Black, Jonathan

SPUR 2007





NIH/NIDDK/DREW 2006 Summer Apprentice Program

Taylor, Wayne
Chaban, Victor

• Testosterone stimulation of cardiomyocytes enriched by selection of murine embryonic stem cells with an a(alpha letter)-MHC promoter plasmid

• Expression of vanilloid receptors (TRPV1) in visceral dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons from rats. Poster presented at the NIH conference, Bethesda, August 2006.

Carrasco, Alfredo

SPUR 2007

Porszasz-Reisz, Suzanne

Role of myostatin in regulation of skeletal muscle performance

Chavez, Yesenia

NIH/NIDDK/DREW
2006 Summer Apprentice Program

Gizerian, Samantha

Estrogen Receptor Expression in the Medial Amygdala: poster presented at the King/Drew High School Science Fair,
Spring 2007.

Clark, Erica

NIH/NIDDK/DREW
2005 Summer Apprentice Program

Chaban, Victor

• Clark, E. and Chaban V.  Cross-sensitization of visceral DRG neurons.  Ethnicity and Disease (2006) Vol. 16, No. 4 Suppl. 5 (Abstract).

• Clark, E. and Chaban V.  Cross-sensitization of visceral DRG neurons.  13th Annual Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, November 19, 2005.

Dy, Annalyn

SPUR 2007

Porszasz-Reisz, Suzanne

Changes in adult muscle fiber type composition in genetically modified animals

Dauda, Deborah

El Camino College Bridges Program
summer 2006

Porszasz-Reisz, Suzanne

• Selected to present a poster at the New England Science Symposium, March 2, 2007.

Huang, Andy

SPUR 2005-2007

Chaban, Victor

• Huang, A. and Chaban, V.: Lumbosacral dorsal root ganglion neurons receive input from two visceral organs: colon and uterus. 14th Annual Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, November 18, 2006 (poster).

Hyler, Bryan

Medical Student Research  Thesis

de Lacalle, Sonsoles

de Lacalle, S., Hyler, B. and Borowski, T. (2007) Estrogen, Cholinergic System and Cognition. In: Neuroactive Steroids in Brain Function, Behavioral and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Novel Strategies for Research and Treatment. Michael S. Ritsner and Abraham Weizman, Editors. Springer-Verlag.

Martinez, Liseth

NIH/NIDDK/DREW 2005/2006 Summer Apprentice Program

de Lacalle, Sonsoles

• Martinez, L. and de Lacalle, S. Astrocytic Reaction to a Lesion, under Hormonal Deprivation. Neuroscience Letters (2007),415:190-193.

• Martinez, L. and de Lacalle, S. Changes in GFAP Immunoreactivity Following Immunotoxic Lesions in the Rat Brain. Ethnicity and Disease (2006) Vol. 16, No. 4 Suppl. 5.

• Miller, A., Martinez, L. and de Lacalle, S. Astrocytic Reaction to a Lesion, under Hormonal Deprivation. 2006 Society for Neuroscience Meeting (poster).

• Martinez, L. and de Lacalle, S.  Changes in GFAP immunoreactivity following a brain lesion.  13th Annual Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, November 19, 2005 (poster).

McNeal, Charles

NIH/NIDDK/DREW 2004/2005 Summer Apprentice Program

Taylor, Wayne

• McNeal C.L., Raymond M.I., Taylor W.E.  Testosterone inhibits adipogenic transcription factors PPAR-gamma2 and C/EBP-alpha through TCF4 transcription factor. Ethnicity and Disease (2005) Vol. 15, No. 3 Suppl 4.

Moon, Joanne

SPUR 2007

Ferrini, Monica

Characterization of the metabolic profile and oxidative stress in diabetic animals

Nze, Chijioke

NIDDK-STEP-UP 2007

Taylor, Wayne

Testosterone stimulation of insulin-induced glucose uptake, AKT signaling and GLUT4 membrane transport observed in 3T3-L1 mouse adipocytes

Priego, Armando

NIH/NIDDK/DREW
2005 Summer Apprentice Program

Taylor, Wayne

• Priego, A. and Taylor W.E.  Effect of androgen receptor activation on adipogenic and myogenic transcription factor expression in mesenchymal stem cells. Ethnicity and Disease (2006) Vol. 16, No. 4 Suppl. 5.

Umeh, Chioma

MARC Fellow
CSU Dominguez Hills

Ferrini, Monica

• Howell-California State University  Program of Education and Research in Biotechnology  (CSUPERB) Student Research Fellow Award (2006)• Student Role Model Award from Minority Access, Inc.(2006)

Wu, Daniel

SPUR 2006-2007

Porszasz-Reisz, Suzanne

• Wu, D. and Porsasz-Reisz, S. Myostatin effect on body composition in genetically modified mice. Southern California Academy of Science Conference, May 12, 2006 (poster).

• Selected to participate at NIH National Youth Science Camp from June 26 to July 16, 2006.