Presentations/Publications 2000

  1. Bunch, K.D., & Malcarne, V.  The Effects of Racism on Perception of Aggression and Violence.  Poster presented at the 2000 NIGMS Conference in Washington DC, November 2000.
  2. Bunch, K.D., & Malcarne, V.  The Role of Ethnicity in Children’s Attitudes Toward People with Mental Illness.  Poster presented at the SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 2000. *Also presented at the annual convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
  3. Contreras, C., Wight, R., & Cooksy, A.L.  High Resolution Spectroscopy of Carbon-Chain Free Radicals.  Poster presented at the Conference on Chemical Research in the Border Region, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, November 2000.
  4. Hernandez, G., Grotjahn, D.G., Gombs, D., Van, S., & Bihkzhanova, G.  Toward Synthetic Hydrolysis Catalysts.  Poster presented at the 2000 SACNAS Conference in Atlanta, GA, October 2000.
  5. Inzunza, M.R., Anderson, K., & van den Ende, O.  The Effects of Modified Biological Research in a Canister (BRIC) Spaceflight Hardware on the Survivability and Development of the Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca Sexta).  Poster presented at the 2000 NIGMS Conference in Atlanta, GA, November 2000.
  6.  Jones, V., & Velasquez, R.  Cross-Validation of the MMPI-2 Masculinity Femininity Scale (MF) With African American Male and Female College Students: An Exploratory Study.  Poster presented at the SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 2000.
  7. Love, V., Lugo, G., Merz, D., & Feeney, A.J. (January 2000). Individual VH promoters vary in strength, but the frequency of rearrangement of those VH genes does not correlate with promoter strength nor enhancer-independence. Molecular Immunology, 37(1-2), 29-39. DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(00)00023-7.
  8. Montalbano, A.P., Tang, A., Merz, D., Martinez, A., Williams, S., & Feeney, A.J.  Effects of Recombination Signal Sequence Variation on Rearrangement Frequencies of VH7183 and VHS107 Genes. Poster presented at the 2000 SACNAS Conference in Atlanta, GA, October 2000. *Also presented at the 2000 NIGMS Conference in Washington, DC. **Also presented orally at the 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001.  First Place Award.
  9. Salumbides, B. Mapping of a Clone from a Subgenomic Library of Early Replicating DNA to Chromosomal Ban 1p36.1. Orally presented at the 5th SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, October 2000. *Also presented as a poster at the 2000 SACNAS Conference in Atlanta, GA, October 2000. **Also presented at the 2000 NIGMS Conference in Washington, DC, November 2000. ***Also orally presented at the 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001.  Second Place Award. ****Also orally presented at the 2001 CSU Research Competition at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, April 2001.
  10. Valenzuela, J.R., Goebel, P., & Feeney, A.J. Can B-Lineage Specific Transcription Factors Induce Immunoglobulin VH Rearrangement in Lymphocytes? Poster presented at the 2000 SACNAS Conference in Atlanta, GA, October 2000. *Also presented at the 2000 NIGMS Conference in Washington, DC, November 2000.
  11. Vazquez, E., Bikzhanova, G., & Grotjahn, D. Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphine Ligands and their Ketene Complexes. Orally presented at the Tercero Simposium Internacional Investigacion Quimica en la Frontera, Tijuana, Mexico, November 2000. *Also presented as a poster at the 221st National ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2001.

Presentations/Publications 2001

  1. Contreras, C., Cooksy, A.L., & Wong, R.  High Resolution Infrared Laser Spectroscopy of Free Radical.  Poster presented at 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001. Third Place Award.
  2. Galvan, J.R., & McAlpine, S.  Synthesis of Virginiamycin S1 Antibiotic Libraries. Presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) 22nd Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 2001.
  3. Guillen, J.O., & McAlpine, S. Synthesis of Virginiamycin M1 Antibiotic Libraries. Presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) 22nd Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, August 2001.
  4. Hall, T., & Frazier-Kouassi, S.  Understanding Factors Related to the Use of Alternative Medicine in African Americans.  Poster presented at 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001. *Also presented at the 2001 Western Psychological Association Convention in Hawaii, May 2001.
  5. Hernandez, G.  Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: A Possible New Area of Research for Protein Engineering.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS/McNair Research Forum, November 16, 2001.
  6. Hernandez, G., Grotjahn, D.B., Van, S., Combs, D., Bikzhanova, G., Boldt, G.E., & Vazquez, E.  Thiether Ligands and Complexes Capable of Hydrogen Bonding. Orally presented at the 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001.  First Place Award. *Also presented as a poster at the 221st National ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2001.
  7. Jones, V., & Velasquez, R.  An Afrocentric Exploration of the MMPI-2 Masculinity-Femeninity Scale (MF) with African American Females. Poster presented at 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001.
  8. Logan, S., & Malanchuck, O. Factors Affecting Occupational Aspirations of African-American Female Adolescents.  Poster presented at 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001. *Also presented at the 2001 Western Psychological Association Convention in Hawaii, May 2001.
  9. Williams, G.S., Martinez, A., Montalbano, A., Tang, A., Mauhar, A., Ogwaro, K.M., Merz, D., Chevillard, C., Riblet, R., & Feeney, A.J. (July 2001). Unequal VH7183 gene family is not due to recombination signal sequence variation, and mapping of the genes shows a bias of rearrangement based on chromosomal location. The Journal of Immunology, 167(1), 257-263. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.1.257.
  10. Martinez, J.A.  Variations in Latino Acculturation and its Effect on Academic Success.  Presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, September 2001.
  11. Oseroff, S.B, Martinez, J.J., et al. (April 2001). Electron spin resonance above Tc in layered manganites.  Physical Review  B, 63, 174413. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.63.174413.
  12. Kompfner, E., Oliveria, P., Montalbano, A.P., & Feeney, A.J.  (2001). Unusual germline DSP2 gene accounts for all apparent V-D-D-J rearrangements in newborn, but not adult, MRL mice.  Journal of Immunology, 167(12), 6933-8.
  13. Quinones, F.  Patched and Smoothened Co-localization in the Presence of Hedgehog in Drosophila. Orally presented at the 2001 SDSU MBRS/MARC Research Forum, San Diego, CA, March 23, 2001. *Also presented at the 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001.
  14. Salumbides, B.C., Feeney, A.J., Montalbano, A., & Tang, A. The Influence of the RSS Spacer on Relative Rearrangement  Frequencies of the VHS107 Gene Family.  Poster Presented at the 2001 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Scholars in Orlando, FL, November 2001. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS/McNair Research Forum, San Diego, CA, November 16, 2001.
  15. Spires-Madyun, L., & Figueroa-Moseley, C.  Abuse and Smoking Among Female College Students.  Poster presented at 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS/McNair Research Forum, San Diego, CA, November 16, 2001.
  16. Tape, K.N., Kovacs, W., Guadarrama, D., & Krisans, S.  Cholesterol Biosynthesis in an Animal Model for Zellweger Syndrome. Poster presented at the 2001 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Scholars in Orlando, FL, November 2001. *Also presentated at the 2002 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 15, 2002. **Also orally presented at the 2002 CSU Research Competition.  ***Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, February 28, 2003. ****Also presented as a poster at the 2000 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003.
  17. Thompson, T., & Navarro, A.M. Enhancing Reliability in Ratings of Responsible Tobacco Sales Practices. Orally presented at the 2001 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Scholars in Orlando, FL, November 2001.
  18.  Valenzuela, J.R., Goebel, P., & Feeney, A.J.  Can B-lineage Specific Transcription Factors Induce Immunoglobulin VU Rearrangement in T Lymphocytes?  Poster presented at the 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001. Second Place Award.
  19. Goebel, P., Janney, N., Valenzuela, J.R., Romanow, W.J., Murre, C., & Feeney, A.J.  (September 2001). Localized gene-specific induction of accessibility to V(D)J recombination induced by E2a and early B cell factor in nonlymphoid cells.  Journal of Experimental Medicine, 194(5), 645-656.
  20.  Vazquez, E., & Frey, T. Effects of Uncoupling Mitochondria: A Statistical Analysis of Mitochondrial Structure. Orally presented at the 2001 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2001. Third Place Award.

