Standing Left to right: Dr. Michele Woods (US mentor), Anthony Arce, Sheila Samperio, Rebecca Motts, Jimmy Guzman
Upper row: Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky (Director), Brittny Quinn, Pablo Unzueta, Dr. Graham McFee (Responsible Conduct of Research)
Lower row: Bianca Ruiz, Terese Lazzaro, Alyssa Bormann, Selina Urfano, Maureen Dougherty, Diana Machado, Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez (US mentor)
Scholars
Anthony Arce
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position:
Fellow - California Epidemiologic Investigation Service (Cal-EIS), California Department of Public Health
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Impact of diverse factors such as communications technology, social networks, and social support in the quality of life among elderly in rural NE Thailand
Sheila Samperio
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position:
Public Health Analyst, California Department of Public Health
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Impact of diverse factors such as communications technology, social networks, and social support in the quality of life among elderly in rural NE Thailand
Rebecca Motts
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position:
Talent Development Specialist. RestCare Workforce Services, Los Angeles, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Impact of diverse factors such as communications technology, social networks, and social support in the quality of life among elderly in rural NE Thailand
Pablo Unzueta
Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas "Rodolfo Ugalde", Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Diego Comerci
Present position:
Postdoctoral research fellow, NSF MPS ASCEND Fellow, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Identification of substrates of the type four secretion system protein VirB8 using the Bacterial Adenylate Cyclase Two-Hybrid system
Terese Lazzaro
Selina Urfano
Fundación Instituto Leloir, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Angeles Zorreguieta
Present position:
Process Engineer, Cell Therapy Specialist, Kite Pharma, El Segundo, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Disruption of a virulence Ochrobactrum anthropi gene by marker exchange
Brettni Quinn
Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Daniela Centrón
Present position:
Microbiologist, Sunrider international, Torrance, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Natural competence in Acinetobacter baumannii
Quinn, B., et al. (2018). "The effect of sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics on natural transformation in Acinetobacter baumannii." Int J Antimicrob Agents 51(5): 809-810
Quinn, B., et al. (2019). "Effect of Host Human Products on Natural Transformation in Acinetobacter baumannii." Curr Microbiol 76(8): 950-953
Traglia, G., Chime, K., Quinn, B., et al. (2018). "Genome sequence analysis of an extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii indigo-pigmented strain depicts evidence of increase genome plasticity." Sci Rep 8(1): 16961
Diana Machado
Dpt. of Genetics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. David Glover
Present position:
PhD graduate student, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Construction of Drosophila melanogaster strains with the GAL4/UAS system
Bianca Ruiz
Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Chan
Present position: Scientist, Interline Therapeutics, University of Washington, Brisbane, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Development of a method for tracking nucleic acid synthesis rates in live cancer cells
Jimmy Guzman
Dpt. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mentors: Dr. David Sherratt
Present position:
MS graduate student, California State University Northridge
3D printing specialist, Student supervisor, California State University Northridge
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes among Klebsiella pneumoniae
Alyssa Bormann
Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Kieran Clarke
Present position: Postdoctoral Researcher. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. University of California, Berkeley, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Optimization of the induced pluripotent stem cells-cardiomyocytes seeding method on various collagen-derived scaffolds
Maureen Dougherty
Department of Chemistry, University of York, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Wilkinson
Present position: Quality Assurance Assistant, Eurofins Calscience, Inc., Garden Grove, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Cloning and overexpression of SapA protein from pathogenic Escherichia coli