A program supported by the Title V, HSI-STEM, and MSEIP programs of
the U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation’s
PAESMEM program
Seventh Annual Progress Report:
October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2013
Senior Personnel: Anthony Carpi, Nathan Lents, Lawrence Kobilinsky, Ronald Pilette,
Frances Jiménez
Other Personnel: Heather Falconer, Patricia Samperi, Eugenia Salcedo
Report Date: December 2013
2012-2013 Year Progress
As detailed in our first annual progress report dated 2006-2007, PRISM was
established in fall 2006 to promote the expansion of undergraduate research in the
science programs at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New
York. In that first year, thirteen students shared in $21,000 of funding. Now having
completed its seventh year of operation, the program has greatly expanded and has had a
profound influence on promoting undergraduate science research at the College. In the
2012-2013 academic year, forty students shared in $115,800 of stipend support, $59,274
in materials and supplies support, and $21,323 in travel support. In addition, $192,122
was made available through PRISM to faculty in the Department of Sciences to update
and upgrade research equipment used in the course of student mentoring. This last item
includes $166,202 for six items of equipment given to eight mentors in a competitive
application process. Three students participated in non-funded research (all are expected
to be funded during the current academic year). Twenty-two students participated in our
second year three day research training courses. Eleven first year students participated in
a day long January Information Day. Additionally, many more John Jay College science
majors, students from several CUNY community colleges, and high school students from
La Salle Academy, were exposed to PRISM and the possibilities for undergraduate
research via attendance at one or more PRISM events held throughout the year. Several
dozen parents, college administrators, departmental faculty, and members of the public
attended various PRISM events, each highlighted by PRISM student presentations of
their research efforts.
The quality of undergraduate research continues at a high level. Students engaged
in research averaged well over 400 hours in their time commitment. Each of those who
received college credit for research has performed at least 400 hours of mentorsupervised research. Many students are authors or co-authors of research published this
past year or in-press as noted in detail in this report. One student was awarded a $3,000
Charina Fellowship for outside research this past summer. PRISM students presented
their work at national or regional conferences outside of the College and at several
meetings at the College. Two of our students participated in prestigious summer research
programs. Eugenia Salcedo was in the Amgen Scholars Program at the University of
California, San Diego. She conducted her research at The Scripps Research Institute
under mentor Dr. Peter K. Vogt. Her specific project was to identify proteins that interact
with pi3 kinase, a protein found mutated in many cancer cells. Eugenia constructed
vectors that will allow for the identification of these proteins. Shoronia Cross completed
an internship at Princeton University, in the Princeton Institute for the Science and
Technology of Materials (PRISM) and Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM)
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. He worked in the Imaging and
Analysis Center, under Dr. Nan Yao and Mr. Gerald Poirier.
The sixth annual John Jay College PRISM Undergraduate Research Symposium
was held on May 3, 2013 as part of the annual college-wide Celebrating Student
Research & Creativity week. The PRISM Symposium was attended by over 75 students,
faculty, and administrators. The event featured an invited talk from a former John Jay
College forensic science undergraduate student, Dr. Lisa DeWald, who earned her PhD in
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology in 2010 from the State University of New York
(Stony Brook). Anna Stoll gave an oral presentation as winner of the annual prize for
outstanding undergraduate research. Thirty-five PRISM students presented posters at the
event. The sheer amount of high quality work has reached the point where we now give
runner-up awards for outstanding student researcher and awards for outstanding poster
presentation.
At the annual day-long PRISM January Information Day for first-year forensic
science majors, PRISM students presented posters and discussed their research interests,
invited speakers gave talks on career options, and program information was distributed.
Second year research training continued, and two three-day long training courses were
held in January and June to accommodate all students interested and eligible for
undergraduate research. The training courses introduced the process of conducting
scientific research, from literature searching to understanding scientific writing, and
hands-on laboratory exercises to orient students to laboratory research work. Faculty also
discussed the importance of research as well as how they first became interested in
science and research. Again, PRISM students presented posters and discussed their
research interests.
Outreach to partner community colleges continued this year with a focused effort
to engage CUNY Justice Academy (CJA) students in activities that would introduce them
to John Jay and to our PRISM students. We targeted the same four schools as last year,
Bronx Community College (BCC), Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC),
Queensborough Community College (QCC), and Hostos Community College. Outreach
activities included an outing to the Westchester Crime Lab, a visit to the Bronx Zoo, and
a lecture outing to the New York Academy of Sciences. Additionally, lab tours for CJA
students were held in December and in May. Guests from all community college
forensics majors in the CJA were invited to attend the annual PRISM Symposium. The
outreach coordinator visited Hostos for their forensics major info session and met with
interested students about PRISM and its outreach activities. As in the past, PRISM
mentors visited QCC to guest lecture; this year’s fall semester lecturer was Dr. Thomas
Kubic and the spring semester lecturer was Dr. John Reffner.
