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Katrina Sherbina
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Contact Information

1 LMU Drive MS B-1453
Los Angeles, CA 90045
katrina.sherbina@gmail.com
ksherbin@lion.lmu.edu

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biomathematics with Biochemistry Minor, Loyola Marymount University, Expected in May 2014

  • Upper Division Biology and Chemistry Courses
    1. Biochemistry
    2. Advanced Biochemistry
    3. Biochemistry Lab
    4. Molecular Mechanisms of the Genome
  • Upper Division Mathematics Courses
    1. Biostatistics
    2. Introduction to Probability and Statistics
    3. Methods of Applied Mathematics
    4. Real Variables I
    5. Numerical Analysis

Research Experience

Dahlquist Lab

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, May 2011-Present
Mentors: Kam D. Dahlquist, Ph.D. and Ben G. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
  • Analyze differences in gene expression in S. cerevisiae, or budding yeast, in response to cold shock using DNA microarray technology.
  • Developed protocol to perform within array and between array normalization of microarrays within R 2.7.2.
  • Model the dynamics of transcriptional regulatory networks with nonlinear ordinary differential equations.

Presentations

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  • Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, Walnut, CA, November 2011
Mathematical Analysis of Gene Regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Response to Cold Shock
  • 2nd Annual Southern California Systems Biology Conference, Irvine, CA, January 2012
Mathematical Analysis of Gene Regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Response to Cold Shock
  • 37th West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April 2012
Mathematical Analysis of Gene Regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Response to Cold Shock
  • The Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting and Conference, Knoxville, TN, July 2012
Dynamical Systems Modeling of the Cold Shock Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, Camarillo, CA, November 2012
Dynamical Systems Modeling of the Cold Shock Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society Pacific District Convention, Azusa, CA, April 2013
Dynamical Systems Modeling of the Cold Shock Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae


NCI ICBP Undergraduate Summer Cancer Research Fellow

GeneSys Research Institute/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, June 2013 - August 2013
Mentors: Christine Briggs, Ph.D. & Edward Rietman, Ph.D
PI: Lynn Hlatky, Ph.D.
  • Analyzed microarray data collected during in vivo (mouse model) and in vitro studies of glioblastoma multiforme.
  • Performed Gene Set Enrichment Analysis to determine up-regulated biologically significant gene sets.
  • Validated some of the microarray data using real-time PCR.
  • Explored protein expression using Western Blots.

Work Experience

  • Teaching Assistant for Mathematics Department, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, September 2011 - Present
    • Graded homework assignments for Calculus II and Calculus for the Life Sciences II classes on a weekly basis.
    • Proctored make-up quizzes for a Calculus II class on a weekly basis.
    • Currently tutor students twice a week in Calculus II, Calculus for the Life Sciences II, and Multivariable Calculus.
  • Rains Research Assistant, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, September 2010 - May 2011
    • Helped to develop the first wiki documenting individual and group projects completed by senior Computer Science major students.

Personal Interests/Hobbies

  • Creating greeting cards and calendars.
  • Practicing yoga.

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Template: Template:Ksherbina

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