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Undergraduate Research Achievements

 

Undergraduate Research in the School of Natural Sciences

UC Merced is the first American student-centered research university of the twenty-first century. The School of Natural Sciences is committeed to this mission. In fact, many of our undergraduates are engaged in interdisciplinary research with Natural Sciences faculty. Below, we show the accomplishments of our undergraduate research students through publications, conference presentations and posters.

 

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

The publications below are listed in alphabetical order by the first author.

2009

  1. M. Barlow, J. Fatollahi and M. Salverda, "Evidence for Recombination Among the Alleles Encoding TEM and SHV b-lactamases," Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 63, 256-259 (2009).
     
  2. J. Clark, P. Gonzalez-Rodriguez and A. D. Kim, "Using polarization to find a source in a turbid medium," Journal of the Optical Society of America A 26, 1129-1138 (2009).
      
  3. M. Long, M. A. Sprague, A. A. Grimes, B. D. Rich and M. Khine, "A simple three-dimensional vortex micromixer," Applied Physics Letters 94, 133501 (2009).
     
  4. R. M. Ortiz, A. Mamalis and L. G. Navar, "Aldosterone receptor antagonism reduces urinary C-reactive protein excretion in angiotensin II-infused, hypertensive rats," Journal of the American Society of Hypertension 3, 184-191 (2009).
     
  5. J. Saavedra, S. E. Stafford, M. P. Meyer, "Experimental Transition State for the Corey-Bakshi-Shibata Reduction," Tetrahedron Letters 50, 1324-1327 (2009).
     
  6. S. E. Stafford, M. P. Meyer, "Experimental Transition State for the B-chlorodiisopinocampheyl-borane (DIP-Cl) Reduction," Tetrahedron Letters 50, 3027-3030 (2009).
     
  7. S. Sunagawa, E. C. Wilson, M. Thaler, P. Pringle, V. Weis, M. Medina, and J. Schwarz, "Generation and analysis of transcriptomic resources for a model system on the rise: the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and its dinoflagellate endosymbiont" BMC Genomics 10:258 (2009).
     
  8. H. Zhang, A. Shih, A. Rinna, H. J. Forman, "Resveratrol and 4-hydroxynonenal act in concert to increase glutamate cysteine ligase expression and glutathione in human bronchial epithelial cells," Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 481, 110-115 (2009).

     

2008

  1. M. H. C. Baquirin and M. Barlow, "Evolution and recombination of the plasmidic qnr alleles," Journal of Molecular Evolution 67, 103-110 (2008).
     
  2. C. J. Cain, D. A. Conte, M. E. García-Ojeda, L. Gómez Daglio, L. Johnson, E. H. Lau, J. O. Manilay, J. Baker Phillips, N. S. Rogers, S. E. Stolberg, H. F. Swift and M. N. Dawson, "What systems biology is (not, yet)," Science 320, 1013-1014 (2008).
     
  3. J. E. Sharping, J. R. Sanborn, M. A. Foster, D. Broaddus, and A. L. Gaeta, "Generation of sub-100-fs pulses from a microstructure-fiber-based optical parametric oscillator," Optics Express 16, 18050-18056 (2008) 
     
  4. J. D. West, S. E. Stafford, M. P. Meyer, "A Mechanistic Probe for Asymmetric Reactions: Deuterium Isotope Effects at Enantiotopic Groups," Journal of the American Chemical Society 130, 7816-7817 (2008). 
     
  5. H. Zhang, N. Court, H. J. Forman, "Submicromolar concentrations of 4-hydroxynonenal induce glutamate cysteine ligase expression in HBE1 cells," Redox Report 12: 1/2, 101-106 (2007).

     

2007

  1. A. D. Kim and P. Tranquilli, "Numerical solution of a boundary value problem for the Fokker-Planck equation with variable coefficients," Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 109, 727-740 (2007). 
     
  2. E. Shorr and A. M. Kelley, "Automatic parameter optimization in modeling absorption spectra and resonance Raman excitation profiles," Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 9, 4785-4792 (2007). 