Presentations/Publications 2002

  1. Abdullah, M.  Fatigue in Patients with Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis SSc).  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, September 20, 2002. *Also presented at the 2003 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003.
  2. Caudillo, S.  The Anti-Diabetic PPAR-gamma Agonist, Rosiglitazone May Activate Protective Pathways in Cardiac Myocytes. Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, April 19, 2002.
  3. Contreras, C., & Allison, N.T.  Vynil-Allene Ligand Synthesis for Metal Carbonyl Compleses.  Poster presented at the 2002 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 15, 2002. *Also presented at the National American Chemical Society Meeting in Orlando, FL, April 2002.
  4. Cruz, J., & Velazquez, R.  The Role of Acculturation on the MMPI-2 Performance of Filipino Americans.  Poster presented at the 2002 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), New Orleans, LA, November 13-16, 2002.
  5. Daniel, J., Blumberg, E., Hovell, M., Kelley, N., Sipan, C., Vera, A., Damian, G., Mosqueda, J., & Pham, W. Risk Behaviors in Latino and Anglo Repeat HIV Negative Testers.  Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Conference in Philadelphia, PA, November 2002.
  6. Galvan, J.R., Jr., & McAlpine, S.  Class B Synergimycin Derivatives. Poster presented at the 2002 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 15, 2002
  7. Gonzalez, R., & Pozos, R.  Fatigue of the Arm Associated with Torque Production during Isotonic Movements.  Poster presented at the SACNAS National Conference in Anaheim, CA, September 2002.  *Also presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), New Orleans, LA, November 16, 2002.
  8. Guillen, J.O., & Theodorakis, E.  Synthesis of 2’-O-Methoxyethyl-Guanosine Using a Novel Silicon-Based Protecting Group. Orally presented at the UCSD Summer Research Conference, San Diego, CA, August 15, 2002. *Also presented as a poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), New Orleans, LA, November 16, 2002.  Awarded First Place.
  9. Guillen, J.O., & McAlpine, S.  Synthesis or Class B Synergymycin Combinatorial Libraries. Poster presented at the 2002 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 15, 2002.
  10. Hernandez, G., & Dutnall, R.  Structural Studies of Histone Chaperones.  Orally presented at the UCSD Summer Research Conference, San Diego, CA, August 15, 2002.
  11. Grotjahn, D.B., Van, S., Combs, D., Lev, D., Schneider, Rideout, M., Meyer, C., Hernandez, G., & Mejorado, L. (2002).  New flexible synthesis of pyrazole ligands with different, functionalized substituents at C3 and C5.  Journal of Organic Chemistry, 67(26), 9200-09. Doi: 10.1021/jo026083e.
  12. Jimenez, E., Schaller, M., Rendon, C., Andresen, B., Salamon, P., Rivero, R., & Hoffmann, K.H. Simulation Based Optimization of a Diabetic Distillation Column.  Orally Presented at the Siam 50th Anniversary Convention, Philadelphia, PA, July 9, 2002. *Also presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), New Orleans, LA, November 16, 2002.  First Place Award.  *Also presented at the 2003 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003. First Place Award. *Also presented at the CSU Research Competition at CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, May 2, 2003.
  13. Martinez, J.A., Smith, R., Holguin, S., Woodroffe,  A., Smith, M., & Mays, L.  Analysis of Chromosome 13q and the Language Gene Region in a Patient with Autism. Poster presented at the SACNAS National Conference in Anaheim, CA, September 2002. *Also presented at the 2002 Summer Research Symposium at the University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, August 15, 2002. *Also presented at the 2003 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003.  Awarded First Place.
  14. Smith, M., Woodroffe, A., Smith, R., Holguin, S., Martinez, J., Filipek, P.A., Modahl, C., Moore, B., Bocian, M.E., Mays, L., Laulhere, T., Flodman, P., & Spence, M.A.  (2002). Molecular genetic delineation of a deletion of chromosome 13q12–>q13 in a patient with autism and auditory processing deficits. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 98(4), 233-239. DOI: 10.1159/000071040.
  15. Mejia, D., & Pozos, R.  Analysis of Torque and Surface EMGs During Fatiguing Isometric Contractions with Various Handgrips. Orally presented at the UCSD Summer Research Conference, San Diego, CA, August 15, 2002. *Also presented as a poster at the SACNAS National Conference in Anaheim, CA, September 2002. *Also presented as a poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), New Orleans, LA, November 16, 2002.
  16. Mickens, L., Ayala, G.X., & Elder, J.P.  Acculturation and Body Image as Predictors of Eating Disorders among Latino-American Youth. Orally presented at the College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 15, 2002.  Awarded First Place for Psychology Oral Presentation. *Also presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, April 19, 2002.
  17. Ayala, G.X., Malahy, J., Mickens, L.K., & Elder, J.P. (2002). Predicting food estimation abilities for primary prevention and dietary assessment purposes.  Paper presented at the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Conference, Seattle, WA.  Published Abstract.
  18. Goebel, P., Montalbano, A.P., Ayers, N., Kompfer, E., Dickinson, L., Webb, C.F., & Feeney, A.J.  (2002). High frequency of matrix attachment regions and cut-like x/CCAAT-displacement protein and B cell regulator of lgH transcription binding sites flanking Ig V region genes.  Journal of Immunology, 169(5), 2477-87.
  19. Sembrano, A.  Use of in Vivo Expression Technology in the Study of Host-Induced Genes.  Presented at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Symposium, Madison, WI, August 2, 2002. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, September 20, 2002.
  20. Vazquez, E.  Effects of Uncoupling Mitochondria and Novel Methods in Analyzing their Structure.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, April 19, 2002.

