Nikole is a first-year rotation student in the Pharmacology Graduate Group. She received her B.S in Neuroscience from Ursinus College in 2023. After graduating, she worked at Thomas Jefferson University as a research technician studying uveal melanoma. Later she became a research specialist and completed her post bacc at the University of Pennsylvania where she studied the role of lysosomal ion channels in the clearance of amyloid beta oligomers in oligodendrocytes. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis and pickleball, doing crochet, drawing, and walking around the city. 

Publications

Festa, L. K., N. Fandiño Pachon, R.N. Anderson, S.J. Chen, A.L. Sciutto, J.B. Grinspan, and K.L. Jordan-Sciutto. (2026). The lysosomal cation channel TRPML1 regulates the oligodendrocyte cytoskeleton. bioRxiv. doi: 10.64898/2026.06.16.731945. pdf file link

Baqai, U., A.M. Kurimchak, I.V, Trachtenberg, T.J. Purwin, J.I. Haj, A. Han, N. Fandiño Pachon, A. Jeon, V. Chua, M.A. Davies, J.S. Gutkind, J.L. Benovic, J.S. Duncan, and A.E. Aplin. (2023). Kinome profiling identifies MARK3 and STK10 as potential therapeutic targets in uveal melanoma. J. Biol. Chem. 299(12):105418. pdf file link

Kelly, C., Y. Ahmed, O. Elghawy, N. Fandiño Pachon, M.S. Fontanese, S. Kim, E. Kitterman, A. Marley, D. Terrenzio, R. Wike, T. Zeibekisand, and D.M. Cameron (2023). The human ribosome‐associated complex suppresses prion formation in yeast. Proteins. 91(6), 715-723. pdf file link