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STEM Diversity Programs Director Email: yuli@ucsc.edu Office Location: JBE 135

Contact Information Email: debolano@ucsc.edu Office Location: JBE 137

Contact Information Email: xsitu@ucsc.edu Office Location: JBE 139

Email: holman@ucsc.edu
Lab: Ted Holman Research Lab
Office: Physical Sciences Building, 250

Contact Information Email: mjurica@ucsc.edu Program: IMSD Lab: Jurica Lab

Contact Information Email: srubin@ucsc.edu Program: MARC Lab: Rubin Lab

Contact Information Email: wtsullivan@ucsc.edu Program: PREP Lab: The Sullivan Lab

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Investigating the cell of origin for bladder cancer and the roles of epigenetic regulator genes

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Elucidating the mechanism of alternative 3' splice site selection in C. elegans.

Investigating conserved mechanisms that control cell growth and size in yeast cells.

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Elucidating the molecular subtypes of Osteosarcoma

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Investigating the molecular mechanisms and development organization of long distance cortical circuits using the mouse visual cortex as a model.

structurally characterizing engineered influenza antigens to understand antigens' mechanism of eliciting a broadly protective immune response for flu vaccine development

Applying mucosal microbiology to understand goblet cell biology in order to study non-enveloped RNA viruses known as astroviruses, a leading cause of diarrheal illness worldwide.

Analyzing changes in neuronal development and cortical arrangement in mice after conditional knockouts of neuronal differentiation genes.

Optimizing RNA extraction assay from clinical FFPE tumor tissue

I aim to determine alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) using pore water extracted using anaerobic rhizons in the Elkhorn Slough.

Investigating the Utility of Unique Molecular Identifiers in (UMIs) in reducing PCR bias in sequencing-based analysis of RNA structure

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Post-transcriptional control of gene expression

I use mass spectrometry to probe the chemical interactions of the cheese rind microbiome.

My research investigates the processes that transport ions throughout wetlands to explore the correlation between major anion concentrations and net carbon burial.

I'm developing algal neurotoxins into chemical tools for neurodegeneration, pain, and basic neuroscience research.

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Engineer a mushroom enzyme IboH to achieve a novel C-C cyclization similar to Non-Heme Fe2+/αKG – Dependent Dioxygenases, which is essential to medicinal chemistry.

Investigating age-dependent tolerance to fibroblast activation following influenza infection

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Working with Drosophila Melanogaster to figure out the mechanistic, and biological pathways that give rise to Amyloid Beta plaques which cause Alzheimer’s Disease.

My goal is to help the Cortez Lab, find the mechanism in which astrovirus infect goblet cells.

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Investigating the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of neural connectivity in mouse visual cortex.

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Analyzing the fate and distribution of organic pollutants in karstic aquifers.

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Researching interplay and tunability of perovskite nanoparticles.

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I develop protocols for studying genomics using nanopore sequencing.

Isolation of novel bioactive marine natural products with an emphasis on 1D and 2D NMR

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Investigating the propagation of cosmic rays and their potential effects on living organisms.

Molecular mechanism of PCH-2 during prophase of meiosis I.

Studying the molecular mechanisms behind telomere length regulation.

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We are trying to figure out the role fibroblast play in immunopathology and how age plays a role in the immune response in the lung.

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Synthesizing Chemically Diverse Cyclic Peptides for Drug Discovery

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Comparing diving behavior and physiology of two closely related semi-aquatic garter snakes.

Quantifying live microscopy images of single cells to analyze the presence of specific regulators of the cell cycle.

Characterizing the effects of haploinsufficiency in the transcription factor called Satb2 in respect to cerebral cortex development.

In the Johnstone lab, I aim to synthesize small molecule model compounds with an assortment of diols to investigate the electronics of the antimony-oxygen interaction found in antileishmanial drugs.

Exploring the morphology and function of California Moray eel tooth curvature in oral jaws compared to pharyngeal jaws.

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