Postdoctoral Fellow in the Horbinski Lab

Head teaching assistant (TA) for ETX 102B: Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Toxicants. Led lab sections with experiments developed to teach students how to analyze various environmental media for toxicants. Concepts ranged from sample preparation to chromatography (LC and GC) to instrumental analysis (mass spectometry, VWD, NPD, etc).

My research in the Woolard lab centers around neuro-oncology and pathology of glioma. Current projects include investigating mechanisms of glioma tumor recurrence and assessment of epigenetic drug targets in isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutant glioma.

Head teaching assistant (TA) for ETX 103A: Biological Effects of Toxicants. I helped teach students the basic concepts of toxicology in the context of environmental toxicants. Briefly, we discussed basic toxicokinetics, toxicogenomics, and toxicant mechanisms of action within the framework of biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, and physiology. My role as TA was to assist the professor and students with various facets of the class. This included developing and going over practice… Show more Head teaching assistant (TA) for ETX 103A: Biological Effects of Toxicants. I helped teach students the basic concepts of toxicology in the context of environmental toxicants. Briefly, we discussed basic toxicokinetics, toxicogenomics, and toxicant mechanisms of action within the framework of biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, and physiology. My role as TA was to assist the professor and students with various facets of the class. This included developing and going over practice problems with the students during discussion sections, holding office hours and exam reviews, assisting development of exam questions, and grading of exams. I also presented my own lectures on the topics of xenobiotic metabolism and cardiotoxicity.Quarters TAd: Winter 2016, Winter 2018 Show less

Dr. Angelastro's lab aims to develop novel dominant-negative peptides with anticancer activity. My project involved developing an ATF5-targeted gene therapy approach for treating glioblastoma with a dominant-negative ATF5 transgene. This was an alternative approach to the systemically-deliverable dominant-negative peptides that have already been developed by the Angelastro lab. The objective of this research was to assess the promise of a 1st generation adenoviral vector to deliver… Show more Dr. Angelastro's lab aims to develop novel dominant-negative peptides with anticancer activity. My project involved developing an ATF5-targeted gene therapy approach for treating glioblastoma with a dominant-negative ATF5 transgene. This was an alternative approach to the systemically-deliverable dominant-negative peptides that have already been developed by the Angelastro lab. The objective of this research was to assess the promise of a 1st generation adenoviral vector to deliver dominant-negative ATF5 prior to development of a much more costly and laborious oncolytic adenovirus construct. Show less

Was involved in research regarding:The effects of sodium borate on the gene and protein expression of cross-linking enzyme TGM1 in keratinocyte cell cultures.Effects of heavy metals i.e. arsenic, antimony, copper, etc. on bone morphogenetic protein-6 (BMP-6) signal transduction pathways involved in keratinocyte differentiation.

Conducted campus bicycle services ie impounding deserted bikes, removing broken locks from licensed bicycles for customers, work the campus information kiosks.