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There were two initiatives this year designed to engage promising underclassmen
at John Jay College as well as the partner community colleges. Both of these built on
pilots that took place last year. The first of these initiatives was a seminar, intended as a
basic introduction to forensic science for underclassmen. The seminar curriculum was
designed by JJC adjunct professor, Alison Domzalski, who also instructed this three-day
course that took place in August at John Jay College. A combination of nineteen John Jay
freshmen and CJA students participated, learning about each of the three forensic science
tracks offered at John Jay as part of the major. The seminar was very well received and
is planned again for next summer. The second initiative was our lab shadowing program.
Piloted in the summer of 2012, freshman JJC students and CJA students were invited to
buddy up with a current PRISM student to spend a block of time observing and when
possible, participating in, their research lab activities. Eleven students shadowed PRISM
students this past summer and this program will continue during winter break and
summer break again this year.
In addition to the outreach activities described above, efforts were also made to
more actively engage CJA forensics students in opportunities relating to undergraduate
research. Students from QCC and BMCC were invited at the beginning of each semester
to apply for research stipends allocated by PRISM, for research work to be completed at
their own schools. One student from QCC and three students from BMCC were funded
for their research. Starting last spring, students from Hostos Community College were
invited to apply for a research externship at John Jay and work with a PRISM mentor.
One student from Hostos qualified for and participated in this externship. She received
funding for her work with Dr. Marcel Roberts and will continue her work with him next
spring upon her transfer to John Jay. Of these five total CC students who were funded for
their research, the three who conducted research in spring presented posters at the PRISM
Symposium. Lastly, we contacted community college partner students who were about to
transfer to John Jay in order to invite them to apply to PRISM. Two of these students
were funded for their research as new John Jay students and another two participated in
the June Research Training Workshop in anticipation of starting research at John Jay in
the coming year.
The fourth PRISM Chronicle of Undergraduate Research, a publication that
includes short biographies and research abstracts of projects undertaken during the 20122013 year, was produced in May of 2013 and distributed at the annual symposium. We
continue to publish monthly electronic newsletters for faculty, PRISM students, alumni,
and pre-PRISM students. A comprehensive GRE course was offered this past summer
with eleven students in attendance. Monthly meetings continued this year during which
guest speakers were invited to speak to students about options for graduate school or
career goals. Speakers included representatives from the New York Academy of
Sciences and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, among others.
2012-2013 was also a year in which significant time was invested in assessment
and evaluation of the program and its outcomes. An Assessment Specialist was hired and
created a database of program metrics that was reviewed by the project PIs and is now
regularly updated to guide data acquisition and analysis. Our first peer-reviewed research
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publication that discusses PRISM was published in the Journal of Hispanic Higher
Education in 2013.1 This manuscript broadly describes the numerous student services
created in our science program, and the impact this collection of services has had on
endpoints including student retention, post-graduate success, and engagement. A second
article, an op-ed piece published in a special diversity-themed issue of the Chronicle of
Higher Education was published in October of this year.2 This piece describes the impact
the PRISM program has had on the culture of research activity in the Department and at
the College. And a third paper that explicitly focuses on the impact PRISM has had on
student outcomes was submitted to and is under review in the Journal of Research on
Science Teaching.
Contributing to the positive outcomes of the program nine PRISM graduates started
graduate or medical programs in the fall of 2013:
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Anthony Ho (2009, Carpi): PhD in the Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell, and
Developmental Biology Program at University of California, Davis
Cindy-Ann Williams (2012, Cheng): Doctor of Physical Therapy at SUNY Stony
Brook
Olivia Orta (2007, Carpi): PhD in Epidemiology at Harvard University School of
Public Health
Jung Cho (2009, Lents): MD at the American University of the Caribbean
Manuel Chaparro (2010, Petraco): MS in Higher Education Administration at
Baruch College School of Public Affairs, CUNY
Richard Piszczatowski (2011, Lents): MD/PhD at Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
Cindy Sandoval (2011, Champeil): Pharmacy Doctoral Program at Touro College
Roselynn Cordero (2012, Proni): PhD in Chemistry at Cornell University
Sofia Cheliout DaSilva (2012, Korobkova): PhD in Emerging Infectious Diseases
at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Elliot Quinteros (2013, Roberts): MS in Toxicology at St. John's University
Near-Term Goals
We will continue to increase the dissemination of the program both internally and
externally. We will be maintaining our efforts to further establish and maintain contact
with PRISM alumni and report on their achievements to current PRISM students. At this
point, we know of thirty-four PRISM graduates who are in or have completed graduate or
professional programs. Several remain in active contact with our program and have
welcomed contact from our current PRISM students.
