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

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

Undergraduate Research Assistant at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LABioMed) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, OB/GYN,
Research Mentor: Dr. Mina Desai
Research Topic: Altered Feto-Placental Growth in Mid-gestation Undernutrition Rat Dams


Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Seminars

Publications and Poster presentations

Present position
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)

Will present at Western Psychological Association conference (March)

Present position
Undergraduate Senior. Performing research in Dr. Lagana's laboratory, California State University Northridge


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
Student Researcher, Dr. Laura Robles' Laboratory, California State University, Dominguez Hills.


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
Undergraduate Senior, California State University, Dominguez Hills.


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, California State University, Northridge


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

Present position
Undergraduate student researcher (Senior) at California State University Fullerton. Laboratory: Dr. Marcelo E. Tolmasky


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.

Present position
Graduate Student, California State University Los Angeles
Accepted to the Ph.D. USC-PIBBS Graduate Program. Starts Fall 2008