Jenny Srnak

Jenny Srnak

Graduate Student

Yi Lab


Education

2020, BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with two certificates in Neuroscience and Cell and Developmental Biology.

Research Interests

Neurodevelopmental biology, vision science and protein degradation.

Publications

Age-sensitive response of systemic AAV-mediated gene therapy in a newly characterized feline model of mucolipidosis II
Pyne NK, Bagel J, Shyng C, Odonnell P, Miyadera K, Srnak J, Swain G, Pesayco JP, Shelton GD, Assenmacher CA, Dickson P, Stern J, Flanagan-Steet H, Gray SJ, Bradbury AM. Molecular Therapy (2025): S1525-0016(25)00309-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2025.04.030. Epub ahead of print.

Targeted protein degradation in lysosome utilizing naturally produced bifunctional antibodies with high levels of mannose 6-phosphateA
ndrew C. Hedman*, Shou Liu*, Jennifer A. Srnak, Riley N. Marcinczyk, Stephanie Do, Linda M. Lyons, Stuart Kornfeld, Hung Do, Lin Liu. *These authors contributed equally to this work. Manuscript available on bioRxiv (2024).; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.03.611037

Gene therapy with S1S3 phosphotransferase improves disease burden in a mouse model of mucolipidosis type II
Steven Q. Le*, Jennifer Srnak*, Alexander Sorensen, Kate Reardon, Sara Conyers, Susan Maloney, Carla Yuede, Roberto Civitelli, Balraj Doray, Yicheng Zhao, Hong Do, Peter Vogel, Stuart Kornfeld, Lin Liu, and Patricia I. Dickson. *These authors contributed equally to this work. Manuscript under revisions Molecular Therapy, June 2024.

Molecular markers for corneal epithelial cells in larval vs. adult Xenopus frogs
Sonam S., Srnak J., Kimberly P., Henry J. Experimental eye research 184 (2019): 107-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2019.04.010

Personal Interests

Hiking, volleyball, my dog, arts and crafts.