Presentations/Publications 2003

  1. Cruz-Torres, J.  Do We Expect Less From Rodriguez Than From Sullivan?  Implicit Associations Between Ethnicity and Academic Achievement. Orally presented at the 2003 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003.  Awarded First Place.
  2. Daniel, J.  Using the Behavioral Ecological Model to Develop Effective HIV Prevention Programs. Poster presented at the 2003 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003.  Awarded Second Place.
  3. Fernandez, R. Resuscitation of Viable but Non-Culturable Coliforms for Polluted Surface Waters.  Poster presented at the UCSD Summer Research Conference, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, August 2003. *Also presented at MARC/MBRS Forum, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, September 2003. **Also presented at the SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA March 2004. ***Also presented at the WCBSURF, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA, April 2004. ****Also presented at the 105th General Meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA, June 5-9, 2005.
  4. Galvan, J.R., Jr.  Synthesis of Water Soluble Ligands and Corresponding Ni, Cu and Zn in Complexes. Orally presented at the 2003 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003.  Awarded Third Place. *Also presented at the CSU Research Competition at CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, May 2, 2003.
  5. Gonzalez, R., & Mejia, D. Physiological Measures of Fatigue Induced During Isotonic Torque Measurements.  Poster presented at the 2003 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003.
  6. Grotjahn, D.B., Van, S., Combs, D., Lev, D., Schneider, C., Incarvito, C., Lam, K-C, Rossi, G., Rheingold, A.L., Rideout, M., Meyer, C., Hernandez, G., & Mejorado, L.  (2003). Substituent control of hydrogen bonding in palladium(II)-pyrazole complexes.  Inorganic Chemistry, 42, 3347-55. DOI: 10.1021/ic026104n.
  7. Martinez, J.A., et al. Injection Drug Users and Hepatitis C Virus Seroconversion.  San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 2003.
  8. Montalbano, A., Ogwaro, K.M., Tang, A., Matthews, A.G.W., Larijani, M., Oettinger, M.A., & Feeney, A.J.  (November 2003). V(D)J recombination frequencies can be profoundly affected by changes in the spacer sequence.  The Journal of Immunology, 171(10), 5296-5304.
  9. Sembrano, M.  Characterization of Mitochondrial Events During Etoposide-Induced Apoptosis. Poster presented at the 2003 SDSU College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003.  Awarded First Place.
  10. Smelter, K.  Analysis of the B-cell Activating Factor (BAFF) Promoter.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, February 28, 2003. *Also presented at the 2003 SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2003.  Awarded Second Place.

Presentations/Publications 2004

  1. Arteaga, S., Johnson, E.G., & Rumpf, T.  Fabrication of 3-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Using Substrate Mode Holographic Lithography.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Dallas, TX, November 10-13, 2004.
  2. Castillo, P., Attle, S., Lacobelli, M., Bower, K., Xu, T., & McGuire, K.L.  p21Snft Competes with Fos for Jun Binding and Significantly Repress the Production of IL-2.  Poster presented at the CSU Biotechnology Symposium in San Jose, CA, January 16-18, 2004. *Also presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 2004.
  3. Crawford, B.J.  A Pilot Study: The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Bio-Mechanics to Improve Free-Throw Shooting: A Brief Intervention. Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, December 3, 2004. *Also presented as a poster at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005.
  4. Emerson, M., Malcarne, V., Sadler, G., & Ko, C.  Strategies for Managing Fatigue in African American Cancer Survivors.  Orally presented at the Summer Student Research Conference of the University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, August 2004. *Also presented as a poster at the Annual Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), Whittier, CA, November 2004. **Also presented as a poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Dallas, TX, November 10-13, 2004. ***Also presented as a poster at the Annual New England Science Symposium of Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, March 2005. ****Also presented as a poster at the Annual Conference of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), Boston, MA, April 2005.
  5. Gabriel, R., & Perrault, J.  Replicating Deleted Forms of the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Genome.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Dallas, TX, November 10-13, 2004. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, December 3, 2004.
  6. Ibarra, Y.  Signaling Mechanism of Thrombopoietin Receptor in Cytokine Dependent Cells.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, October 1, 2004. *Also presented as a poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Dallas, TX, November 10-13, 2004.
  7. Jimenez, E., Schaller, M., Rendon, C., Andresen, B., Salamon, P., Rivero, R., & Hoffmann, K.H.  (November 2004). Optimization of a diabetic distillation column with sequential heat exchangers.  Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research, 43(23), 7566-7571.
  8. Meza, C., & Velasquez, R.  The Relationship Between Acculturation and Achievement Constructs in Latina Undergraduates. Poster presented at the 2004 American Psychological Association (APA) Conference, Honolulu, HI, August 2004.
  9. Meza, C., Hanger, M.A., & Weinberg, M.  Impact of Resiliency Intervention on Retention of Academic Probation Students.  Poster presented at the 2004 SACNAS National Conference, Austin, TX, October 2004. *Also presented at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Conference, Boise, ID, October 2004. **Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, April 15, 2005.
  10. Nguyen, V. Time-Integrated Galactic Supernova Neutrino Flux. Orally presented at the SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 2004.  First Place Award in the Physics, Chemistry and Engineering oral presentation. *Also presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, February 2004.
  11. Nguyen, V.  Muon Followers in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.  Poster presented at the Annual American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics (APSDNP) Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2004.
  12. Olonan, C.A.  Proteomics and Plumbing the Proteome: Innovations and Solutions in the Molecular Life Sciences and Medicine.  Presented at the Sixteenth Annual California State University Biotechnology Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 2004.
  13. Olonan, C.A.  Protein Structure, Function and Disease.  Presented at the Eighteenth Annual Symposium of the Protein Society, San Diego, CA, August 2004.
  14.  Olonan, C.A., Love, J.J., Chu, S., & McNamara, K.  Teaching Undergraduates the Importance of Biochemistry to Forensic Science through DNA Fingerprinting. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Dallas, TX, November 10-13, 2004.
  15. Puga, M.  Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Norzoanthamine. Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, October 1, 2004. *Also presented as a poster at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005.

