Cayce Shaw
Adjunct Professor
Part-Time Faculty
Biography
Cayce Shaw received her BS from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and was a four-year starter on the NCAA women's soccer team. She then completed her Ph.D. at University of California, San Francisco where her thesis investigated the biochemical and enzymatic mechanisms of Kdm6a, a lysine demethylase (H3K27me2/3) known to escape X chromosome inactivation in the brain.
Expertise
- Chemistry
- Biochemistry
Research Areas
- Biochemistry
- X-chromosome Biology
Education
- UC San Francisco, PhD in Rehabilitation Science, Neuroscience Emphasis, 2024
- UC Santa Cruz, BS (cum laude) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2019
Selected Publications
- Shaw C. K., Abdulai-Saiku S., Marino F., Wang D., Davis E. J., Panning B., Dubal D. B. X chromosome factor Kdm6a enhances cognition independent of its demethylase function in the aging XY male brain. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 Jan 9:glad007.