Anita Corbett, PhD


Anita Corbett, PhD
(she/her)

Samuel C. Dobbs Professor, Department of Biology, Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Senior Associate Dean of Research, Emory College of Arts and Sciences

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Graduate Programs

  • Full Member - Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Full Member - Genetics and Molecular Biology

Education

PhD, Vanderbilt University, 1992

Contact Information

Email: acorbe2@emory.edu

Phone: 404-727-4546

Address:
O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Room 1021 1510 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30322 1940-001-1AE

Dr. Corbett's lab seeks to understand the movement of macromolecules between the nucleus and the cytoplasm with a primary focus on understanding how mRNA processing the nucleus is coupled to export to the cytoplasm to ensure accurate gene expression. Current studies are focused on elucidating the function of ubiquitously expressed RNA binding/processing factors that are linked to human disease ranging from intellectual disability to muscular dystrophy and cancer. These studies are highly collaborative and exploit numerous models including budding yeast, Drosophila (collaboration with Moberg lab), mice, and cultured cells to address fundamental questions related to gene expression, post-transcriptional RNA processing, and disease mechanisms. Approaches include genetics, cell biology, structural biology (collaborations), and biochemistry.

Atlanta Society of Mentors (ASOM), 2017
Diversity: Inclusion in the Modern Workplace, 2021
Unconscious Bias Training, 2022
Entering Mentoring from the CIMER group at U Wisconsin, 2020
HHMI and Burroughs Wellcome Mentor Training, 2016

Zachary Bressman

Zachary Bressman (he/him)

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

Entrance Year: 2023

Topic: Functional and biochemical analysis of RNA exosome variants linked to neurological and cardiac diseases

Dory Fawwal

Dory Fawwal (she/her)

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

Entrance Year: 2022

Jordan Goldy

Jordan Goldy

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

Entrance Year: 2021

Madison Intemann

Madison Intemann (she/her)

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

Entrance Year: 2024

Rebecca McSweeney

Rebecca McSweeney (she/her)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Entrance Year: 2024

Carly Lancaster

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2024

"The conserved RNA binding protein Nab2 regulates RNA targets critical for proper neuronal function"


Julia de Amorim

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2023

"The RNA Exosome: Implications for Gene Expression Regulation and Neurological Pathology"


Maria Sterrett

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2023

"In vivo characterization of the critical interaction between the RNA exosome and the essential RNA helicase Mtr4 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"


Miranda Adams

Cancer Biology

MS, 2022


Edwin Corgiat

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2022

"“The Drosophila RNA-binding Protein Nab2 Interacts with the Planar Cell Polarity Pathway to Regulate Neurodevelopment”"


Christy Kinney

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2022

"The RNA binding protein Nab2 genetically interacts with multiple RNA exosome cofactors to regulate target RNAs"


Binta Jalloh

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2021

"THE DROSOPHILA NAB2 RNA-BINDING PROTEIN REGULATES SPLICING OF NEURONAL RNAs "


Chris Rounds

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2021

"The Disease-Associated Proteins Drosophila Nab2 and Ataxin-2 Interact with Shared RNAs and Coregulate Neuronal Morphology"


Stephanie Jones

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2020

"The Polyadenosine RNA Binding Protein ZC3H14 is Required in Mice for Proper Working Memory, Synaptosomal Composition, and Dendritic Spine Density and Morphology"


Annie McPherson-Davie

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2020

"Regulation of the Base Excision Repair Pathway is Critical for Proper Cell Function"


Jennifer Rha

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

MD/PhD, 2020

"The RNA-binding protein, ZC3H14, is critical for control of polyadenylation, neuronal development, brain morphology, and working memory in mice"


Kevin Morris

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2018

"Defining the Function of the Polyadenosine RNA-binding Protein ZC3H14: Molecular Insight into a Disease-associated RNA-binding Protein"


Brittany Phillips

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2018

"Tissue-specific regulation of the Pabpn1 gene: Functional implications for muscular dystrophy"


Alicia Cutler

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2017

"Analyses of Aging and Heterogeneity in Nuclei of Multinucleated Skeletal Muscle Cells"


Rick Bienkowski

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2016

"The polyadenosine RNA-binding protein dNab2 interacts with the Fragile-X protein homolog and regulates gene expression in Drosophila neurons"


Callie Wigington

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2015

"RNA binding proteins in human disease"


ChangHui Pak

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2011

"Mutation of the conserved polyadenosine RNA binding protein, ZC3H14/dNab2, impairs neural function in Drosophila and humans"


Shana Kerr

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2010

"Functional interactions between chromatin modifying complexes and the nuclear pore in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae"


Seth Kelly

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2009

"The recognition of polyadenosine RNA by CCCH zinc fingers"


Kanika Pulliam

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2009

"Interplay between nuclear import and the cell cycle control"


Allison Lange

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2008

"Mechanisms of nucleocytoplasmic transport"


Laura McLane

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2008

"Nucleocytoplasmic transport of the yeast retrotransposon, Tyl in S. cerevisaie"


Adam Berger

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2004

"Insight into Niemann-Pick disease type C through the establishment and study of a yeast model system"


Deanna Green Heier

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2003

"Analysis of the role of MLP1 and MLP2 in mRNA export and quality control"


Michelle Harreman

Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology

PhD, 2003

"Molecular mechanism of NLS-cargo delivery into the nucleus"


Kavita Marfatia Berger

Genetics and Molecular Biology

PhD, 2002

"Insight into nuclear transport: Nab2p and Moglp"