Carpi, A., Ronan*, D.M., Falconer, H.M., Boyd, H.H., Lents, N.L. (2013) “Development and
Implementation of Targeted STEM Retention Strategies at a Hispanic-Serving Institution,”
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 12(3):280-299.
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Carpi, A., Lents, N.L. (2013) “Research by Undergraduates Helps Underfinanced Colleges as
well as Students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, §Diversity in Academe, October 28, 2013.
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In respect to the size of the Program, the Program has reached a mature size now
that more than one-third of all students who graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in
Forensic Science are engaged in research through PRISM. Given that the Forensic
Science program also maintains an alternate capstone experience for students wishing to
enter professional employment immediately upon graduation, an external laboratory
internship, we project that PRISM will continue to serve less than half of the students in
the program with the remainder participating in the external internship program. We are
continuing to reach out to faculty and students in the Department of Mathematics and
Computer Information Science. One of our PRISM students this past year was a CIS
major.
This year, we will continue research training with second year students during the
winter intersession and summer session. The intent is to make it possible for qualified
students to start research under a mentor’s guidance in the summer after their second year
in the major. The daylong January Information Day for specially invited first year
students will continue. We plan to continue the development of training classes in
laboratory safety as well as to emphasize the development of scientific writing skills in
these sessions.
We will continue outreach to our community college partner students and to John
Jay underclassmen, with continued field trips, lab tours, and guest lectures by PRISM
faculty. We also plan to continue offering CC student participation in the summer
forensics seminar and in the lab shadowing program. We expect to fund even more QCC
and BMCC students for their research and again include these students in the annual
PRISM Symposium and in the Chronicle. The opportunity to extern here at John Jay will
be extended again to Hostos and now to BCC, since those schools don’t have their own
research facilities. Students from the CJA, transitioning into John Jay as forensics
majors, will be recruited for possible PRISM participation, contacted and invited to meet
with the outreach coordinator to learn more about PRISM. We expect that the number of
community college transfer students participating in funded research will increase this
year again.
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Funded Research Students
Name
1. Adlam, Chantal
2. Alexander, Keisha
3. Alvarez, Karol
4. Almonte, Ashley
5. Angeles, Joshua
6. Anthony, Tamykah
7. Bassit, Mohanram
8. Cabral, Marleny
9. Calderone, Alyssa
10. Carter, Danequa
11. Carthorne, Danielle
12. Chen, Meilan
13. Connolly, Robert
14. Cross, Shoronia
15. Dalia, Melissa
16. Fong, Jenny
17. Ho, Vida
18. Huang, Bik Tzu
19. Ishmail, Stacey
20. Kelly, Tasheda
21. Law, Xiao Shan
22. Lopez, Yessenia
23. Menier, Herold
24. Napolitano, Tanya
25. Quinteros, Elliot
26. Ramirez, Thania
27. Rawal, Baibhav
28. Reinfelod, Samuel
29. Rozado, Andre
30. Saenz, Yessica
31. Salcedo, Eugenia
32. Santiago, Zully
33. Scarcella, Matthew
34. Seda, Sarah
35. Song, Kelly
36. Stoll, Anna
37. Ta, Christine
38. Tahan, Davilenys
39. Ulak, Sudip
40. Yarde, Shari
Mentor
Carpi
Partner CC Transitioned Student
Rauceo
Roberts
He
Champeil
Lents
Korobkova
Rauceo
Cheng
Li
Kubic
Proni
Lents
Roberts
Kubic
Korobkova
Rauceo
Champeil
Diaczuk
Korobkova
Li
Cheng
Diaczuk
Proni
Roberts
Domashevskiy
Korobkova
Diaczuk
Lents
Partner CC Transitioned Student
Li
Rauceo
Domashevskiy
Carpi
CUNY BA Program Student
Champeil
Yaverbaum
Cheng
Cheng
He
Johnson
Carpi
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Non-funded Research Students
Name
1. Parziale, James
2. Mahon, Glen
3. Kinahan, Christina
Mentor
Lents
Diaczuk
Proni
CC Funded Research Students
Name
1. Azhar, Anum
2. Braithwaite, Nyeisha
3. Fernandez, Natalia
4. Ham, Suk Ju
5. Romero, Ruth
Institution for Research
BMCC
BMCC
BMCC
QCC
Hostos Extern – Work at JJC – Roberts Mentor
PRISM Graduates 2013
Name
1. Anthony, Tamykah
2. Calderone, Alyssa
3. Carter, Danequa
4. Carthorne, Danielle
5. Dalia, Melissa
6. Quinteros, Elliot
7. Ramirez, Thania
8. Saenz, Yessica
9. Stoll, Anna
10. Tahan, Davilenys
Mentor
Lents
Cheng
Li
Kubic
Kubic
Roberts
Domashevskiy
Li
Cheng
He
Second Year Research Training Courses – January and June 2012
These training courses covered a variety of topics in over 20 hours of class and
laboratory meetings. Classroom and laboratory topics included Scientific Writing, Ethics
in Science & Medicine; Responsible Conduct in Scientific Research; Introduction to
Literature Searching for the Scientist; Introduction to Protocol/ Experimental Design;
Introduction to Acid/Base Chemistry; Buffers and Protein Quantification; Introduction to
Data Analysis Techniques and Introduction to Laboratory Techniques for Bio-Chemical
Research. Current research students presented posters.
