ANGELICA PATRICIA LOPEZ4636 Marissa Dr. El Paso, TX 79924

gellin33@gmail.com or alopez29@miners.utep.edu(915) 245-7738

Education University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), El Paso, TX Fall 2012-Present

Ph.D. in PathobiologyDoctoral GPA: 4.0 Hours: 63

Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NYB.A. in Biological Sciences; Concentration: Microbiology Graduated May

2010GPA: 3.16

University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), El Paso, TXB.S. in Microbiology Fall 2006-Spring

2007GPA: 3.79; Dean’s List two semesters, transferred out

Relevant Department of Homeland Security Summer Internship Summer 2015Experience U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC),

Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)Lab: Dr. Martin Page- Evaluated methods for improving the current strategy in spore decontamination

Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)Lab: Dr. Manuel Llano, HIV-1 Research Fall 2011-

Present- Evaluating the role of a cellular histone chaperone in HIV-1 infection

Lab: Dr. Jianjun Sun, Anthrax Research Fall 2010-Summer 2011

- Assisted in evaluating the effect of anti-oxidants on the disulfide bonds found in the anthrax toxin receptor (ANTXR2) Teaching Assistant for Molecular Cell Biology, Fall 2010-Fall 2011University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)- Helped run the molecular cell biology lab by preparing cell lines and reagents- Taught students the theory and technique of various molecular cell assays

Teaching Assistant for Introductory Biology, Summer 2011University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)- Helped run the introductory labs by setting up the instruments and materials needed for the students’ experiments- Taught students about the different kingdoms and basic introductory biology

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Undergraduate Research Assistant, Cornell University Fall 2008-Spring 2010- Reviewed scientific papers relevant to the research conducted in the lab- Collected experimental samples using standard laboratory techniques- Performed various assays on collected samples

Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Participant, Summer 2009University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) - Reviewed scientific papers relevant to the research conducted in the lab- Performed molecular cloning, as well as, used various molecular techniques to isolate and purify proteins- Presented research conducted at an end of the summer symposium

Honors & - Dodson Research Grant ($3,000 UTEP research grant) Spring 2016

Awards - Research Initiative for Scientific Advancement (RISE) Fellow Fall 2012-Present

(NIH grant: #R25GM069621-09)- Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow (NSF grant: HRD-0703584) Spring/Summer 2012- Recipient of the SACNAS national conference travel scholarship Fall 2009- Accepted into the “Biomedicines and Control of Tropical Summer

2009 Infectious Diseases and Vectors” Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) Program at Cornell University- Accepted into the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Summer

2009 Internship Program

Student Crystal Mendoza Spring 2012-Spring 2013Research - Currently a Ph.D. student at the Mayo Clinic Mentoring Andre Perez-Orozco Fall 2013-Spring 2014

- Currently a medical student at Baylor College of MedicineAndrea Salinas Spring 2013-Summer

2015- Currently a Ph.D. student at Baylor College of Medicine

Volunteer Department Seminar Speaker Coordinator Fall 2012-Spring 2016Experience/ - Invited speakers for the department of biological science’s seminar series and coordinated School the logistics of their visit (i.e. invitation, email correspondence, itinerary, meetings, travel) Service

Project MOVE Spring 2015

- Helped paint and performed minor fixes to a house belonging to someone disabled

Poster Judging- Chapin High School Science Fair Spring

2013*Judged science fair project posters of high school kids

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- LSAMP Student Research Conference Fall 2012

*Judged undergraduate research posters- Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Symposium Summer

2012*Judged undergraduate research posters

Led Laboratory and University Tours - Led groups of people around the biosciences building and gave them a tour of the lab areas and some areas of UTEP

* LSAMP Student Research Conference Fall 2012

* Undergraduate Student Orientation Summer 2012

Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) Spring 2009-Fall 2009

- Performed after school educational activities with kids of all ages

El Paso Baptist Clinic Spring 2007

- Measured patient’s weight, height, temperature, blood pressure, and pulse- Served as a translator for patients who could not speak English

YWCA Student Volunteer Fall 2006- Volunteered at an after school program for elementary school students- Helped students with homework, performed activities with them, and mentored them

School Biological Sciences Graduate Student Association (BSGSA)Activities Webmaster Fall 2015-Spring 2016

Webmaster Fall 2014-Summer 2015

Co-chair Fall 2013-Summer 2014

Co-founder and Co-chair Fall 2011-Summer 2012

Biology Student Advisor Fall 2009-Spring 2010

Science Organization of Latinos (SOL)Co-chair Fall 2009-Spring

2010General Member Spring

2009

Residential Student Congress (RSC)Vice President Fall 2009-Spring

2010Programming Coordinator Fall 2008-Spring

2009

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Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) Co-chair Fall

2008General Member Fall 2007-Spring

2008

Presented LEDGF/p75 Associates with the FACT Complex to Modulate HIV-1 replication,Projects Mentor: Dr. Manuel Llano

Presented Poster at: UTEP Symposium on Infectious Diseases and Health Disparities Fall

2015

Identifying Additional Sporicidal Enzymes for Wide Area Decontamination,Mentor: Dr. Martin PageOral Presentation at: Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) Summer

2015

Characterizing and evaluating the interaction between LEDGF/p75 and the FACT complex,Mentor: Dr. Manuel Llano, UTEPPresented Poster at: LSAMP Student Research Conference Fall

2012

Cloning and expression of a Drosophila DNase IIIβ peptide to produce antibodies,Mentor: Dr. Renato Aguilera, UTEPPresented Poster at: End of the Summer UTEP REU Symposium, Summer

2009 SACNAS Conference October

2009

Publications A.P. Lopez, J.R. Kugelman, C-S. Seong, J. Rivera-Garcia, E. Urias, S.A. Salinas, A. Perez-Orozco, M.E. Fernandez-Zapico, M. Llano. 2015. Association of the Structure Specific Recognition Protein 1 with the Lens Epithelium-Derived Growth Factor/p75 modulates

HIV-1 replication. In Preparation for Journal of Molecular Biology.

Conferences UTEP Symposium on Infectious Diseases and Health Disparities- Presented a poster on research Fall 2015- Attendee Spring

2011

UTEP Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery Symposium Fall 2014

LSAMP Student Research Conference Fall 2012

National Science Foundation Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) Summer 2012

Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute Summer 2012 Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

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- Presented a poster Fall 2009

- Attendee Fall 2008

Technical Technical experience with the following: Skills ▪ Cell fractionation ▪ Chromatin immunoprecipitations

▪ Confocal microscopy ▪ CRISPR/CAS9 (gene knockout)▪ DNA extraction (bacterial & mammalian cells) ▪ ELISA ▪ Flow cytometry▪ Fluorescent microscopy ▪ Gel electrophoresis (DNA & protein)▪ Luciferase/viability assays ▪ Microbiological assays ▪ Molecular cloning ▪ Plaque assays▪ Protein immunoprecipitations ▪ Salt extraction assays▪ Recombinant protein expression/purification (HPLC) ▪ Silver staining ▪ Single-cell cloning▪ Tissue culture ▪ Virus production/concentration▪ Stable cell line creation in mammalian cells using lentiviral vectors (protein knockdown & protein over-expression) ▪ Western blot

Other Proficient with: Microsoft Word ▪ Microsoft Excel ▪ Microsoft PowerPoint ▪ Genedoc Skills Fluent in Spanish

Limited proficiency in French

Certifications/ General Laboratory Safety and BiosafetyTrainings Bloodborne Pathogens

Memberships Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)American Society of Microbiology (ASM)American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)