Curriculum Vitae - Danielle F. Miyagishima
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Danielle F. Miyagishima
Department of Biology-3AF
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
(575) 993-3169
dmiyagi@nmsu.edu
Education
2010 – 2015
Bachelor of Science, Biology
New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, New Mexico
GPA: 3.8 /4.0
2007 - 2010 High School Diploma; Onate High School, Las Cruces NM
Research Experience
Fall 2013-present Student Research Assistant
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Arterburn
Project: Design and synthesis of a new class of selective estrogen receptor antagonist
Summer 2013
Student Research Assistant
Leadership Alliance/Harvard Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program
(SHURP)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, PhD
Project: Effects of camptothecin on dorsal root ganglion neuron survivability
Summer 2012
Student Research Assistant
Leadership Alliance/Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program Weill
Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Principal Investigator: Dr. Songhai Shi, Ph.D.
Project: Temporal differentiation of neocortical interneuron progenitor cells
2011 - 2013 Student Research Assistant
BP-ENDURE Building Research Achievement in Neuroscience
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Principal Investigator: Dr. Graciela Unguez, Ph.D.
Project (August 2011-February 2012): Expression of the transcriptional repressor
Snail- 2 from an electric fish in mammalian muscle cells: effects on cell detachment
Project (March 2012-): Functional analysis of EFHD2 in the electric organ of S.
macrurus
Summer 2011
Student Research Assistant
BP-ENDURE Building Research Achievement in Neuroscience
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kimberley Bjugstad, Ph.D.
Project: Hyaluronic Acid in the Hippocampal Extracellular Matrix as a Function of
Downs Syndrome and Aging
Work Experience
Work Experience
2013
NMSU Student Success Center
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2011
2011
Tutor (General chemistry, Organic chemistry, Biology, and Physics)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Biology Catalyst for Introductory Biology (Peer
Educator)
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Student Aide
Drug Enforcement Administration, El Paso, TX
Honors and Awards
2014
2013
2013
Travel award to attend 2014 SACNAS; Los Angeles, CA
Institutional Barry M. Goldwater Nominee, New Mexico State University
MARC Scholar
2012
Travel award to attend 2012 Ivy + STEM symposium & workshops for diverse
scholars; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Recipient of The Abby Rockefeller Mauze Charitable Trust Scholar Award in
recognition of outstanding achievements in the 2012 Gateways to the Laboratory
Program, Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
Recipient of Hirschmann Memorial Biology Scholarship
Golden Key International Honour Society
New Mexico State University’s National Society of Collegiate Scholars
New Mexico State University Honor’s College Student of the Month (November)
Recipient of Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of
Drug Law Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration
Building Research Achievement in Neuroscience (BRAiN) Scholar, New Mexico State
University/NIH BP-ENDURE
Recipient of Roadrunner Scholarship
Dean’s Honor List
Crimson Scholar
Recipient of Opportunity Scholarship
Top Secret Clearance, United States Federal Government
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Volunteer Work and Extracurricular Activities
May 2014-present
Volunteer, Tutoring low-income children in math and
reading
June 2014-present
Advocate, Kidtalk warmline
January 19 2013-May 10 2013
August 11-August 17, 2012
August 2012- May2013
August - December 2012
March 3, 2012
January 2012-May 2012
August 2011-May 2012
August 2011-November 2011
August 2011- present
October 2010- present
October 2010 - December 2010
Tutor, Organic Chemistry I and II
Volunteer Camp Counselor (Sickle Cell Week), Camp Boggy
Creek, Eustis, FL
President, New Mexico State University’s Pre-Health Professions
Club
Vice President, New Mexico State University’s Arts and Science
Council
Judge, Southwestern New Mexico Regional Science and
Engineering Fair
Secretary, New Mexico State University’s Chapter of the American
Chemical Society
Vice President, New Mexico State University’s Pre-Health
Professions Club
Founder and Editor, monthly newsletter for Pre-Health
Professions Club
Tutor, Biology 111 Natural History of Life
Volunteer, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Las Cruces
Volunteer, The Crisis Assistance Listening Line, Las Cruces, NM
Volunteer, Children, Youth, and Families Department, Las
Cruces, NM September
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October 2010-April 2011
Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Las Cruces, NM
Scientific Presentations
A. Oral Presentations
D. Miyagishima, Y.C. Cheng, C.J. Woolf Effects of Camptothecin on Survivability of Dorsal Root
Ganglion Neurons; Presented at Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program final
presentation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, August 8, 2013
D. Miyagishima, K.T. Sultan, K.E. Brown, E. DiFranco, S.H. Shi Temporal differentiation of cortical
interneuron progenitor cells; Presented at 20th annual Leadership Alliance National Symposium,
Hartford, CT, July 28, 2012; Gateways to the Laboratory Final Presentation, Weill
Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD, New York, NY, August 10, 2012; NMSU
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26 annual BioSymposium, New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, NM, April 6, 2013
D. Miyagishima, R. Gueth, G.A. Unguez Expression of the transcriptional repressor Snail-2 from an
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electric fish in mammalian muscle cells: effects on cell detachment; Presented at: NMSU 25 annual
BioSymposium, New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, NM, March 31, 2012; Society for Physics
Students, New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, NM, April 11, 2012; Undergraduate Research
and Creative Arts Symposium, New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, NM, April 20, 2012
D. Miyagishima, E.R. Aurand, A. Rachubinski, K.B. Bjugstad Hyaluronic Acid in the Hippocampal
Extracellular Matrix as a Function of Downs Syndrome and Aging; BRAiN and SET Datablitz,
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Denver CO, July 20, 2011
B. Poster Presentations
D. Miyagishima, Aaron Lindsay, Jared Domenico, Ramesh Chinnasamy, Jeffrey B. Arterburn
Design and synthesis of a new class of selective estrogen receptor antagonist; Undergraduate
Research and Creative Arts Symposium, New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, NM, April 25,
2014, STEM Undergraduate Studnets’ Scientific Poster Presentation, April 28, 2014; Society for
Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, October 17, 2014.
D. Miyagishima, Y.C. Cheng, C.J. Woolf Effects of Camptothecin on Survivability of Dorsal Root
Ganglion Neurons; Presented at 20th annual Leadership Alliance National Symposium, Stamford, CT,
July 27, 2013
D. Miyagishima, K.T. Sultan, K.E. Brown, E. DiFranco, S.H. Shi Temporal differentiation of cortical
interneuron progenitor cells; Gateways to the Laboratory Final Presentation, Weill
Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD, New York, NY, August 10, 2012;
BRAiN-Fest, New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, NM, September 26, 2012; Ivy STEM
Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, October 5, 2012; ABRCMS, San Jose, CA,
November 8, 2012
K. B. Bjugstad, D. Miyagishima, K. Estes Changes in neurocan and hyaluronic acid as a function of TBI,
Down syndrome, and aging: Potential for changing our approach to neural transplantation; The
American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair, 2013
D. Miyagishima, E.R. Aurand, A. Rachubinski, K.B. Bjugstad Hyaluronic Acid in the Hippocampal
Extracellular Matrix as a Function of Downs Syndrome and Aging; Neuroscience Poster Session,
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver CO, July 29, 2011; Diversity Fellows
Poster Session, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C. November 12, 2011
Summer Research Internships
Attended:
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2013
2012
2011
Harvard Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP
Weill Cornell-Leadership Alliance, Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program TriInstitutional Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering MD-PhD Program
University of Colorado, Denver Anschutz Medical Campus-BP-ENDURE
Accepted:
2012
Harvard Catalyst Summer Clinical and Translational Research Program, Harvard Stem Cell
Institute HIP Summer Research Program, NIH Summer Internship Program, Amgen
Washington University in St. Louis, Indiana University School of Medicine
Undergraduate Research for Prospective Physician-Scientist and Physician-Engineers
Summer Program, Undergraduate Pipeline Network Summer Research Experience at
the University of New Mexico Heath Science Center
2013
Harvard Catalyst Summer Clinical and Translational Research Program, Harvard
Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP), Harvard Stem Cell
Institute HIP Summer Research Program
Clinical Experience
January 2011- May 2011
Volunteer, Mountain View Regional Medical Center, Las Cruces, NM
October 2010-May 2011
Physician Shadowing, Dr. Javed Iqbal, Neurologist,
March 2012-May 2012
Physician Shadowing Dr. Terry McMillan, Otolaryngologist
June 10, June 30, 2012
Volunteer, Heart to Hearth Outreach Campaign, Weill Cornell
Medical College, New York, NY
Physician Shadowing, Dr. Abraham Bartell, Pediatric psycho-oncologist,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
July 5, 2012
Training
2011
2011
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2012
2012
Employee and Hazardous Communications Safety BioSafety
Bloodborne Pathogens
Hazardous Waste Management
Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research Working with Animals in Biomedical
Research Protecting Human Research Participants Chemical Waste Management
Lab Standard
HIPAA: Privacy Rule Training HIPAA: Security Training
Professional Memberships and Conferences
Spring 2012- present
Member, American Chemical Society
Fall 2011- present
Member, Society for Neuroscience,
November 5, 2011
Student Leadership Conference, New Mexico State University
November 11-16, 2011 Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.,
References:
Available upon request.
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