Thomas Whitlow – Postdoctoral Associate
Thomas is a first-generation college student who grew up in the Appalachian Mountains and received his BS in biotechnology at Marshall University in Huntington WV in 2018, where he worked as an environmental researcher during undergrad. He received his PhD in molecular genetics, biochemistry, and microbiology from the University of Cincinnati in 2023. At UC, he studied copper metabolism in skeletal muscle cell differentiation and post-transcriptional regulation of copper homeostasis genes. During his PhD, he found that he had an interest in regenerative biology and extracellular matrix maintenance. In the Tata Lab, Thomas is working to determine how the RUNX family of transcription factors contribute to fibroblast activation and differentiation in the lung, and how fibroblasts sense mechanical stress during differentiation. In his free time, Thomas likes to boulder, play video games, and watch movies.
Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration 