Shirley Jusino

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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