SUMMER 2007

Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Seminars
"External guide sequences: a novel method to restore antibiotic susceptibility." May 2008. MARC Seminar series CSUF.

Publications and Poster presentations
D. Carpio, A. Soler-Bistué, J. Joaquín, H. Ha, A. Zorreguieta, and M.E. Tolmasky. RNase P based antisense strategy to combat resistance to antibiotics in pathogenic bacteria. Dimensions 2009 11:6

A. J. C. Soler Bistué, F. Martín, N. Vozza, H Ha, J. Joaquín, A. Zorreguieta, and M. E. Tolmasky. Inhibition of aac(6')-Ib-mediated amikacin resistance by nuclease resistant external guide sequences in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA 2009 106 13230-13235

Present position
Graduate Student, Cal Poly Pomona.

Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Seminars
The Synthesis of an Antibody against the Alpha Subunit of the Glucosidase II enzyme in S. pombe; California State University, Dominguez Hills – Student Research Day (SRD), November 2007; California State University, Dominguez Hills

Publications and Poster presentations
O. Uzomah, C.A. Labriola, A.J. Parodi, and C. D’Alessio. The Synthesis of an Antibody against the Alpha Subunit of the Glucosidase II enzyme in S. pombe; Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), October 2007; Kansas City, Missouri (Poster)

O. Uzomah, C.A. Labriola, A.J. Parodi, and C. D’Alessio. The Synthesis of an Antibody against the Alpha Subunit of the Glucosidase II enzyme in S. pombe; Experimental Biology Conference (EB 2008), April 2008; San Diego, California (Poster)

Present position
Grduated CSU Dominguez Hills (2008)
PhD Student, Purdue University

Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Seminars

Publications and Poster presentations

Present position
Ph.D. graduate student, The Ohio State University (mentor: Dr. Electra Paskett)

Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Seminars

Publications and Poster presentations
Annual Biomedical Research for Minority Students (November 2007)

Western Psychological Association conference (March 2008)

Present position
Graduated CSUN (2008). Performing research in Dr. Lagana's laboratory, California State University Northridge
Graduated. Applying to Graduate Programs

Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Seminars

Publications and Poster presentations

Present position
Graduate student - Masters of Public Health - Environmental Track Program. California State University, Fullerton

University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Seminars

Publications and Poster presentations
S. Bonilla, C. Carr, M. Cole, and K. Clarke. The Influence of Erythropoietin Treatment and Insulin Deficiency on Rodent Heart Failure. California State University, Dominguez Hills Student Research Day, Carson, California.

Present position
Graduated CSU Dominguez Hills (2008)
PhD Student Purdue University

King's College, London, United Kingdom

Seminars, Publications and Poster presentations
"The effects of proteasome inhibition on the levels of α-tubulin and S-crystallin in light adapted octopus retinas." Presented at California State University, Dominguez Hills Student Research Day 2007 Poster Session.

Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) 2007 National Conference in Kansas City, MO (October 11 - 14, 2007)

Planning to attend and present at the American Chemical Society 236th National Meeting & Exposition. August 17-21, 2008, Philadelphia, PA USA

Present position
Graduated California State University Dominguez Hills
Biology Research Assistant, CSU Dominguez Hills (Dr. Laura Robles laboratory)

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Publications, Seminars and Poster presentations
LeGrand, Karen, Samir W. Hamaia, Dominique Bihan, Nicolas Raynal and Richard W. Farndale. "A Single High-Affinity Binding Site for Fibronectin in a Fibrillar Collagen, Identified using Synthetic Triple-Helical Peptides." Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Austin, TX, Nov. 2007.

Bihan, Dominique, Samir W. Hamaia, Karen LeGrand, Nicolas Raynal and Richard W. Farndale. "A Single High-Affinity Binding Site for Fibronectin in a Fibrillar Collagen, Identified using Synthetic Triple-Helical Peptides". In preparation for submission to Journal of Biochemistry

Present position
Student Researcher, Dr. Michael L. Summers' Laboratory, Graduated California State University, Northridge.
Graduate Student Ph.D. program UC Davis.

University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Publications, Seminars and Poster presentations
T. Tran, D. Sherratt, and M.E. Tolmasky. Characterization of fpr, a Xer recombination site present in the Salmonella plasmid pFPTB1. Annual Meeting of the Southern California branch of the American Society for Microbiology. San Diego, CA.
This presentation was awarded First Prize at the Student Colloquium of the meeting and won the BioMerieux award

S. Trigueros, T. Tran, N. Sorto, J. Newmark, S. Colloms, D. J. Sherratt, and M. E. Tolmasky. mwr Xer site-specific recombination is hypersensitive to DNA supercoiling. Nucleic Acids Research 2009 37 3580-3587

A. Soler Bistué, D. Birshan, A. Tomaras, M. Dandekar, T. Tran, J. Newmark, N. Gupta, K. Hernandez, R. Sarno, A. Zorreguieta, L. Actis, and M. E. Tolmasky. Klebsiella pneumoniae multiresistance plasmid pMET1: similarity with the Yersinia pestis plasmid pCRY and integrative conjugative elements. PloS One 2008 e1800

Present position
Graduated California State University Fullerton
Research Assistant, Department of Biological Science, CSUF (Dr. Marcelo E. Tolmasky laboratory)

University of York, York, United Kingdom

Seminars
Carbon Monoxide in Medicine: Manganese Metal Carbonyl Complexes as CO-Releasing Molecules. California State University Los Angeles Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series. January 18 2008

Publications and Poster presentations
O.H. Rogers, B.E. Moulton, A.K. Duhme-Klair, I.J. Fairlamb. Manganese Metal Carbonyl Complexes as CO-Releasing Molecules. Presented at the California State University Los Angeles MBRS Poster Session. 2007.

Present position
Graduate Student, California State University Los Angeles (Graduated)
Ph.D. Student USC-PIBBS Graduate Program. Systems Biology and Disease, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, The Saban Research Institute. Started Fall 2008