FALL 2008
FALL 2007
SUMMER 2007
SPRING
2007
FALL
2008 NEWS
2008
COMPLETED Ph.Ds:
Veronica
Casas ,
Ph.D.
Faculty
Mentor: Stanley Maloy, Ph.D./Forest Rowher, Ph.D.
Dissertation:
Edwin
Manuel ,
Ph.D.
Faculty Mentor: Norman Letvin, Ph.D., Harvard University
Dissertation:
Gerardo
Perez ,
Ph.D.
Faculty Mentor: Stanley Maloy, Ph.D.
Dissertation:
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FALL 2008 GRADUATE SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES:
Adrian
Contreras,
undergraduate, Biology (Microbiology)
Faculty Mentor: Anca Segall, Ph.D.
Attending Fall 2008: PhD Program, UCSF TETRAD program, biology
Other acceptances: University of Utah, U of A, Indiana University,
Penn State
Maricel Gozo, B.S.,
Biology/Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Anca Segall, Ph.D.
Attending Fall 2008:
PhD Program, Translational Medicine, Cedar Sinai Medical School, Los
Angeles
Juanita Vaquero,
undergraduate, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Vera Gutierrez-Clellen, Ph.D.
Attending Fall 2008: PhD program, Texas A & M, School Psychology
Victor Seguritan,
M.S. Biology
Faculty Mentor: Anca Segall, Ph.D./Forest Rowher, Ph.D.
Attending Fall 2008: SDSU/Claremont Graduate University (CGU)
Joint Doctoral Program, Computational Sciences
Gloria Zarate,
B.S., Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Dale Chatfield, Ph.D.
Attending Fall 2008: University of Connecticutt, M.S. in Chemistry
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FALL
2007 NEWS
FALL
2007 GRADUATE SCHOOL ACCEPTANCES:
Karla Blanco,
undergraduate, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Thierry Devos, Ph.D.
Attending Fall 2007:
Ph.D. Program, Washington State University, Fall 2007, Psychology,
Couseling
Other Acceptances:
Ph.D. Programs in Psychology
Texas Tech University
University of
Utah
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Erica Ellis, B.S.
Faculty Mentor:
Julie Evans, Ph.D., Donna Thal, Ph.D.,
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences
Attending Fall 2007:
Ph.D. program, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program, Speech Lang Hearing
Sciences
Other Acceptances:
Ph.D. Program, Speech
Language Hearing Science
University
of Arizona
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program
M.S. programs in SLHS at:
Purdue University and the University of Washington
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Feion Gillis,
current MA student, Psychology
Faculty Mentor:
Alan Litrownik, Ph.D., Dept of Psychology
Attending Fall 2007:
UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program, Clinical Psychology
Other Acceptances:
Ph.D. Programs, Clinical
Psychology:
University of California, Santa Barbara
(accepted with a fellowship recommendation)
Arizona State University
University of Arizona
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Diana Lozano, current Electrical Engineering undergraduate
Faculty Mentors: Tyson Brunstetter, MD, MD
Corina Van de Pol, O.D./Ph.D.
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Attending Fall 2007 Ph.D. Program - Physiological Optics,
University of Houston, TX
Other Acceptances:
M.S. Program - Bioengineering
University of Rochester, New York.
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Khanichi Tape, current M.S. student
Faculty Mentor: Greg Harris, Ph.D., Dept. of Biology
Attending Fall 2007:
Ph.D. Program, Harvard University, Biological Sciences, Public Health
Other Acceptances:
Ph.D. Programs:
University of California, Irvine
Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry
University of California, Riverside
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program
Feb 22nd - Feb 23rd
Awarded Eugene Cota Robles Felowship
University of Texas, Southwestern
Biochemical Regulation and Metabolism
Stanford University
Biological Sciences
Interivew Feb 28th - March 3rd
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Adriana Villasenor, MPH
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD
Professor, Family & Preventive Medicine
Cancer Prevention & Control Program
Attending Fall 2007:
Ph.D. program, University of Washington, Epidemiology
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SUMMER
2007 NEWS
Adrian Contreras Selected as 2007 - 2008
California Pre-Doctoral Fellow
http://www.calstate.edu/PreDoc/scholars_list.shtml
Congratulations to Adrian who has been selected as a 2007-2008 CA
Predoc Scholar. Adrian will continue working one-on-one with his faculty
mentor, Dr. Anca Segall in the Dept. of Biology. Additionally, he
will receive support to fund other activities such as:
* visits to doctoral-granting institutions to explore opportunities
for doctoral study
* travel to a national symposium or professional meeting in his chosen
field;
* other related activities such as membership in professional organizations
and journal subscriptions
* graduate school application and test fees.