Presentations/Publications 2005

  1. Arteaga, S., & Roch, M. Acoustic Changepoint Detection Using Empirical Bayes Method.  Poster presented at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005. Awarded Second Place in the Physical Sciences Category.
  2. Arteaga, S., & Roch, M.  Acoustic Changepoint Detection in Conversational Speech Using Empirical Bayesian Information Criterion.  Poster presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Denver, CO, September 2005. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, September 23, 2005.
  3. Shah, R.D., Gonzales, F., Golez, E., Augustin, D., Caudillo, S., Abbott, A., Morello, J., McDonough, P.M., Paolini, P.J., & Shubeita, H.E. (2005). The antidiabetic agent rosiglitazone upregulates SERCA2 and enhances TNF-alpha- and LPS-induced NF-kappaB-dependent transcription and TNF-alpha-induced IL-6 secretion in ventricular myocytes.  Cellular Physiology & Biochemistry, 15(1-4), 41-50.
  4. Crawford, B.J.  Examination of Personality Traits and Coping Strategies Among African American Adolescents Living in Rural Mississippi.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, May 26, 2005.
  5. Crawford, B.J., & Roesch S.  Examining Coping Strategies among African American Adolescents Living in Rural Mississippi.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, July 6, 2005.
  6. Emerson, M. Effect of Positive and Negative Message Framing on Promotion of Health Enhancing Behaviors. Orally presented at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005.
  7. Emerson, M., Malcarne, V.L., & Sadler, G.R.  Multidimensional Fatigue and Coping Strategies in African American Cancer Survivors.  Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, August 2005.
  8. Emerson, M.E., Malcarne, V.L., Sadler, G.R., & Ko, C.M. (2005). Strategies for managing fatigue in African American cancer survivors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, S186, Vol. 29, Supp. 2005. Published Abstract.
  9. Gabriel, R.  Decay Accelerating Factor 1 (Daf1) Genotype and Systemic Autoimmunity. Orally presented at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005.
  10. Ibarra, Y., & Mercola, M.  Tissue Specific Marker Expression in Differentiating Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells.  Poster presented at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005. Awarded First Place in the Biological Sciences Category.
  11. Ibarra, Y., Teixeira, J., Guzzo, R., & Mercola, M.  Retinoic Acid Blocks Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Differentiation.  Presented at the 2005 Student Research Conference, Las Cruces, NM, October 7, 2005.
  12. McDonald, R.Z., & Feeney, A.  Analysis of Vh Replacement in Autoimmune Mice V’s Non-autoimmune Mice. Poster presented at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005.  Awarded Second Place in the Biological Sciences Category.
  13. Meza, C.M.  From Risk to Resilience:  An Innovative Intervention for SDSU Students on Academic Probation. Orally presented at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005.  Awarded Second Place in the Behavioral Sciences Category.
  14. Meza, C.M., & Andujo-Hanger, M.  The Impact of a Resiliency Intervention on Retention of Academic Probation of Students.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, July 6, 2005.
  15. Nguyen, V.  Time-Integrated Supernova Neutrino Flux from a Nearby Cluster. Orally presented at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005.  Awarded Third Place in the Physical Sciences Category. *Also presented at the CSU Research Competition, Sacramento, CA, April 2005.  Awarded First Place in the Physical Sciences Category.
  16. Olonan, C., & Love, J.  Development of a DNA Fingerprinting Module for an Upper Division Biochemistry Laboratory.  Presented at the Seventeenth Annual California State University Biotechnology Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, January 2005.
  17. Olonan, C., & Love, J.  Engineering a Molecular Switch: pH-controlled Bending of DNA.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Atlanta, GA, November 2005. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, December 9, 2005.
  18. Tostado, R.  Isothermal Titration Calorimetry to Measure Relative Heats of Proton Transfer. Orally presented at the 6th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, March 18, 2005.  Awarded Second Place in the Physical Sciences Category.
  19. Tostado, R., & Perrin, C.  Isothermal Titration Calorimetry to Measure Relative Heats of Proton Transfer in Amines.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, December 9, 2005.
  20. Tostado, R., Douglas, C., & Grubbs, R.  Preparing Alkyl Rhodium(III) Porphyrin Complexes and Identifying New Products Resulting from the Addition of Nitroxide Radical to those Complexes.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Atlanta, GA, November 2005.
  21. Weissmiller, A., Putz, U., & Nedivi, E.  Identification of the CPG15 Receptor.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Atlanta, GA, November 2005.  *Also presented at the MIT Summer Research Program, Cambridge, MA, August 2005.

