Jarred is the lead public servant of the Whitlock Lab. His interests lie in understanding how the multinucleated cell types that develop and maintain our musculoskeletal system are formed from multipotent, mononucleated precursors. His ultimate focus lies in two parts 1) helping his neighbors fall in love with the beautiful mysteries of their bodies and 2) meeting unmet needs in pediatric skeletal disease.

Whatever the problem Hongyin sizes it up and leaves it in the dust! Hongyin is well on his way to launching his own path, but while with us, he’s the lab’s lipid guru and microscopy champ. Hongyin has his primary focus set on helping us better understand how osteoclasts use a complex trafficking network to set their size and how much of your bones they blast away! He also has some really cool projects looking at how lipid complexity and orientation set cellular behavior.

Dynamic, analytical, destined to leave her mark on the muskuloskeletal landscape - Gwen is launching the next phase of her scientific career in the Whitlock lab. Biochemical dissection, cellular screening, proteomic profiling - Gwen does it all, however, her primary focus lies in unravelling the complexities of pediatric skeletal disease and developing lead targets for the improvement of the wellbeing of our neighbors.

A UVA Stalwart - Jacob’s focus lies on supporting our current development of theraputic agents for skeletal disease with in vivo model development. However, he does so much more: culture modeling, molecular biology, protein expression, viral vector production and characterization. Jacob is quickly becoming an integral part of the team.

Rayan has recently joined the lab to pursue advanced training in biochemistry, molecular, and cell biology. We are excited to welcome him and are looking forward to join in the development of his scientific pursuits.

This could be you. The Whitlock Lab will take 1 rotation student in early 2025. In addition to your BIMS support, you will receive travel support for one international conference per annum, exposure to the Whitlock Lab’s public-private partnership with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and enjoy membership in the MPBP and CB Departments - the voted the best departments at UVA SOM (n = 1).

Need some bone marrow isolates? Peptide inhibitor Screening? Cell-Cell singlaing decoded? You’ve come to the right place. Griffin focuses on the execution of a translational project the lab has in partnership with Alexion pharmaceuticals aimed at identifying new therapeutic interventions for pediatric skeletal disease.

Bethany consults for the Whitlock lab in the areas of graphical presentation, art direction, and design program training for all mentees. In addition, she is the principal developer of the Whitlock lab’s monthly cocktail program and our Tiki Tuesday Program.

Darwin is the resident manuscript/grant submission reviewer for the Whitlock Lab. He assesses all drafts prior to submission. Here, he can be seen following his routine development of an inherent feeling of disgust for overly developed prose found in a recent draft.