Adrian joins other MBRS scholars who were recipients of this outstanding
award including: Brenda Salumbides (Johns Hopkins U Masters student,
biology), Felizza Quinones (3rd year Ph.D. student, UCSD, biology),
Adriana Villasenor, MPH (1st year student, Epidemiology, University
of WA), Manuel Angeles, M.A. (Graduate student, SDSU GSPH), Iva Macaspac
(current undergraduate), and Feion Gillis, M.A.(1st year Ph.D. student,
SDSU/UCSD Clinical Psychology program).
We congratulate Adrian on this achievement and look forward to his
feedback on his graduate school visitations.
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2007 MBRS/IMSD SCHOLARS
SUMMER FELLOWS:
Gloria Zarate is
currently conducting research at the University of Connecticut. She
is currently investigating, "Phorphyrin Library for
TNT Sensing", under the direction of Dr. Christian Bruckner.
Gloria is conducting a series of titrations with Porphyrins solutions
and Nitro-Aromatic compounds in order to determine which Porphyrins
are the most efficient detecting TNT, a main component of explosives.
Gloria's work will result in a poster presentation by the end of the
summer, and she hopes to present her data at the 2007 SACNAS conference
in Kansas City, Missouri.
Edgard Vargas,
MBRS Psychology Undergraduate Selected for Advanced Statistical Training
in Psychology!
Edgar Vargas, MBRS Psychology undergraduate has been selected to attend
the American Psychological Association's Advanced Statistical
Training in Psychology. The course itself will be held at the APA
Headquarters building in Washington, DC, with housing provided for
Edgar at Catholic University.
The program will take place from Saturday, July 14 to Sunday, July
22.
Only 18 students were chosen for this honor! Edgar will be able to
strengthen his statistical skills and apply them during his new research
placment with Dr. Victoria Ojeda at UCSD.
Adrian Contreras
awarded the Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship (MURF)
Summer Fellowship
Senior Microbiology major, Adrian Contreras, was awarded the The
MURF fellowship provided by the American Society for Microbiology
(ASM).
Adrian has chosen to stay at SDSU to advance his project under Dr.
Anca Segall, his MBRS and ASM Mentor.
The program provides a total funding of up to $5,850.
* Up to $3,500 for student stipend
* Up to $850 for student lodging
* Up to $500 for roundtrip travel to the host institution (if applicable)
* One year ASM student membership
* Up to $1,000 in travel support to attend 2007 ASM General Meeting.
* Funding to present at the next ABRCMS conference
* Funding to present at the next ASM conference
Adrian was selected based on the following criteria:
* Academic achievement
* Achievement with previous research experiences or independent projects
* Commitment to research
* Career goals as a research scientist
* Personal motivation to participate in the program
* Willingness to conduct summer research with an ASM member at their
home institution or at a sponsoring U.S institution
* Leadership skills
* Involvement in activities that serve the needs of underrepresented
groups.
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SPRING
2007 NEWS
MANA
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO FOUR MBRS/IMSD STUDENTS
Congratulations to the following MBRS students who were
awarded the 2007 MANA Scholarship:
Isabe Altarejos, Psychology Undergraduate
Gabriela Simon-Cerejido, Ph.D. student, Speech Lang Hearing Sci.