January 2012 (Jason Rauceo & Marcel Roberts - Instructors)
1. Alvarez, Karol
2. Connolly, Robert
3. Khusial, Richard
4. Lopez, Yessenia
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5. Napolitano, Tanya
6. Parziale, James
7. Ramirez, Thania
8. Reinfeld, Samuel
9. Romero, Ruth – Partner CC Student
10. Rozado, Andre – Partner CC Transitioned Student
11. Santiago, Zully
12. Yardi, Shari
June 2013 (Jason Rauceo & Marcel Roberts – Instructors)
1. Aitbakieva, Valentina
2. Brathwaite, Nyeisha – Partner CC Transitioned Student
3. Guzman, Stephania
4. Kinahan, Christina
5. Liao, Kathy
6. Montes, Jazlene
7. Scarcella, Matthew
8. Seo, Jiwon – Partner CC Transitioned Student
9. Sterling, Stacey-Ann
10. Williams, Shawn
First Year Information Day
Outstanding performing students in CHE 103 participated in a day long event
designed to provide introductory information on a variety of topics. These included the
role of undergraduate research in preparing students for graduate and professional
schools. Students visited research labs. Current PRISM students gave talks and presented
posters.
January, 2013 Information Day
1. Da Silva, Hadler
2. Klafehn, Erica
3. McNamara, Colleen
4. Mir, Asad
5. Pirmal, Kavita
6. Pucillo, Daniel
7. Rodriguez, Ronald
8. Rouse, Danielle
9. Shillingford, Shanelle
10. Umlas, Sora
11. Zhu, Jun Hao
Outreach Events
Students from partner community colleges joined with John Jay underclassmen
and current PRISM students to attend enrichment activities, designed to expose students
to career and post-graduate options as well as encourage the intermingling of forensics
majors at all levels and institutions.
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Westchester Crime Lab Outing, October 18, 2012
1. Aracena, Amanda, QCC
2. Azhar, Anum, BMCC
3. Carter, Danequa, JJC
4. De Castro, Natalie, Hostos
5. Delgado, Glenda, BCC
6. Eusebio, Gerallynn, BMCC
7. Gyampoh, Dorothy, QCC
8. Holmes, Brianni, QCC
9. Ishmail, Stacey, JJC
10. Marin, Kassandra, BMCC
11. Menier, Herold, JJC
12. Salcedo, Eugenia, JJC
13. Velez, Orlando, BMCC
New York Academy of Sciences – Lecture, November 28, 2012
1. Almonte, Ashley, JJC
2. Azhar, Anum, BMCC
3. Bailey, Shain, JJC
4. Braithwaite, Nyeisha, BMCC
5. Cuevas, Katie, BCC
6. Marin, Kassandra, BMCC
7. Menier, Herold, JJC
8. Romero, Ruth, Hostos
9. Sanchez, Stephanie, BCC
10. Tahan, Davilenys, JJC
11. Velez Jr, Orlando, BMCC
12. Williams, Shawn, JJC
Bronx Zoo Outing, March 26, 2013
1. Bailey, Shain, JJC
2. Barnes, Rreal, BMCC
3. Bassit, Mohanram, JJC
4. Gayle, Chantal, QCC
5. Kelly, Tasheda, JJC
6. Rawal, Baibhav, JJC
7. Rice, Malaysha, QCC
8. Rodriguez, Kassandra, QCC
9. Sweeney, Harlee, QCC
10. Ulak, Sudip, JJC
11. Ye, Yu, JJC
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Introduction to Forensics Seminar, August 22-24
During this three day seminar, students from partner community colleges and
John Jay underclassmen participated in hands-on laboratory activities that gave them a
taste of each of the three forensic major tracks: molecular biology, toxicology, and
criminalistics.