Presentations/Publications 2006

  1. Arroyo, A., Glatzel, L., Irazoque, C., & Salamon, P.  Using Googleranks for Phage Phylogeny.  Poster presented at the 7th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 21, 2006.
  2. Arteaga, S., & Roch, M.  Male and Female Classification for Real-time Frequency Compression in Next Generation Hearing Aids.  Orally presented at the 7th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 21, 2006.  Awarded Third Place in the Engineering and Physical Science Category.
  3. Avila, P., & Rose, D.  The Production of SNAP-tag Fusion for Intracellular Protein Labeling.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARCH/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, March 24, 2006.
  4. Avila, P., Hill, A., & Walsh, C.  Refining a Locus for Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia 3: A Human Genetics Linkage Inquiry.  Poster presented at the Leadership Alliance Conference, Washington, DC, July 2006. *Also presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences (SACNAS), Tampa, FL, October 2006. **Also presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA, November 8-11, 2006. ***Also presented at the Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 20, 2007.
  5. Emerson, M., Malcarne, V., & Sadler, G.  Fatigue and Coping Strategies in African American Cancer Survivors.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, March 24, 2006. *Also presented as a poster at the 7th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 21, 2006.
  6. Emerson, M., Sadler, G.R., Ko, C.M., Malcarne, V.L., & Hawes, S. Coping with Post-treatment Fatigue in African American Cancer Survivors.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, San Diego, CA, October 2006.
  7. Guerrero, L.G., Paolini, P., Gonzales, F., Torres, D., & Kleiman, E.  Calcium Pathway Gene Expression Changes Produced by Rosiglitazone in Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocyte. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA, November 8-11, 2006.
  8. Jimenez, S., & May-Newman, K.  Integration of a Pulsatile LVAD into a Mock Circulation.  Poster presented at the 7th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 21, 2006.
  9. Jimenez, S., Enriquez, L., & May-Newman, K.  The Effects of Aortic Incompetence on Cardiovascular Pressure and Flow During Pulsatile LVAD Use.  Poster presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences (SACNAS), Tampa, FL, October 2006.
  10. Kasthuri, E.A., Malcarne, V.L., Clark, K.L., Loscalzo, M., Zabora, J., Brintzenhofeszoc, K., & Sadler, G.R.  Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients as a Function of Gender and Ethnicity.  Orally presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA, November 8-11, 2006.
  11. Kasthuri, E.A., Sadler, G.R., Martinez, D.A., Mortimer, J.E., Clark, K.L., LaHousse, S.F., & Malcarne, V.L.  Sexual Functioning in Women Receiving Adjuvant Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, San Diego, CA, October 2006.
  12. Larrosa, C., & Venkataraman, S.  Preliminary Investigations for Experimental Optimum Design of Passively Tailored Elastic Wing for a Biomimetic Flapping Wing MUAV.  Poster presented at the 7th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 21, 2006.  Awarded Third Place in the Physical Sciences Category.
  13. Marquez, A., & Twenge, J.  Social Rejection and Positive Mood Boosting.  Poster presented at the 7th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 21, 2006. *Also presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences (SACNAS), Tampa, FL, October 2006. **Also presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA, November 8-11, 2006.
  14. McDonald, R.Z., & Feeney, A.  Structural Components of ITK. Poster presented at the 7th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 21, 2006.  Awarded Second Place in the Biology Category. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, May 5, 2006.
  15. Watson, L.C., Moffatt-Blue, C.S., McDonald, R.Z., Kompfner, E., Ait-Azzouzene, D., Nemazee, D., Theofilopoulos, A.N., Kono, D.H., & Feeney, A.J.  (July 2006). Paucity of V-D-D-J rearrangements and VH replacement events in lupus prone and nonautoimmune TdT-/- and TdT+/+ mice. The Journal of Immunology, 177(2), 1120-1128.
  16. McNamara-Schroeder, K., Olonan, C., Chu, S., Montoya, M.C., Alviri, M., Ginty, S., & Love, J.J. (Sept./Oct. 2006). DNA fingerprint analysis of three short tandem repeat (STR) loci for biochemistry and forensic science laboratory courses.  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, (34)5, 378-383.
  17. Osher, O.B., Tong, W.G., & Atherton, A.A.  Ultrasensitive Laser Wave-Mixing Detection Method for Protein Microarrays. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA, November 8-11, 2006. *Also presented at the American Chemical Society Western Regional Conference, San Diego, CA, October 10, 2007.
  18. Rodriguez, R., & McAlpine, S.  Potent Antitumor Agents:  Sansalvamide A Derivatives.  Poster presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2006. *Also presented at the 7th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 21, 2006.  Awarded First Place in the Physical Sciences Category. **Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, May 5, 2006.
  19. Thomas, J.S., Ahmet, K., Rodriguez, R., Brown, J.D., Cajica, J., Carroll, C.L., Pan, P-S, Medina, I., Corral, R., Johnston, J.V.C., Parry, E., Lapera, S., Otrubova, K., McGuire, L., & McAlpine, S.R.  (August 2006). Synthesis of Sansalvamide A derivatives and their cytotoxicity in colon cancer cells line HT-29.  Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 14(16), 5625-5631.
  20. Otrubova, K., Styers, T.J., Pan, P-S., Rodriguez, R., McGuire, K.L., & McAlpine, S.R.  (July 2006). Synthesis and Novel Structure-activity Relationships of Potent Sansalvamide A Derivatives.  Chemical Communications, 37(29), 1033-1034.
  21. Vaden, Y.L., Rollock, D., & Moore, D.L.  Elements of Socialization to Race Related Police Contact.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA, November 8-11, 2006.
  22. Vaden, Y.L., Viallta, I.K., Frederick, H., & Cronan, T.A.  The Effects of Ethnicity on Mammography Use.  Poster presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences (SACNAS), Tampa, FL, October 2006.
  23. Weissmiller, A., & Love, J. Optimization of Lipid Extraction from EscherichiaColi.  Poster presented at the 7th Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 2006.
  24. Weissmiller, A., Teodoro, R., & Schwarz, T. The Joy of Secs’: Identifying New Genes that Interact with the Exocyst Complex in Drosophila.  Orally presented at the Harvard Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Progra, Boston, MA, August 2006.
  25. Weissmiller, A., Teodoro, R., & Schwarz, T.  Identifying New Genes Involved in the Neuronal Function of the Exocyst Complex in Drosophila. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA, November 8-11, 2006.

