Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle):
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NAME
POSITION TITLE
Nicole M. Martinez
Undergraduate Research Student
eRA COMMONS USER NAME
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s)
B.S.
2004-2005
University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus
FIELD OF STUDY
Industrial Biotechnology
A. HONORS:
2003 – Present
2006 – 2007
2004 – Present
Summer 2008 – Present
Ventures Scholars Program: Targets high-achieving underrepresented students and provides them with academic
recognition, and resources to reach their career goals.
Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP) Mentored Undergraduate Research
Program
Honor Roll Student at University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
MARC Program UPR-Mayaguez
B. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Member of Industrial Biotechnology Student Association (AEBI)
Summer 2008
Summer 2007
2005 - 2007
The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Summer Research Program in Genomics (SRPG), Intern
Identification of Small Molecule ETS Transcription Factor Binders. Identified several small molecules that appear to
bind selectively to ETS Transcription factors. Prinicipal Investigator: Levi A. Garraway, M.D., Ph.D.
The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Summer Research Program in Genomics (SRPG), Intern
Unibiased Ligand Discovery for Histone Deacetylases. Identified candidate inhibitors for Histone Deacetylases, which
play a role in cancer biology through diverse pathways, using small molecule microarrays. Prinicipal Investigator:
Angela Koehler, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Research Chemistry Department, Mayaguez, PR. FAP1: Protein Function, Structure and Dynamics.
Isolated, amplified and cloned FKBP12- Associated Protein FAP1, possible transcription factor, in order to express in
bacteria and study protein functionand interaction.
C. POSTER & ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
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Identification of Small Molecule ETS Transcription Factor Binders. Poster. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard’s Summer Research
Program in Genomics Poster Session. August 2008.
Identification of Small Molecule ETS Transcription Factor Binders. Poster. Massachusetts Institute of Technology MSRP Poster Session.
August 2008
Unbiased Ligand Discovery for Histone Deacetylases. Poster. NOBCChE National Conference. March 2008.
Unbiased Ligand Discovery for Histone Deacetylases. Poster. Massachusetts Institute of Technology MSRP Poster Session. August 2007.
Unbiased Ligand Discovery for Histone Deacetylases. Poster. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard’s Summer Research Program in
Genomics Poster Session. August 2007.
FAP1 Protein Function, Structure and Dynamics. Oral Presentation. Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) 2007.
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