User:Nanguiano

Contact Info

• Nicole Anguiano
• Loyola Marymount University
• University Hall
• 1 LMU Dr MSB-1819
• Los Angeles, California 90045
• nanguia1 at lion dot lmu dot edu

Education

• B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Biology expected in May 2016
• Fall 2012-Spring 2016

Relevant Upper-Division Enrollment:

• BIOL 368 (Bioinformatics Laboratory)
• CMSI 385 (Intro to Theory of Computation)
• MATH 360 (Introduction to Probability and Statistics)
• BIOL 367 (Biological Databases)

Independent Research Projects

1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) SEA Phage Discovery Program
   • Fall 2012-Spring 2013, Loyola Marymount University
   • Mentors: Dr. Yiwen Fang and Dr. Carl Urbinati
   • Presentations:
     • Discovery and Characterization of Novel Mycobacteriophages Nargle and KingLeonidas, Loyola Marymount University Undergraduate Research Symposium 2013 Poster Presentation
2. GRNsight
   • Spring 2014-Present, Loyola Marymount University
   • Mentors: Dr. Kam Dahlquist and Dr. John David N. Dionisio

Work Experience

• RAINS Research Assistant
  • Loyola Marymount University, May 2014-August 2014, May 2015 - August 2015
  • Software development on the GRNsight Program
  • Utilized Node.js, Javascript, jQuery, Ajax, HTML, and CSS

Personal Interests/Hobbies

• Video games
• Learning new programming languages
• Reading
• Writing
• Listening to Music

• What is your favorite aspect of Biology and why?
  • My favorite aspect of biology is how much there still is left to learn. Learning about the unknown in biology is extremely exciting to me and makes me eager to learn more and research about the topics that interest me.
• What is your favorite aspect of Computer Science and why?
  • My favorite aspect of computer science is the creativity behind it. There is so much to create, and learning the languages and techniques required to create almost any program imaginable is one of the single most interesting things to me.