Presentations/Publications 2007

  1. Akre, E., Hodoka, A., & Ulloa, E. Examining Authoritarian Parenting, Depression, and Teen Relationship Violence in Mexican Adolescent.  Poster presented at the UCSD Summer Research Conference, San Diego, CA, August 2007.
  2. Akre, E., Valenzuela, G., & Reed, H. Examining Authoritarian Parenting, Peer Influences and Teen Relationship Violence in Mexican Adolescents.  Poster presented at the 21st International Violence Abuse and Trauma Convention, San Diego, CA, September 2007.
  3. Altarejos, A., Brodsky, A.E., Carrillo, A., & Welsh, E.  The Components and Process of Resilience among the Members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).  Poster presented at the Leadership Alliance Symposium, Stamford, CT, July 28, 2007. *Also presented at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Summer Undergraduate Research Fest, Baltimore, MD, August 8, 2007. **Also presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Austin, TX, November 7-10, 2007.
  4. Altarejos, I., Jualo, C., Veley, I., Vaden, Y., Adams-Simms, D., Corral, I., Landrine, H., & Roesch, S.  Ethnic Discrimination, Tobacco Availability, and Smoking among African-Americans.  Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, August 17-20, 2007. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, March 21 2008.
  5. Arroyo, A., Mecadon, K., Edwards, R., Rohwer, F., & Salamon, P.  Using GoogleranksTM for Phage Phylogeny.  Orally presented at the Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April, 20, 2007.
  6. Roch, M.A., Hurtig, R.R., Huang, T., Liu, J., & Arteaga, S.M.  (August 2007). Foreground auditory scene analysis for hearing aid.  Pattern Recognition Letters, 28(11), 1351-1359, August 2007. The work for this citation was accomplished while the student author participated in the MARC program.
  7. Devos, T., & Cruz Torres, J.A. (September 2007). Implicit identification with academic achievement among Latino college students: The role of ethnic identity and significant others. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29(3), 293-310. The work for this citation was accomplished while the student author participated in the MARC program.
  8. Guerrero, L.G., Gonzales, F., Gebresenbet, K., Kleiman, E., Nemeth, M., Torres, D., & Poalini, P.  Calcium Pathway Gene Expression Changes Produced by Rosiglitazone in the Neonatal Rat Cardiocyte.  Orally presented at the Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 20, 2007. *Also presented at San Diego State University MARC Forum, October 19, 2007.
  9. Guerrero, L.G., Gonzales, F., Gebresenbet, K., Kleiman, E., Nemeth, M., Torres, D., & Poalini, P.  Gene Expression Changes Produced by Rosiglitazone in the Neonatal Rat Cardiocytes:  Assessment By Microarray and RT-PCR Methods.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum October 19, 2007
  10. Guerrero, L.G., LeRoch, K., Ponts, N., & Prudhomme, J.  Histone Regulation During the Cell Cycle of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Austin, TX, November 7-10, 2007.
  11. Tong, W., Ibarra, Y.M., & Lodish, H.F.  (September 2007). Signals emanating from the membrane proximal region of the thrombopoietin receptor (mpl) support hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal.  Experimental Hematology, 35(9), 1447-1455. The work for this citation was accomplished while the student author participated in the MARC program.
  12. Kasthuri, E., Malcarne, V.L., Clark, K., Loscalzo, M., Zabora, J., Brintzenhofsezoc, K., & Sadler, G.R.  Psychiatric Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients as a Function of Gender and Ethnicity.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC, March 2007.
  13. Kasthuri, E., Malcarne, V.L., Clark, K.L., Loscalzo, M., Zabora, J., Brintzenhofeszoc, K., & Sadler, G.R.  Cancer-Related Problems, Psychological Distress, Age, and Ethnicity in Breast Cancer Patients.  Orally presented at the Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 20, 2007.
  14. Kasthuri, E., Malcarne, V.L., Sadler, G.R., et al.  Cancer-related problems, Psychological Distress, and Ethnicity in Breast Cancer Patients.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, Canada, May 2007.
  15. Kasthuri, E., Malcarne, V.L., Clark, K.L., Loscalzo, M., Zabora, J., Brintzenhofeszoc, K., & Sadler, G.R.  Cancer-Related Problems and Psychological Distress in Breast Cancer Patients: Relationships to Ethnicity, Gender and Age.  Senior honors thesis presentation, May 2007.
  16. Larrosa, C., & Venkataraman, S.  Frequency Effect on Flapping Flight Aerodynamic Force Production.  Orally presented at the Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 20, 2007. *Also presented at the AIAA Student Meeting, San Jose, CA, April 2007.
  17. Luu, T.T., Pirogovsky, E., & Gilbert, E. (October 2007). Age-related changes in contextual associative learning.  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 89, 81-85.
  18. Luu, T.T., Pirogovsky, E., Fellman, D., & Gilbert, P.E. Age-related Changes in Associative Memory for Context Using a Rodent Model.  Presented at the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 3-7, 2007.
  19. Marquez, A., & Twenge, J.  The Mediation of the Social Rejection-Aggression Relationship.  Poster presented at the Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 20, 2007.
  20. Ayala, G.X., Mickens, L.K., & Elder, J.P.  (January 2007). Acculturation and body image perception among Latino youth.  Ethnicity and Health, 12(1), 21-41. The work in this citation was accomplished while the student author participated in the MARC program.
  21. Vaculikova, L., Papaj, A., Olson, L.A., Guido, F., & Frank, G. K.  Brain Pathway Activation in Reactive Aggressive Youth in Response to Threatening and Fear Inducing Visual Stimuli.  Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum November 30, 2007. *Also presented as a poster at the Stanford Undergraduate Research Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, May 2008.
  22. Olson, L.A., Obendorfer, T., & Frank, G.K. Reactive Aggressive Youth Activation is Increased in Response to Emotional Faces but Reduced During an Impulsivity Task. Orally presented at the MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, California, November 2007. *Also presented at the Society of Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, California, November 2007. **Also a press Conference at the Society of Neuroscience Meeting 2007, San Diego, California. ***Also presented as a poster at the 2008 Diversifying Clinical Psychology Reception, San Antonio, TX, January 2008. ****Also orally presented at the San Diego State University Student Research Symposium, San Diego, California, February 2008. *****Also presented as a poster at the Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 2008.
  23. Olson, L.A., Sadeh, N., & Verona, E. Psychopathic Traits in Treatment-Referred and Community Adolescents: Reliability and Validity of Two Measures. Roundtable presentation. 2007 CIC Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. *Also orally presented at the 2007 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Summer Research Opportunities Program Symposium, Champaign, Illinois, July 2007.
  24. Rodriguez, R.A., Pan, P-S., Pan, C-M., Ravula, S., Lapera, S., Singh, E.K., Styers, T.J., Brown, J.D., Cajica, J., Parry, E., Otrubova, K., & McAlpine, S.R. (February 2007).  Synthesis of second-generation Sansalvamide A derivates: Novel templates as potential antitumor agents.  Journal of Organic Chemistry, 72(6), 191-2002. The work in this citation was accomplished while the student author participated in the MARC program.
  25. Romo-Fewell, O. Chemical Studies Towads the Total Synthesis of Micromide.  Orally presented at the McNair Summer Internship Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, August 2007.  *Also presented as a poster at the American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting, Frontier in Chemistry, Biopharmaceuticals & Biotechnology, San Diego, CA, October 2007. **Also presented as a poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Austin, TX, November 2007.
  26. Romo-Fewell, O., Bergdahl, M., Nevchas, I., Jian, C., Cummins, T., Stieler, M., & Widjaja, A.  Chemical Synthesis Towards Micromide.  Orally presented at the McNair Summer Internship program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, August 17, 2007. *Also presented as a poster at the American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting, Frontiers in Chemistry, Biopharmaceutical & Biotechnology. San Diego, CA, October 11, 2007. **Also presented as a poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Austin, TX, November 7-10, 2007.
  27. Vaden, Y., & Klonoff, E.A.  Risk and Protective Factors of Physical Aggression in Adolescents:  A Path Analysis.  Orally presented at the Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 20, 2007.
  28. Virgen R., Sean, P., & Semler, B., Cis-acting Determinates in Copxsackievirus Protein Synthesis.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Austin, TX, November 7-10, 2007.  Award winner. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, September 21, 2007.
  29. Weissmiller, A., Patterson, M., & Love, J.  Exploring the Biophysical Properties of Fibril Forming Proteins and their Inhibitors. Orally presented at the Annual SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), San Diego, CA, April 20, 2007.

