Melica Baboldashtian Email & Phone Number

Milpitas, California, United States

Milpitas, California, United States

-Researched social and cognitive deficits due to the removal of Promelanin Concentrating Hormone (PMCH) Neurons-Ran experiments that include: mice stereotaxic surgery, perfusion, PCR, behavioral testing, immunohistochemistry, etc.

-Organized new clinical projects and services in order to help provide healthcare resources to those who may be experiencing houselessness or other difficult conditions

-An undergraduate student council member of the pre-health community at UC Santa Cruz that focuses on unifying pre-health student organizations on-campus-As an ACE Pre-Health Community Board Member, I am the voice of representation for that organization and actively aim to improve the undergraduate pre-health experience on-campus through collaboration with.

-increasing awareness and reducing stigma around mental health issues and treatment, with a primary focus on facilitating educational workshops and outreach to the UCSC student community-tabling at special events, giving presentations in classes, and creating relationships with student groups and orgs

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Researching the role of Manganese in causing neurodevelopmental deficits through running molecular and behavioral tests on model organisms. Investigating therapies for treating these learning, attention and fine motor Mn-induced deficits.

California, United States

Iranian Students of California (ISC) is a coalition collaborating with 11 Iranian Student Organizations across California to bring together Iranian students. As a board of director's, I am a representative of the Iranian Student Union (ISU) at UC Santa Cruz. I help lead the ISC Med/PreMed Committee by networking with Health Professionals, leading projects.

-Used computational biology and genomic data to provide targeted pediatric cancer therapy options-Validated mutation calls in RNA-sequencing data and determining the accuracy of the mutations found previously in these sequence data lines

-Worked on bioinformatics projects related to finding novel drug targets using gene expression analysis in aim to find cancer treatment options for individual kids-Through using the programming language Rstudio, my partner and I's completed project was focused on performing differential expression analysis of one sample (taken from a patients tumor).

Manhattan Beach, California

- Supervised young children ages 0-12 during playtime, arts and crafts, and facilitate group activities for groups of 10-20 kids- Maintain a clean environment through sterilization and organization

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Molecular, Cell, And Developmental Biology, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Academic Excellence Program (ACE), Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), College Scholars Program (CSP).

High School Diploma