About
Justin earned his B.S. degree at UCLA majoring in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics with a minor in Biomedical Research. His research in the Bradley Lab focuses on investigating vesicular trafficking pathways found in Toxoplasma gondii. He’s particularly interested in how these proteins are associated with intracellular protein regulation. He joined the Bradley Lab in summer 2019 as an incoming first-year undergraduate. As a Beckman Scholar, he’s passionate about research and plans to pursue an MD-PhD dual degree. Outside of the lab, you can find him cooking and baking with friends or landscape painting.
Currently, Justin is at Stanford University for his MD/PhD program.
Education and Degree(s)
- B.S. degree at UCLA majoring in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics with a minor in Biomedical Research
Publications
- Quan JJ, Nikolov LA, Sha J, Wohlschlegel JA, Coppens I, Bradley PJ. (2024) Systematic characterization of all Toxoplasma gondii TBC domain-containing proteins identifies an essential regulator of Rab2 in the secretory pathway. PLOS Biology 22(5): e3002634. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002634. PMID: 37398139; PMCID: PMC10312441.
- Back PS, Senthilkumar V, Choi CP, Quan JJ, Lou Q, Snyder AK, Ly AM, Lau JG, Zhou ZH, Ward GE, Bradley PJ. Alveolin proteins in the Toxoplasma inner membrane complex form a highly interconnected structure that maintains parasite shape and replication. PLOS Biol. 2024 Sep 12;22(9):e3002809. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002809. PMID: 39264987; PMCID: PMC11421793.
- Pasquarelli RR, Quan JJ, Cheng ES, Yang V, Britton TA, Sha J, Wohlschlegel JA, Bradley PJ. Characterization and functional analysis of Toxoplasma Golgi-associated proteins identified by proximity labeling. mBio. 2024 Sep 30:e0238024. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02380-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39345210.
Honors and Awards
- Beckman Scholars Award 2021-2022
- UCLA Undergraduate Research Scholarship 2022-2023
- 1st place Best Talk Award at SCEP 2023
- Dean's Prize - Life Sciences 2023
- MIMG Departmental Honors
- MIMG 2023 Commencement Speaker