August Seminar (Alison Domzalski, Instructor)
1. Da Silva, Hadler, JJC
2. Delgado, Glenda, BCC
3. Eusebio, Geralynn, BMCC
4. Fernandez, Natalia, BMCC
5. Klafehn, Erica, JJC
6. McLean, Robert, JJC
7. Mir, Asad, JJC
8. Nair, Smriti, JJC
9. Pirmal, Kavita, JJC
10. Proano, Daysi, QCC
11. Pucillo, Daniel, JJC
12. Puzikava, Volha, JJC
13. Rodrigues, Christopher, JJC
14. Rodriguez, Ronald, JJC
15. Roshchina, Alona, JJC
16. Rouse, Danielle, JJC
17. Shillingford, Shanelle, JJC
18. Tan, Jia Wen (Joanne), JJC
19. Yakovishina, Veronica, QCC
Lab Open Houses
Three PRISM labs participated in giving tours to visiting CC students, either in
December, May, or both times. The participating mentors and students were: Shu-Yuan
Cheng with student Anna Stoll, Ekaterina Korobkova, and Peter Diaczuk with students
Herold Menier and Stacey Ishmail.
Visiting Students - December
1. Marin, Kassandra, BMCC
2. Marrero, Julio, BMCC
3. Reyes, Maykon, BCC
4. Yvonne, Teshara, BCC
5. Ziyad, Malik, BMCC
Visiting Student - May
1. Natalia Fernandez, BMCC
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Awards and Honors
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Tamykah Anthony won a poster presentation award for her project, Exploring the
Mechanism of How Zinc Supplements Reduce the Detection of THC in Urine,
presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
in San Jose, November 2012.
Elliot Quinteros was selected as a runner-up for the Outstanding Undergraduate
Student Award at John Jay College.
Thania Ramirez came in first place and Alyssa Calderone in second place in the
contest for Outstanding Poster Presentation at the PRISM Annual Symposium.
Kelly Song was awarded a $3,000 Charina Fellowship for outside research this
past summer.
Anna Stoll was selected as the recipient of the 2012-2013 Outstanding Science
Undergraduate Research Student Award at John Jay College.
Scholarship Winners
Several PRISM students received scholarships. The Computer Science/Forensic Science
Scholarships are funded by the NSF.
Fall 2012
Last
Almonte
Anthony
Calderone
Chen
Lopez
Napolitano
Salcedo
Seda
Spring 2013
Last
Almonte
Anthony
Calderone
Chen
Lopez
Napolitano
Rawal
Salcedo
Seda
First
Ashley
Tamykah
Alyssa
Mei Lan
Yessenia
Tanya
Eugenia
Sarah
Award
3500.00
3500.00
2653.60
2719.00
3500.00
500.00
2500.00
2793.00
Scholarship Name
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
College Education Milestone Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
First
Ashley
Tamykah
Alyssa
Mei Lan
Yessenia
Tanya
Baibhav
Award
3500.00
3500.00
1136.00
2719.00
3500.00
500.00
500.00
2000.00
2500.00
1628.00
Scholarship Name
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
College Education Milestone Scholarship
Gary Boccia Memorial Scholarship
International Student Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Computer Science/ Forensic Science Scholarship
Eugenia
Sarah
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Publications
1. Cross, S.* (in press). Surface modification for the collection and identification of
fingerprints and colorimetric detection of urea nitrate. Journal of Forensic
Sciences.
2. He, Y., Pedigo, C.E.*, et al. (2012). Bioaccessibility of arsenic in various types of
rice in an in vitro gastrointestinal fluid system. J Environ Sci Heal B, 47:74-80.
3. Joshi, D., Field, J.*, Murphy, J., Abdelrahim, M., Schonherr, H., Sparrow, J.,
Ellestad, G., Nakanishi, K., & Zask, A. Synthesis of antioxidants for prevention of
age-related macular degeneration, J. Nat. Prod., 2013, 76(3), 450-454.
4. Li, R., & Law, X. S.* (2013). A case study of the application of DNA evidence to
avert injustice. Proceedings of Fifth International Forum of Contemporary
Criminal Law (Vol. II, pp. 430-439). Beijing, China.
