, R907-909.
Bussell, J.J. and Vosshall L.B. (2010). Chemical ecology: Reprogramming a termite monarchy. Nat Chem Biol 6, 637-638.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Invited talks
Bussell, J.J., Yapici, N., Dickson, B.J., and Vosshall, L.B. “Neurons controlling virgin female receptivity to mating.” Cold Spring Harbor Drosophila Neurobiology Meeting. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. October 2011.
Bussell, J.J., Yapici, N., Dickson, B.J., and Vosshall, L.B. “Neurons controlling virgin female receptivity to mating.” Rockefeller University Graduate Student Retreat, Lake George, NY. September 2011.
Bussell, J.J., Yapici, N., Dickson, B.J., and Vosshall, L.B. “Genetics of mate choice and receptivity in the female fly.” Vosshall-Touhara Labs Collaborative Meeting. Tokyo, Japan. July 2009.
Posters
Bussell, J.J., Bromberg-Martin, E., Axel, R. “Information seeking in mice: a behavioral paradigm to study neural circuits for the desire to know.” Gordon Research Conference on the Neurobiology of Cognition, Newry, ME. May, 2018.
Bussell, J.J., Yapici, N., Dickson, B.J., and Vosshall, L.B. “Neurons controlling virgin female receptivity to mating.” Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Meeting. Janelia Farm, VA. January, 2011.
MENTORSHIP AND TEACHING
Graduate Student Mentor, 2018-2019
Barnard College Senior Thesis Mentor, 2018-2019
Barnard College Summer Research Institute Mentor, 2016, 2017, 2018
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Mentor, 2012
High School Outreach Summer Mentor, 2009, 2010
Summer Neuroscience Program lecturer, 2009
HONORS AND AWARDS
Simons Society of Fellows, Junior Fellowship, 2015-2018
Women and Science Fellowship, The Rockefeller University, 2007-2013
College Honors Scholarship, University of Chicago, 2000-2004
Maroon Key Society, University of Chicago, 2004
Dean’s List, University of Chicago, 2000-2004