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[edit] Contact Information

1 LMU Drive MS B-1453

Los Angeles, CA 90045

katrina.sherbina@gmail.com

ksherbin@lion.lmu.edu

[edit] Education

Bachelor of Science in Biomathematics with Biochemistry Minor, Loyola Marymount University, Expected in May 2014

• Upper Division Biology and Chemistry Courses
  1. Biochemistry
  2. Advanced Biochemistry
  3. Biochemistry Lab
  4. Molecular Mechanisms of the Genome
• Upper Division Mathematics Courses
  1. Biostatistics
  2. Introduction to Probability and Statistics
  3. Methods of Applied Mathematics
  4. Real Variables I
  5. Numerical Analysis

[edit] Research Experience

[edit] Dahlquist Lab

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, May 2011-Present

Mentors: Kam D. Dahlquist, Ph.D. and Ben G. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

• Analyze differences in gene expression in S. cerevisiae, or budding yeast, in response to cold shock using DNA microarray technology.
• Developed protocol to perform within array and between array normalization of microarrays within R 2.7.2.
• Model the dynamics of transcriptional regulatory networks with nonlinear ordinary differential equations.

[edit] Presentations

• Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, Walnut, CA, November 2011

Mathematical Analysis of Gene Regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Response to Cold Shock

• 2nd Annual Southern California Systems Biology Conference, Irvine, CA, January 2012

Mathematical Analysis of Gene Regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Response to Cold Shock

• 37th West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April 2012

Mathematical Analysis of Gene Regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Response to Cold Shock

• The Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting and Conference, Knoxville, TN, July 2012

Dynamical Systems Modeling of the Cold Shock Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

• Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, Camarillo, CA, November 2012

Dynamical Systems Modeling of the Cold Shock Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

• Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society Pacific District Convention, Azusa, CA, April 2013

Dynamical Systems Modeling of the Cold Shock Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

[edit] NCI ICBP Undergraduate Summer Cancer Research Fellow

GeneSys Research Institute/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, June 2013 - August 2013

Mentors: Christine Briggs, Ph.D. & Edward Rietman, Ph.D

PI: Lynn Hlatky, Ph.D.

• Analyzed microarray data collected during in vivo (mouse model) and in vitro studies of glioblastoma multiforme.
• Performed Gene Set Enrichment Analysis to determine up-regulated biologically significant gene sets.
• Validated some of the microarray data using real-time PCR.
• Explored protein expression using Western Blots.

[edit] Work Experience

• Teaching Assistant for Mathematics Department, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, September 2011 - Present
  • Graded homework assignments for Calculus II and Calculus for the Life Sciences II classes on a weekly basis.
  • Proctored make-up quizzes for a Calculus II class on a weekly basis.
  • Currently tutor students twice a week in Calculus II, Calculus for the Life Sciences II, and Multivariable Calculus.

• Rains Research Assistant, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, September 2010 - May 2011
  • Helped to develop the first wiki documenting individual and group projects completed by senior Computer Science major students.

[edit] Personal Interests/Hobbies

• Creating greeting cards and calendars.
• Practicing yoga.

[edit] Wiki Formatting

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