Presentations/Publications 2008

  1. Akre, E., Gomez, J., Hokoda, A., & Ulloa, E.  Examining Exposure to Violence, Depression and Teen Relationship Violence in Mexican Adolescents: A Mediation Model.  Poster presented at the San Diego State University Student Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, February 2008. *Also presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Irvine, CA, April 2008.
  2. Belfy, J., Akre, E., Hokoda, A., & Ulloa, E.  Peer and Personal Norms in Relation to Teen Relationship Violence.  Poster presented at the San Diego State University Student Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, February 2008. *Also presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA, August 2008.
  3. Akre, E., Hokoda, A., & Ulloa, E. Depression Mediating the Relationship between Harmful Family Influences and Adolescent Dating Violence. Presented at the International Violence Abuse and Trauma Conference, San Diego, CA, September 2008.
  4. Akre, E.  Psycho-social Factors and their Effects on Non-adherence to Antiretroviral Medications.   Poster presented at the Howard University PUR Conference, Washington, DC. *Also presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Orlando, FL, November 2008.
  5. Altarejos, I., Jualo, C., Veley, I., Vaden, Y., Adams-Simms, D., Corral, I., Landrine, H., & Roesch, S.  Ethnic Discrimination as Predictors to Psychiatric Symptoms among Female College Students.  Senior honors thesis presentation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, April 18, 2008.
  6. Altarejos, I., & Klonoff, E.  Sexist and Racial Discrimination as Predictors to Psychiatric Symptoms among Female College Students.  Senior honors thesis presentation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, April 28, 2008.
  7. Calderon, N., & Cronan, E. Loneliness and Psychological Adjustment in College Students: Is there Evidence of Spirituality as a Mediator? Presented at the CIC/SROP Summer Research Conference, East Lansing, MI, July 2008. *Also presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Salt Lake City, UT, October 2008. **Also presented at the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP) Midwinter Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, January 2009.
  8. Fredrickson, S., & Brodine, S. Community Based Parasitic Screening and Treatment of Sudanese Refugees: Lack of Loa loa Co-Infection and Implications for Treatment. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Orlando, FL, November 2008.
  9. Fredrickson, S., & Brodine, S. Surveillance and Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis and Strongyloidiasis in Sudanese Refugees. Presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Orlando, FL, November 2008. *Also presented at the San Diego State University Student Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, February 2009. **Also presented at the California State University Research Competition, Los Angeles, CA, May 2009.
  10. Hale, I.M., Mauritz, M., & Lipson, D.A. Effects of Invasive Plants on Coastal Sage Scrub Soil and Microbial Communities of Mission Trails Regional Park. Orally presented at the Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 2008. *Also presented as a poster at the 2008 ESA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, August 2008.
  11. Hale, I. The Interaction of Biological Control Agents of Diffuse and Spotted Knapweed.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Orlando, FL, November 2008.
  12. Luu, T., Brushfield, A., Pirogovsky, E., & Gilbert, P.E. Age-related Changes in Associative Memory using a Rodent Model. Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, February, 2008.
  13. Luu, T.T., Tolentino, J.C., Diaz, T., Brown, E., & Gilbert, P.E. The Effects of Normal Aging on Temporal Order memory for Fixed Sequences.  Orally presented at the San Diego State University Student Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, February 2008.
  14. Brushfield, A.M., Luu, T., Callahan, B., & Gilbert P.I.  (2008). A comparison of discrimination and reversal learning for olfactory and visual stimuli in aged rats.  Behavioral Neuroscience, 122, 54-62.
  15. Mickens, L., Ayala, G. X., & Elder, J.P. Age Differences in Body Image Dissatisfaction among Latino Youth.  Poster presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2008. The work for this poster presentation was accomplished while the student author participated in the MARC program.
  16. Olson, L.A., & Frank, G.K. Reactive Aggressive Brain Pathways in Male Adolescents. Invited lecture for Adolescent and Adult Development course at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 2008.
  17. Olson, L.A., Sadeh, N., & Verona, E.  Psychopathic Traits in Treatment-Referred and Community Adolescents: Validity of a Normal Personality Measure of Psychopathy.  Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Irvine, CA, April 2008.
  18. Olson, L.A., Nelson, L., & Patrick C.J. Indexing Cognitive Control Processes Using Event-Related Potentials.  Slide presentation at the University of Minnesota Research Experience for Undergraduate Symposium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, July 2008. *Also presented at the CIC Conference, East Lansing, MI, July 2008. **Also presented as a poster at the University of Minnesota All Programs Undergraduate Symposium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, August 2008. ***Also presented as a poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Orlando, FL, November 2008. ****Also presented as a poster at the 2009 Student Research Symposium (SRS), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009. University Provost’s Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation.
  19. Olson, L.A., Nelson, L., & Patrick, C.J.  ERP and Task-switching Stroop Task.  Roundtable presentation at the CIC Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, July 2008.
  20. Olson, L.A., Vaculikova, L., Papaj, A., & Frank, G.K.W.  Reactive Aggressive Youth Brain Activation in Response to Visual Stimuli. Presented at the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, August 2008. *Also presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2008. **Also presented at the 2009 Diversifying Clinical Psychology Reception, Albuquerque, NM, January 2009.
  21. Frank, G.K., Olson, L.A., Papaj, A., & Vaculikova, L. Brain Pathways in Impulsive Aggressive Male Youth in Relation to Measures for Aggression.  Poster presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2008.
  22. Olson, L.A.  Indexing Cognitive Control Processes During a Stroop Task Using Event-related Potentials.  Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Orlando, FL, November 2008. *Also presented at the San Diego State University Student Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, February 2009.
  23. Romo-Fewell, O. Ribosomal RNA Production is Up-regulated in E.Coli in Response to Expression of Exogenous Genes that Contain the Rare Arg codons AGA/AGG.  Poster presented at the 3rd University of Puerto Rico at Humacao’s McNair Research Symposium, San Juan, PR, May 2008. *Also presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences (SACNAS).  Salt Lake City, UT, October 11, 2008.
  24. Romo-Fewell, O., Love, J., & Lugo-Villarino, G. The Isolation and Characterization of Eosinophils in the Zebrafish.  Poster presented at the Summer Research Conference, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, August 2008. *Also orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 13, 2009. **Also orally presented at the 2009 Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009.
  25. San Pedro, M., Perez, G., & Maloy, S.  The Superinfection Exclusion Mechanism of the SieA Protein.  Poster presented at the 2008 Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 2008.
  26. San Pedro, M., Bhatnagar, A., Ozdemir, E., & Rose, D.W.  The Role of Oct-1 in Inflammation.  Orally presented at the Summer Research Conference, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, August 2008.
  27. Valdez, M., & Wolkowicz, R.  Elucidating the Function of Alternative Reading Frame Protein (ARFP) in HCV.  Orally presented at the 2008 Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, July 2008. *Also presented at the 2009 Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009.