Karla Blanco, B.A., Psychology
Gloria Zarate, Chemistry Undergraduate
The MANA de San Diego Scholarship Program was established in 1991,
in memory of Sylvia Chavez, a talented and tireless volunteer of MANA
de San Diego. Scholarship Program is designed to provide some financial
assistance to Latinas already enrolled in higher education. All MANA
recipients and their families will be recognized at the special Scholarship
Reception, to be held at the University of San Diego (USD) on Sunday,
July 22nd. Since its inception, MANA has awarded over $140,000 in
scholarships to deserving Latinas.
Congratulations to Isabel, Gabi, Karla and Gloria!!
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Karla
Blanco Selected for 2007 Vice-Presidential Student Service Award -
QUEST FOR THE BEST
Congratulations go out to Karla Blanco, MBRS Psychology senior!
Karla has been selected for the 2007 SDSU Vice-Presidential Student
Service Award - "QUEST FOR THE BEST” award. This is a prestigious
award in which students are selected based on academic excellence,
student involvement and commitment, community service outside the
SDSU campus, and leadership qualities and development.
Karla is a research scholar in the Ronald E. McNair program and the
NIH/NIGMS MBRS program. She is also the President of the Society for
the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
SDSU Chapter. Karla has presented numerous scientific presentations
at national conferences including the Western Psychological Association
(WPA), and the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native
Americans in Science (SACNAS). At the 2006 SACNAS conference in Tampa
, FL , she was recognized for "Outstanding Psychology Poster"
in her session. Karla has also been a recipient of the MANA scholarship,
a national Latina organization, which empowers Latinas through leadership
development and community action.
Karla and her faculty mentor, Dr. Thierry Devos, will
be honored at the gala banquet on April 20th. Karla, her husband,
and her three children will be moving to Washington State this summer
where she will begin the Ph.D. Program at Washington State University
specializing in Counseling Psychology.
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SPRING 2007 OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESENT
RESEARCH or CONFERENCES OF INTEREST:
Friday, April 20, 2007, SDSU - Aztec Center
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/casa/urs/
UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (URS)
Congratulations to Adrian Contreras, Lacy Olson, Isabel Altarejos,
Edgar Vargas and Melissa Lanning on their outstanding presentations!
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March 7 - 11, 2007 Drosophila,
Philadelphia, PA
March 21-24, 2007, Society
for Behavioral Medicine, Washington DC
March 25-29, 2007 American
Chemical Society (ACS), Chicago, IL
September 18-20, 2007,
Frontiers in Optics, San Jose, CA
October 11-14, 2007 Society
for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS),
Kansas City, MO
November 3-7, 2007 Society for Neuroscience
in San Diego, Calif. Attendees and presenters can access all important
meeting information as it becomes available on the Web site.
November 3-7, 2007, American
Public Health Association (APHA), Washington DC
.....
November 7-10, 2007 Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for .....Minority
Students (ABRCMS) in Austin, Texas. To learn more about .....what
to expect at ABRCMS click
here.
November 15-17, 2007 American
Speech-Language Hearing Sciences, Boston, MA
April 14-18, 2007 American
Association for Cancer Research,
Los Angeles, CA
May 3-6, 2007, Western
Psychological Association (WPA), Vancouver, Canada
May 21-25, 2007, American Society
for Microbiology (ASM), Toronto, Canada
June 16-20, 2007 Society
for Development Biology, Cancun Mexico
August 17-20, 2007 American
Psychological Association (APA),
San Francisco, CA
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SPRING
2007 ANNOUNCEMENTS
The
following MBRS scholars have been invited for graduate school interviews:
Joyvin Benton.:
PhD programs in Clinical Psychology - University of Arizona (U of
A).
Karla Blanco PhD
programs in Psychology -Counseling programs at Texas Tech University,
and the University of Houston, Texas, Washington State University,
University of Utah
Feion Gillis, B.A.:
PhD programs in Clinical Psychology - UCSB, U of A, ASU, Washington
State, U of New Mexico
Diana Lozano:
Ph.D. program Engineering (Vision Sciences), University of Houston.