5. Li, R., Klempner, S., Carter, D.*, & Saenz, Y.* (2013). Evaluation of methods to
process bone evidence for forensic DNA analysis. Proceedings of 22nd
Conference of the International Academy of Legal Medicine (pp. 265-268).
Pianoro (Bologna), Italy: Medimond s.r.l.
6. Marotta, D.M., Nantel, A., Sukala, L.*, Teubl, J.* & Rauceo, J.M. (2013).
Genome-wide transcriptional profiling and enrichment mapping reveal divergent
and conserved roles of Sko1 in the Candida albicans osmotic stress response.
Genomics, (4) 363-371.
7. Williams, C.-A.* & Lin, J.Y. (2013). Involvement of NF Kappa B in potentiated
effect of Mn-containing dithiocarbamates on MPP+ induced cell death. Cellular
and Molecular Neurobiology 33, 815-823.
* Denotes a PRISM student or alumnus.
Conference Presentations and Abstracts
1. Alexander, K.* & Rauceo, J. Identification of upstream activators for yeast cell
wall damage and osmotic stress signaling. Abstract for poster presentation.
Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) 2012.
2. Anthony, T.* & Lents, N.H. Exploring the mechanism of how zinc supplements
reduce the detection of THC in Urine. Annual Biomedical Research Conf. for
Minority Students (ABRCMS), San Jose, CA; 09-Nov. 2012.
3. Cabral, M.*, Teubl, J.* & Rauceo, J. Role of Candida albicans transcription
factor Sko1 in combinatorial stress signaling. Abstract for poster presentation.
Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), 2012.
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4. Calderone, A.* The role of RTP801 in maneb- and mancozeb-induced
cytotoxicity. 52nd Society of Toxicology Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX,
March 10-14, 2013.
5. Carpi, A., Ho, A.*, Frei, A. Temporal and regional variation in mercury
deposition in New York State and implications for climate-related changes, 2nd
Catskill Environmental Research & Monitoring Conference, Highmount, NY,
October 26, 2012.
6. Cross, S.* Modification of a glass surface for the colorimetric detection of urea
nitrate, Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists (NEAFS), Cromwell,
Connecticut, September 2013.
7. Hui, C.*, Cheng, S-Y, & Carpi, A. Effects of mercuric chloride on cell surface
expression of dopamine transporter in PC12 cells, 52nd Annual Meeting of the
Society of Toxicology, San Antonio, TX, March 10-14, 2013.
8. Ishmail, S.* The deposition of gunshot residue in conditions of rain and fog.
Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists (NEAFS), Cromwell Connecticut,
September 2013.
9. Mitchell, A.* & Rauceo, J. Synthesis of Candida albicans ALS1 mutant
expression vectors. Abstract for poster presentation. 15th Annual CUNY/AGEP
STEM Conference, 2012.
10. Mitchell, A.* & Rauceo, J. Analysis of the ALS1 amyloid forming sequence in
Candida albicans. Abstract for poster presentation. Annual Biomedical
Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), 2012.
11. Orta, O.*, Fostier, A. H., Carpi, A. Deforestation leads to chronic soil mercury
emissions, 11th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant,
Edinburgh, Scotland, July 28 - August 2, 2013.
12. Proni,G., Vasquez, A.*,Chen, M.*, & Malerich, J.P. Preparation and
spectroscopic characterization of chemical derivatives of lawsone: Novel
Reagents to detect fingerprints, 245th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
April 7-11, 2013.
13. Salcedo, E.*, Sukala, L.* & Rauceo, J. Discovery of newly conserved roles of the
yeast transcription factor Sko1. Abstract for poster presentation. Annual
Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), 2012.
14. Sukala, L.* & Teubl, J.* Regulation of the osmotic stress response by
transcription factor Sko1. Abstract for poster presentation. ASM Conference on
Candida and Candidiasis, 2012.
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15. Stoll, A.* Role of alpha-synuclein and its mutants on dithiocarbamates
cytotoxicity. 52nd Society of Toxicology Annual Conference --- San Antonio, TX,
March 10-14, 2013.
16. Ta, C.* The role of RTP801 in maneb- and mancozeb-induced cytotoxicity. 52nd
Society of Toxicology Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 10-14, 2013.
* Denotes a PRISM student or alumnus.
