 
            
            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