 

Conference Talks and Poster Presentations

2009

  1. C. Cain, H. Thompson, S. Arcayena, B. McLelland, J. Castillo and J. O. Manilay, "Improving the production of esc-derived hematopoietic stem cells using a `niche in a dish'," International Society For Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, July 2009
     
  2. J. Ciriza, D. Hall, A. Lu, J.R. De Sena, M. Al-Kuhlani, H. Peiris, T. Carroll, M. E. García-Ojeda, "Adhesion molecules and cytokines expression analysis of murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells in different niches," 7th Annual Meeting, International Society for Stem Cell Research, Barcelona, Spain July 2009 
     
  3. M. P. Meyer; H. Zhu, S. E. Stafford, "Organocatalytic Mechanism: A Cross-Fertilization of Ideas Between Biological and Organic Chemistry," Enzyme Mechanisms Conference, Tucson, Arizona, January 2009.

     

2008

  1. A. Camelo, S. Chin, G. Berzenye, M. Suh, R. M. Ortiz, "Middle school children fail to meet dietary fiber recommendations," Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, October 9 - 12, 2008. 
     
  2. J. Ciriza, D. Hall, S. Wang, T. Carroll and M. E. García-Ojeda, "Study of the role of the HSC niche in HSC migration from the fetal liver to fetal bone marrow," Experimental Biology 2008 San Diego, CA, April, 2008. 
     
  3. J. Ciriza, D. Hall, A. Lu, M. Al-Kuhlani M, H. Peiris, T. Carroll and M. E. García-Ojeda ME, "Adhesion Molecule Expression Analysis of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Different Niches," 7th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium, Sonoma, CA, November, 2008. 
     
  4. I. Lona, K. Mashburn, J. Phillips, S. Atkinson, R. M. Ortiz, "The effects of acute TSH infusion on glucose metabolism in stellar sea lions," Science and Engineering Research Symposium, Sacramento, CA, September 19 - 20, 2008 and Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, October 9 - 12, 2008. 
     
  5. B. McLelland, J. Castillo, S. Montoy and J. O. Manilay, " Coordinated Expression of Notch Pathway Genes In Thymic Epithelial Cell Subsets," International Conference on Lymphopoiesis, T Cell Differentiation, and Immune Reconstitution, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 2008 
     
  6. B. McLelland, J. Castillo, S. Montoy and J. O. Manilay, "Analysis of Notch Signaling Pathway Genes In Purified Mouse Thymic Epithelial Cell Subsets," California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Annual Grantee Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Sept 2008 
     
  7. N. S. Reyes, H. Zhu, M. P. Meyer, "Origins of Reduced Stereoselectivity in the Alpine-Borane Reduction of d-Benzaldehydes," Gordon Research Conference on Isotopes, Ventura, California, February 2008. 
     
  8. R. Rodriguez, J. Romo, A. Aleman, A. Camelo, J. Mowrer, M. Colvin, R. M. Ortiz, "Body mass index and waist circumference as predictors for increased systolic blood pressure in adolescents," Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, October 9 - 12, 2008. 
     
  9. J. R. Sanborn and J. Jasinski, "Tapered Microstructure Fibers for Fiber Optical Parametric Oscillators," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2008), paper CTuL7. 
     
  10. S. E. Stafford, J. D. West, M. P. Meyer, "Kinetic Isotope Effects upon Enantiotopic Groups Applied to the DIP-Cl Reduction," Gordon Research Conference on Isotopes, Ventura, California, February 2008. 
     
  11. J. D. West, J. Saavedra, M. P. Meyer, "Kinetic Isotope Effects upon Enantiotopic Groups Applied to the CBS Reduction" Gordon Research Conference on Isotopes, Ventura, California, February 2008. 
     
  12. H. Zhu, N. S. Reyes, M. P. Meyer, "Sonication Mimics Pressure Effects in Boosting Enantioselectivity in Alpine Borane Reductions," Gordon Research Conference on Isotopes, Ventura, California, February 2008.

     

2007

  1. Y. Magan, M. P. Meyer, "Human β-Defensin-2 as Chemokine: Potential Avenues Toward Defensin-Based Anti-Cancer Drugs," Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2007. 
     
  2. J. E. Sharping, J. R. Sanborn, M. A. Foster, D. Broaddhus, A. L. Gaeta, J. Lasri, O. Lyngnes, and K. Vogel, "Microstructure-Fiber-Based Ultrafast Optical Parametric Oscillators," Frontiers in Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2007), paper FThJ3.