Conferences Attended
1. Alexander, Keisha. ABRCMS, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students, San Jose, CA , November 7-10, 2012
2. Anthony, Tamykah. ABRCMS, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students, San Jose, CA , November 7-10, 2012
3. Bassit, Mohanram. 52nd Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Society of Toxicology, San
Antonio, TX, March 10-14, 2013
4. Cabral, Marleny. ABRCMS, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students, San Jose, CA , November 7-10, 2012
5. Calderone, Alyssa. 52nd Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Society of Toxicology, San
Antonio, TX, March 10-14, 2013
6. Fong, Jenny. 52nd Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Society of Toxicology, San
Antonio, TX, March 10-14, 2013
7. Ishmail, Stacey. NAEFS 39th Annual Meeting, Northeastern Association of
Forensic Scientists, Trumbull, CT, September 25-28, 2013
8. Kelly, Tasheda. 52nd Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Society of Toxicology, San
Antonio, TX, March 10-14, 2013
9. Rawal, Baibhav. 52nd Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Society of Toxicology, San
Antonio, TX, March 10-14, 2013
10. Santiago, Zully. Experimental Biology 2013, Boston, MA, April 22-24, 2013
11. Stoll, Anna. 52nd Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, Society of Toxicology, San
Antonio, TX, March 10-14, 2013
12. Salcedo, Eugenia. 2012 ABRCMS, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students, San Jose, CA , November 7-10, 2012
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Annual PRISM Symposium Presentations and PRISM Chronicle Abstracts
1. Adlam, C.*, Carpi, A. (2013). The Photo-reduction of Soil-bound Mercury in the
Presence of Water, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay
College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
2. Alexander, K.*, Rauceo, J. (2013). Identification of Upstream Activators for the
Yeast Cell Wall Damage and Osmotic Stress Signaling, PRISM Undergraduate
Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
3. Almonte, A.*, He, Y. (2013). Analysis of Elemental Fingerprints by Using ICPMS, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York,
NY, May 3, 2013.
4. Angeles, J.*, Champeil, E. (2013). Molecular Sensor Synthesis for Spotting of
Fluoride Anions, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College,
New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
5. Anthony, T.*, Lents, N. (2013). Exploring the Mechanism of How Zinc
Supplements Reduce the Detection of THC in Urine, PRISM Undergraduate
Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
6. Azhar, A.*, Jayant, L. (2013). Optimizing Conditions for Preserving Sea Urchin
Eggs, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York,
NY, May 3, 2013.
7. Bassit, M.*, Korobkova, E. (2013). Cytochrome C/Cardiolipin Peroxidase
Complex, and its Interaction with Flavonoids, PRISM Undergraduate Science
Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
8. Brathwaite, N.*, Tsiklauri, S. (2013). Three Body Schröndiger Equation for the
Kratzer Pair Interaction, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay
College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
9. Cabral, M.*, Rauceo, J. (2013). Role of Candida albicans Transcription Factor
Sko1 in Combinatorial Stress Signaling, PRISM Undergraduate Science
Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
10. Calderone, A.*, Cheng, S. (2013). The Role of RTP 801 in Regulation of NF
Kappa B Activation Induced by MB and MZ, PRISM Undergraduate Science
Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
11. Carter, D.*, Li, R. (2013). Isolating DNA from Bone Samples for Forensic
Analysis, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New
York, NY, May 3, 2013.
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12. Carthorne, D.*, Kubic, T. (2013). Establishing a Pigment Database usingRaman
and FTIR/ATR Spectroscopy, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John
Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
13. Chen, M.*, Proni, G. (2013). Organophosphates: Separation and Spectroscopical
Characterization, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College,
New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
14. Connolly, R.*, Lents, N. (2013). The Regulation of Hematopoietic Potential Via
the Retinoic Acid/ MZF-1/ CCN3 Pathway, PRISM Undergraduate Science
Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
15. Cross, S.*, Roberts, M. (2013). Electrochemical Detection of Explosive
Compounds and their Metabolites Using Molecularly Imprinted Polyaniline
Films, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York,
NY, May 3, 2013.
16. Dalia, M.*, Kubic, T. (2013). Analyzing Cosmetic Liquid Foundation Transfer
Smears with ATR-FT/IR, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay
College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
17. Fong, J.*, Korobkova, E. (2013). Anticancer Properties of Kaempferol and its
Interactions with Cardiolipin and Cytochrome C, PRISM Undergraduate Science
Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
18. Ho, V.*, Rauceo, J. (2013). Mutant Analysis of the Cell Surface Glycoprotein
Als1p from the Pathogenic Fungus Candida albicans, PRISM Undergraduate
Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
19. Huang, B.*, Champeil, E. (2013). Analysis of Over-the-counter Effervescent
Drugs through NMR, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay
College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
20. Ishmael, S.*, Diaczuk, P. (2013). The Effects of Precipitation on the Dispersal of
Gunshot Residue, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College,
New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
21. Kelly, T.*, Korobkova, E. (2013). UV/Vis Analysis of the Interaction between
Gluthione Peroxidase and Flavonoids through the Absorbance of NADPH,
PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY,
May 3, 2013.
