SUMMER 2006
Instituto Malbrán, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seminars
"Neonatal Unit Outbreak due to Staphylococcus aureus isolates harboring lnuA gene in Argentina. September 16 2006. Guilford College.
Publications and Poster presentations
Neonatal Unit Outbreak due to Staphylococcus aureus isolates harboring lnuA gene in Argentina. November 18 2006. 2nd Annual State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research Symposium. Raleigh, NC.
Present position
Senior at Guilford College, Intern at Guilford Child
Health Clinic.
Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seminars
"Inhibition of amikacin resistance by external guide sequences." December 1 2006. CSU Fullerton MBRS Seminars.
Publications and Poster presentations
A. Soler Bistué, H. Ha, R. Sarno, M. Don, A. Zorreguieta, and M. Tolmasky. External guide sequences targeting the aac(6’)-Ib mRNA induce inhibition of amikacin resistance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2007 51 1918-1925
Present position
Graduate student at California State University Fullerton.
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Seminars
"Acupuncture Use among People with HIV/AIDS (PHA) in Northern Thailand: Motives, Barriers, & Attitudes." November 17 2006. CSU Fullerton MBRS Seminars.
Present position
Research Associate, UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute.
University of San Diego, Master's Entry Program in Nursing.
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Seminars
"Pesticide Exposure Among Adolescents in Northern
Thailand." October 6 2006. CSU Fullerton MBRS Seminars.
Publications and Poster presentations
A. Montes, S. Sanchez, P. Kanthawee, and J. Pratumanon. Pesticide Exposure in Youth: A Continuing Global Threat. Submitted to National Environmental Health Association 71st Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition, Atlantic City, NJ
S. Sanchez, V. Merrill, and A. Montes. Pesticide exposure among adolescents in Chiang Rai, Thailandt. Submitted to American Public Health Association annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2007.
Present position
Graduating senior at CSUF
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Seminars
"Alcohol use among Tahi youth." May 2008. MARC Seminar series CSUF.
Present position
Intern as a Research Assistant and Academic Mentor at Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA).
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Seminars
"Pesticide Exposure Among Adolescents in Northern
Thailand." October 6 2006. CSU Fullerton MBRS Seminars.
Publications and Poster presentations
A. Montes, S. Sanchez, P. Kanthawee, and J. Pratumanon. . Pesticide Exposure in Youth: A Continuing Global Threat. Submitted to National Environmental Health Association 71st Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition, Atlantic City, NJ
S. Sanchez, V. Merrill, and A. Montes. Pesticide exposure among adolescents in Chiang Rai, Thailandt. Submitted to American Public Health Association annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2007.
Present position
M.S. graduate student, San Diego State University.
Health Emergency Operations Coordinator; Epidemiology & Assessment Department; Orange County Health Care Agency
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Seminars
"Changes in the Topology of the pSDC203 plasmid DNA due
to Osmoregulation" January 5 2007. Minority opprtunities in research. CSU Los Angeles. http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/moreprograms/Abstracts/sorto.html
Publications and Poster presentations
C. Possoz, J. Newmark, N. Sorto, D. Sherratt, and M. Tolmasky. Sublethal Concentrations of the aminoglycoside amikacin interfere with cell division without affecting chromosome dynamics. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2007 51 252-256
Role of replicative transposons in plasmids’ host range expansion: implications in dissemination of antibiotic resistance. September 2006. International Symposium on Plasmid Biology. Fallen Leaf Lake, South Lake Tahoe, CA.
Role of replicative transposons in plasmids’ host range expansion: implications in dissemination of antibiotic resistance. 1/2007. 19th Annual Biotechnology Symposium. CSUPERB. Los Angeles, CA.
Senior student at California State University Los Angeles
University of York, York, United Kingdom
Seminars
Publications and Poster presentations
Extracellular matrix proteins modify the effect of lysophosphatidic acid on oligodendrocyte precursors. September 2006. CNSM annual research symposium, CSU Long Beach.
Present position
MD/PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon
King's College, London, United Kingdom
Seminars
"Interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and cyclodextrin treated lung epithelial cells: implications in cyclodextrin assisted drug delivery through the lungs." January 5 2007. Minority opprtunities in research. CSU Los Angeles. http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/moreprograms/Abstracts/dotsey.html
Publications and Poster presentations
Present position
Ph.D. graduate student (Pharmacology and Toxicology). University of California, Irvine.
Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Seminars
Publications and Poster presentations
Towards the Purification of Saccharomyces cerevisiae MAD3. 2007. 19th Annual Biotechnology Symposium. CSUPERB. Los Angeles, CA.
Present position
Graduate Student at John Hopkins School of Medicine.
