Justine Lindsay is a Flatiron Research Fellow with the Structural and Molecular Biophysics team. He earned his Ph.D. in Life Science from the University of Tennessee after earning a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. is Psychology also from the University of Tennessee.
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His research has focused on developing computational methods utilizing high-performance computing to understand the dynamics underlying biophysical phenomena.
Topics have included characterization of intrinsically disordered proteins in a variety of cellular environments, development of algorithms to uncover collective motions and mechanisms of allostery in chromatin and protein complexes and understanding the dynamics of conformation change underlying protein function.
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The Carolina Panthers TopCats cheerleading team has hired the NFL’s first openly transgender cheerleader. Justine Lindsay announced on Instagram she made the team, calling it a “dream come true.”
“Cats Out the Bag you are looking at the newest member of the Carolina Panthers TopCats Cheerleader’s @topcats as the first Transgender female,” she wrote on Instagram after making the team. She thanked fellow cheerleaders and her coach for the support.
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The first openly transgender cheerleader in the National Football League will make her debut in the 2022 season starting in September.
Justine Lindsay, a 29-year-old Black trans woman, will cheer for the Carolina Panthers “TopCats”, becoming the first openly trans cheerleader of the NFL, BuzzFeed News first reported.
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Lindsay announced her hiring in an Instagram post from March, thanking the TopCats team, other dancers who supported her, and their director, Chandalae Lanouette: “This is a moment I will never forget and I cannot wait to show you all what this girl has to bring. Thank you [Topcats] a dream come true.”
While there is not an official record for NFL cheerleaders hired throughout the league’s history, Lindsay appears to be the first openly transgender person.