Karina L. Conkrite

Research Laboratory Manager
Email: conkritek@email.chop.edu
Telephone: (267)425-3160

Every lab needs a “mom” to keep things organized and keep research flowing. Karina has been filling this role for the Diskin Laboratory since early 2013. She has worked in pediatric cancer research since 2005, previously under the direction of Dr. David MacPherson at the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Embryology in Baltimore, Maryland. Karina is responsible for all our lab management duties as well as training students and new personnel while simultaneously conducting her own wet-bench research projects. Her focus for the past several years has been the implications of structural variants in the cancer genome, particularly on chromosome 11q and more recently including the 3D structure of the genome and its interactions. In her free time, Karina enjoys reading, hiking, music, and baking. The entire lab enjoys it when Karina bakes, as everyone reaps the benefits.