Name: Shirley Jusino
Faculty: Biology
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Active Member: Summer, 2011
Current Status: Currently Enrolled in Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Sciences at UPR-Ponce. Graduating June 2016.
U.S. Meetings & Conferences:
- ABRCMS 2012 Convention. San Jose, California. November, 2012
- ABRCMS 2013. Convention. Nashville, Tennessee. November, 2013
- Experimental Biology 2014. Convention. San Diego, California. April, 2014
- ABRCMS 2014. Convention. San Antonio, TX. November, 2014
- Experimental Biology 2015. Convention. Boston, MA. April, 2015
- Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, 2015.
- Experimental Biology 2016 (April, 2016). San Diego, CA.
P.R. Meetings and Conferences
- 32nd Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting & 47th Junior Technical Meeting. (UPR-Carolina. March 10, 2012. Carolina. PR)
- UPR-Mayaguez 2nd Annual Undergraduate Symposium (May, 2012. Mayaguez, PR)
- Southern Science Symposium. Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences. (December, 2012)
- 21st Annual Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference 2012 (December, 2012)
- 33rd Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting & 48th Junior Technical Meeting. (Univ. del Turabo. March 9, 2013. Gurabo. PR)
- UPR-Mayaguez 3rd Annual Undergraduate Symposium (May, 2013. Mayaguez, PR)
- Microbiology Society of Puerto Rico Student Investigation Symposium (December 7, 2013)
- 34th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting & 49th Junior Technical Meeting. (Univ. del Turabo. March, 2014. Gurabo. PR)
- 35th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting & 50th Junior Technical Meeting. (Univ. of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus. March, 2015. San Juan, PR)
- UPR-Ponce 7th Annual Research Congress
- 36th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting & 51st Junior Technical Meeting. (March 5, 2016).
- Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium (April, 2016)
Research Internships:
- Summer 2013- SCRIPPS Research Institute. La Joya, CA.
- Summer 2014- University of Texas at San Antonio. Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics
- Summer 2015- Cornell University Medical Campus in Manhattan, NY
Presentations:
- Title: Functional Role of the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism located at –224 A>G and –599 C>T in Neuropeptide Receptor Y2 (NPY2R) Gene in Predisposition to Hypertension
- Southern Science Symposium. Ponce Health Sciences University. (November 17, 2012)
- “Frontiers in Stem Cells in Cancer” (February 19, 2013) Ponce, PR
- 33rd Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting & 48th Junior Technical Meeting. (March 9, 2013). Universidad de Puerto Rico.
- Experimental Biology 2013. (April, 20-24, 2013) Boston, MA.
- Title: Characterization of a Third Promoter Contributing to Expression of the Atxa Virulence Regulator of Bacillus Anthracis
- SURF Program Symposium. (August, 2013)
- Title: Monocyte-derived macrophages as an active HIV-1 viral reservoir in patients receiving suppressive cART
- Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, 2013. (November 13-16, 2013)
- Microbiology Society of Puerto Rico Student Investigation Symposium (December 7, 2013)
- Puerto Rico Physiological Society 4th Annual Meeting (February 8, 2014)
- 34nd Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting & 49th Junior Technical Meeting. (March 29, 2014) UPR-Cayey
- Experimental Biology 2014 (April, 26 – 30, 2014) San Diego, CA
- Tttle: Probable Contribution of Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor a in Chlamydia Muridarum Genital Infection
- UTSA Summer Research Experience Symposium (August, 2014)
- Title: Monocyte-derived macrophages from HIV-1 patients under cART can Harbor Provided DNA and Might Release Replication Competent Virions
- Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, 2014. (November, 2014)
- Title: Drug-associated DNA Damage in HIV-1 Patients taking HAART
- 35th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting & 50th Junior Technical Meeting. (March 14, 2015) UPR-Rio Piedras
- Experimental Biology 2015 (March, 2015). Boston, MA
- UPR-Ponce 7th Annual Research Congress(May 8, 2015)
- Title: Role of the Human Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 Fusion Machinery in Viral Growth in the Natural Host
- Summer 2015 Research Symposium. Weill-Cornell Medical College. NY
- The Leadership Allegiance 2015 Summer Symposium.
Summer Internship Presentation - PRISE 3rd Annual Symposium
August, 2015 - Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, 2015. (November, 2015) Seattle,WA.
- 36th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting & 51st Junior Technical Meeting. (March 5, 2016). PUCPR. Ponce, PR
- Experimental Biology 2016 (April, 2016). San Diego, CA.
- Title: Stress Hormones Modulate BRCA1 Levels in Ovarian and Breast Cancer Cells
- Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium (April, 2016)
Publications:
- April 2016
The FASEB Journal
vol. 30 no. 1 Supplement 925.15
April 2015 - The FASEB Journal
vol. 29 no. 1 Supplement LB108
April 2014 - The FASEB Journal
vol. 28 no. 1 Supplement 145.4
April 2013 - The FASEB Journal
vol. 27 no. 1 Supplement lb91. April 2012