Khanichi Tape, B.S.,
PhD programs in Molecular Biology -
Stanford University, Biological Sciences
UC Irvine, Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, Biochemical Regulation
and Metabolism
M.S. program at Harvard
University (Biological Sciences in Public Health)
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CALIFORNIA PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
Adrian Contreras,
current undergraduate, Microbiology (Segall lab)
Adriana Villasenor,
MPH, Ph.D. student, Epidemiology,
University of Washington
Feion Gillis, Ph.D.
student, SDSU/UCSD Clinical Psychology
Manuel Angeles, M.A., MPH student, SDSU GSPH (Hokoda lab)
Brenda Salumbides, B.S., M.S. student, Biological Sciences,
Johns Hopkins University
Felizza Quinones, B.S., Ph.D. student, UCSD, Biological Sciences
Michael Owens, M.S., Biology, Harvard University
Alejandra Ramirez, B.A., Psychology
Yvette Sandoval, B.S., Biology
SDSU UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS
PRESENTERS
Christina Campbell,
B.A., Psychology
Veleka Boyd, B.S., Biology
Genetic Analysis of Obesity and Sphingolipid Metabolism
Feion Gillis, Ph.D.
student, SDSU/UCSD Clinical Psychology
Manuel Angeles, M.A., MPH student, SDSU GSPH (Hokoda lab)
Brenda Salumbides, B.S., M.S. student, Biological Sciences,
Johns Hopkins University
Felizza Quinones, B.S., Ph.D. student, UCSD, Biological Sciences
Michael Owens, M.S., Biology, Harvard University
Alejandra Ramirez, B.A., Psychology
Yvette Sandoval, B.S., Biology
WHO
IS NOW POST-DOCKING?
The
following MBRS Alumni are conducting
post-doctoral fellowships at the following institutions:
Senaida Fernandez, Ph.D., Columbia University
Behavioral Cardiovascular Health & Hypertension Program Division
of General Medicine Columbia University Medical Center
Gina Moore, Ph.D., University of Washington
Kien
Trinh, Ph.D., University of Washington - Genomics
Christian Renken, Ph.D., Wadsworth - Cell Biology
Marco Salazar, MD/PhD, University of Washington
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MBRS
ALUMNI IN FACULTY POSITIONS
Adeunice Mata, M.D., Stanford University Medical
School
Clinical, Family & Community Medicine
Samuel Waters,
Ph.D, Faculty (2006),
University of Missouri at Columbia, Dept of Biology
(completed 5-yr
post doc at the National Cancer Institute)
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FALL
2006 PhD ACCEPTANCES
Danielle Augustin, M.S.,
Ph.D. program,
UC Berkeley (Microbiology)
Veleka Boyd, B.S., Ph.D.
program,
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (Molecular Biology)
Christina Campbell,
BA, Ph.D program,
Michigan State University (Community and Ecological Health Psychology)
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2006 UNDERGRADUATE
AWARDS
Congratulations go out
to MBRS undergraduate scholars Veleka Boyd and Aurora Ramos. Veleka
Boyd was awarded the Glen Nagel CSU undergraduate research award,
which provides Veleka with $1,500 for travel to a scientific meeting.
Veleka has chosen to go to the Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Germ
Cells this October in Long Island, New York.
http://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings/germ06.shtml
Aurora has been awarded a 2006 Diversity Travel Award to attend the
5th Annual IMFAR (International Meeting for Autism Research) Conference
in Montreal, Canada.
http://www.cevs.ucdavis.edu/Cofred/Public/Aca/ConfHome.cfm?confid=238
This award will cover up to $1,000 for her attendance at IMFAR. This
is the 2nd time Aurora has been a recipient for the Diversity Travel
Award.
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Spring
2006 Events:
END NOTE WORKSHOP -
MBRS is hosting a END NOTE workshop on Wed, March 22, 2006. For
more information contact Michelle at mlopez@sunstroke.sdsu.edu.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
The SDSU Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium is scheduled for
Friday, April 22, 2006 at Aztec Center.
All MBRS undergraduate scholars are required to present a oral OR
a poster at this event.
The URS is open to ALL undergraduate majors in the Colleges of Engineering
or Sciences who conduct research.
For more information or
to register on-line visit:
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/usp/urs/
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