Cindy Voisine
Biology
Professor
Office:
Room BBH 352C
Phone:
(773) 442-5745
Email:
c-voisine@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
Please email c-voisine@neiu.edu to arrange to meet or speak with Dr. Voisine.
CV:
Voisine, C_CV.pdf
Country:
United States
Introduction to Biology (BIO 100)
Essential Skills for Biologists (BIO 150)
General Biology I (BIO 201)
Cell Biology (BIO 301)
Neurobiology (BIO 365)
Cancer Biology (BIO 366)
Developmental Biology (BIO 367)
Biology Senior Seminar (BIO 390)
Analysis of Development (BIO 424)
Current Topics in Genetics (BIO 427)
Research Interests
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Genetics
Education
Northwestern University: Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Molecular Biosciences
Harvard Medical School: Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Pathology and MGH Cancer Center
University of Wisconsin at Madison: Ph.D. in Biomolecular Chemistry
Bates College: Undergraduate Degree in Biology
Selected Publications
Lotesto, V., and Voisine, C. 2025. Reduced insulin-like signaling restores motor and chemosensory neuron function in C. elegans expressing TDP-43, an ALS-associated protein. microPublication Biology.
Rodriguez Torres, C. S., Wicker, N. B., Puccini de Castro, V., Stefinko, M., Bennett, D. C., Bernhardt, B., Garcia Montes de Oca, M., Jallow, S., Flitcroft, K., Palalay, J. S., Payán Parra, O. A., Stern, Y. E., Koelle, M., Voisine, C., Woods, I. G., Lo, T. W., Stern, M. J., and de la Cova, C. 2024. The Caenorhabditis elegans protein SOC-3 permitsan alternative mode of signal transduction by the EGL-15 FGF receptor. Developmental Biology, 516: 183-195.
Voisine, C., and Nussbaum-Krammer, C. 2022. Using C. elegans to Monitor Proteostasis Imbalances. Journal of Visual Experimentation, 186.
Zenner, M. L., Helou, Y., Deaton, R., Sverdlov, M., Wang, H., Kajdacsy-Balla, A., Macias, V., Murray, M., Voisine, C., Abdulkadir, S. A., Murphy, A. B., and Nonn, L. 2022. Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are lower in prostate tumor tissue and inversely related to proportion of West African ancestry. Prostate, 82(3): 306-313.
Brehme, M., Sverchkova, A., and Voisine, C. 2019. Proteostasis network deregulation signatures as biomarkers for pharmacological disease intervention. Current Opinions in Systems Biology, 15: 74-81.
Additional Information
My research interests focus on using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to study human disease. Student researchers investigate the role of molecular chaperones in development, aging and neurodegenerative diseases. We also use worms to study prostate cancer disparities and sniff out tuberculosis quickly and cheaply.