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| + | === NCI ICBP Undergraduate Summer Cancer Research Fellow === | ||
| + | :[http://cancer-systems-biology.org/index.html GeneSys Research Institute/Tufts University School of Medicine], Boston, MA, June 2013 - August 2013 | ||
| + | :''Mentors'': Christine Briggs, Ph.D. & Edward Rietman, Ph.D | ||
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| + | *Analyzed microarray data collected during ''in vivo'' (mouse model) and ''in vitro'' studies of glioblastoma multiforme. | ||
| + | *Performed [http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsea/index.jsp 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. | ||
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Contact Information
Katrina Sherbina
- 1 LMU Drive MS B-1453
- Los Angeles, CA 90045
- katrina.sherbina@gmail.com
- ksherbin@lion.lmu.edu
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biomathematics with Biochemistry Minor, Loyola Marymount University, Expected in May 2014
- Upper Division Biology and Chemistry Courses
- Biochemistry
- Advanced Biochemistry
- Biochemistry Lab
- Molecular Mechanisms of the Genome
- Upper Division Mathematics Courses
- Biostatistics
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- Methods of Applied Methods
- Real Variables I
- Numerical Analysis
Research Experience
Dahlquist Lab
- Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, May 2011-Present
- Mentors: Dr. Kam Dahlquist and Dr. Ben Fitzpatrick
- 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.
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
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
- 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.