22. Law, X.*, Li, R. (2013). Analysis of DNA Fragments Using the Agilent 2100
Bioanalyzer, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New
York, NY, May 3, 2013.
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23. Menier, H.*, Diaczuk, P. (2013). Environmental Corrosion of Firearm Casings,
PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY,
May 3, 2013.
24. Quinteros, E.*, Roberts, M. (2013). Surface Modification for the Development of a
Novel Drug Detection and Fingerprint Scanner, PRISM Undergraduate Science
Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
25. Ramirez, T.*, Domashevskiy, A. (2013). Effects of Eukaryotic Translation
Initiation Factors (eIFs) on Pokeweed Antiviral Protein (PAP)- RNA Interactions,
PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY,
May 3, 2013.
26. Rawal, B.*,Korobkova, E. (2013). Influence of Flavonoids on the Activity of
Gluthione Peroxidase that Inhibits Release of Cytochrome C from Mitochondria,
PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY,
May 3, 2013.
27. Romero, R.*, Roberts, M. (2013). Surface Modification for the Colorimetric
Detection of Drug Metabolites in Fingerprints, PRISM Undergraduate Science
Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
28. Rozado, A.*, Lents, N. (2013). All-trans Retinoic Acid Pathway in Activation on
Nuclear Receptors and Its Receptors and Its Response in Myeloid Zinc Finger-1
Expression, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New
York, NY, May 3, 2013.
29. Saenz, Y.*, Li, R. (2013). Processing Bone Samples for Wildlife Forensic
Investigations by Applying the Trypsin Method for DNA, PRISM Undergraduate
Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
30. Salcedo, E.*, Rauceo, J. (2013). Modulation of the Cell Wall Polysaccharide
Chitin by Candida albicans Transcription Factor Sko1, PRISM Undergraduate
Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
31. Santiago, Z.*, Domashevskiy, A. (2013). Insights into the Interactions of
Pokeweed Antiviral Protein (PAP) with Viral RNAs: Binding Affinity and
Structural Selectivity, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay
College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
32. Song, K.*, Yaverbaum, D. A study in Visual and Linguistic Cognition Regarding
Galileo’s Principle of Relativity: That All (Inertial) Reference Frames are
Physically Equivalent, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay
College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
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33. Stoll, A.*, Cheng, S. (2012). Role of Alpha-Synuclein and Its Mutants on
Dithiocarbamates Cytotoxicity, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John
Jay College, New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
34. Ta, C.*, Cheng, S. (2013). The Role of RTP801 in Toxic Mechanism of
Dithiocarbamates, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College,
New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
35. Tahan, D.*, He, Y. (2013). Analysis of Elemental Fingerprints by Using ICP-MS:
Data Analysis, PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College,
New York, NY, May 3, 2013.
36. Ulak, S.*, Johnson, H. (2013). Activity Annotation Using the Microsoft Kinect,.
PRISM Undergraduate Science Symposium, John Jay College, New York, NY,
May 3, 2013.
* Denotes a PRISM student
John Jay College Presentations
1. Bassit, Mohanram. Cytochrome C/Cardiolipin Peroxidase Complex, and its
Interaction with Flavonoids, PRISM January Research Training Workshop,
January 23, 2013.
2. Calderone, Alyssa. The Role of RTP 801 in Regulation of NF Kappa B Activation
Induced by MB and MZ, PRISM January Information Day, January 24, 2013.
3. Calderone, Alyssa. The Role of RTP 801 in Regulation of NF Kappa B Activation
Induced by MB and MZ, PRISM June Research Training Workshop, June 19,
2013.
4. Carthorne, Danielle. Establishing a Pigment Database Using ATR/FTIR and
Raman Spectroscopy, PRISM Monthly Meeting, February 7, 2013.
5. Cross, Shoronia. Modification of a Glass Surface for the Detection of Explosive
Compounds and Identification of Fingerprints, PRISM Monthly Meeting, October
24, 2012.
6. Quinteros, Elliot. Surface Modification for the Development of a Novel Drug
Detection and Fingerprint Scanner, PRISM January Information Day, January 24,
2013.
7. Stoll, Anna. Role of Alpha-Synuclein and Its Mutants on Dithiocarbamates
Cytotoxicity, PRISM January Research Training Workshop, January 23, 2013.
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8. Stoll, Anna. Role of Alpha-Synuclein and Its Mutants on Dithiocarbamates
Cytotoxicity, PRISM Monthly Meeting, December 3, 2012.
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