Presentations/Publications 2009

  1. Akre, E., Hokoda, A., & Ulloa, E.  How Gender Interacts with the Relationship Between Authoritarian Parenting and Teen Relationship Violence.  Orally presented at the SDSU Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009. *Also presented at the 8th Annual California Council on Family Relations Conference, San Diego, CA, March 2009. **Also presented at the Western Psychological Associate, Portland, OR, April 2009.
  2. Akre, E., Hokoda, A., & Ulloa, E.  The Effects of Various Psycho-Social Factors on the Adherence of Antiretroviral Medications.  Orally presented at the SDSU Colloquium in Biomedical Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, May 1, 2009.
  3. Akre, E. Relationship Conflict and Potential Mediators for Sexually Transmitted Infections. Senior honors thesis presentation, San Diego State University, San Diego, May 15, 2009.
  4. Calderon, N., & Cronan, T. Demographic Characteristics as Predictors of the Likelihood of Hiring a Health Care Advocate Among Two Age Groups.  Poster presented at the 2009 Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009. *Also presented at the Western Psychological Association Annual Convention, Portland, OR, April 2009.
  5. Calderon, N., & Cronan, T. Children in Foster Care: The Effects of  Type of Placement on Externalizing Behavior Problems. Presented at the 2009 SDSU MARC Research Forum, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, October 2009.
  6. Felix, G., & Perrault, J. Characterizing the Growth Profile of a Mutant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus. Orally presented at the SDSU MARC/MBRS Research Forum, San Diego, CA, February 13, 2009. *Also presented as a poster at the 2009 Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009.
  7. Fredrickson, S., & Brodine, S. Community Based Parasitic Screening and Treatment of Sudanese Refugees.  Orally presented at the Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009.  President’s Award for Outstanding Oral Presentation. *Also presented at the California State University Research Competition, CSULA, in Los Angeles, CA, May 1-2, 2009.  Awarded second place in Life Sciences.
  8. Fredrickson, S., & Brodine, S. Recommendations to Improve Referral to and Utilization of Early Intervention Services for Young Children in Foster Care. Presented at the Harvard Medical School-Catalyst, Boston, MA, August 2009.
  9. Hale, I., & Lipson, D.A.  Patterns and Controls of Microbial Activity in the Coastal Sage Scrub Community of Mission Trails Regional Park.  Orally presented at the 2009 Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009. *Also presented at the Colloquium in Biomedical Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 2009. **Also presented at the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (WCBSURC), Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA, April 2009.
  10. Gilbert, P.E., Pirogovsky, E., Brushfield, A.M., Luu, T.T., Tolentino, J.C., & Renteria, A.F. (2009). Age-related changes in associative learning for olfactory and visual stimuli in rodents.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1170, 718-724. The work for this citation was accomplished while the student author participated in the MARC program.
  11. Olson, L.A.  Brain Pathway Activation in Reactive Aggressive Male Youth in Response to Emotional Stimuli. Senior honors thesis presentation, San Diego State University, San Diego, May 15, 2009.
  12. Sadeh, N., Verona, E., Jaydani, S., & Olson, L. (2009).  Examining psychopathic tendencies in adolescence from the perspective of personality theory. Aggressive Behavior, 35, 399-407. The work for this citation was accomplished while the student author participated in the MARC program.
  13. Olson, L. A., Nelson, L., Bernat, E., & Patrick, C. J. Indexing Cognitive Control Processes Using Task-Switching Stroop and Event-Related Potential. Poster presented at the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Berlin, Germany, October 2009. 
  14. Regalado-Magdos, A., & Wolkowicz, R.  Expression of a Random Peptide Library in the Nucleus and Cytoplasm of Mammalian Cells as a Screen for Factors that Block Infection of HIV.  Poster presented at the 2009 Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009.
  15. San Pedro, M., Maloy, S., & Perez, G., & Lembotski, C.  The Dominant-negative Effect of Derlin-3.  Poster presented at the 2009 Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2009. *Also orally presented at the SDSU Colloquium in Biomedical Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, May 2009.
  16. San Pedro, M., Maloy, S., & Perez, G., & Glembotski, C.  Analyzing the Dominant-negative Effect of Derlin-3.  Orally presented at the MARC Student Presentations, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, May 8, 2009.
  17. Belmont, P.J., Chen, W.J., San Pedro, M.N., Thuerauf, D.J., Gellings Lowe, N., Guide, N., Hilton, B., Wokowicz, R., Sussman, M.A., & Glembotski, C.C. (November 2009). Roles for endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation and the novel endoplasmic reticulum stress response gene derlin-3 in the ischemic heart. Circulation Research, 106(2), 307-12. Doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.203901. PubMedID: 19940266. The work for this citation was accomplished while the student author participated in the MARC program.
  18. Valdez, M., & Wolkowicz, R. p120-Catenin: Defining the Regulatory Component of Adherens Junctions at Cell-cell Contacts.  Presented at the Stanford Summer Research Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, June 2009.