Jacey Curd
Jacey graduated with B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Biology from Duke University, where she worked in Dr. Raluca Gordan’s lab on CRISPR and MutS. In her senior thesis, she focused on the DNA binding specificity of MutS, the primary enzyme responsible for initiating mismatch repair, and possible associations with CRISPR Prime Editing technology, specifically in single base pair edits.
Jacey joined the Way Lab in July 2024 and left in July 2026. During her time, she led the Data Analysis workstream on our Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation–funded project, optimizing Cell Painting conditions for our upcoming Pediatric Cancer Cell Morphology Atlas. She was first author on a manuscript introducing Gene Process Dependencies, which are biological processes and protein complexes worth targeting to kill cancer cells. Check out her manuscript here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688518v1
She was also the first in the lab to pilot our next-gen Cytomining workflows built on data warehouse technology, and she’s passionate about pediatric oncology research with a focus on computational methods.
Jacey is now pursuing her PhD at St. Jude.
Outside of the lab, Jacey enjoys ballet, salsa, and line dancing, and also helps mentor a FIRST robotics team.