Alumni

A former member

Karen Gonzalez

Karen Gonzalez

2016 – Present Biomedical Research Minor Student 2016 MARC Student 2017 HHMI summer research student 2017 Outstanding Presentation (MIMG) at the 2017 ABRCMS meeting in Phoenix, AZ Current Position: Graduate Student at Stanford, CA in Red Horse Lab

Victor Gutierrez-Garcia

Victor Gutierrez-Garcia

Victor in an undergraduate at California State Northridge (CSUN). Victor was awarded a prestigious spot on the CIRM CSUN Bridges to Stem Cell Research program. Victor’s project is centered around understanding how the ECM instructs stem cell fate. He is currently pursuing a Masters at CSUN.

Julia Hiserodt

Julia Hiserodt

2015-2017 Amgen Scholar Program, 2016,  Rose Hill Scholar, 2016 Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Current Position: M.D. Student at Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

Grace Lee

Grace Lee

2010-2012 UCLA Undergraduate Peers Summer Fellowship, 2010 Biomedical Research Summer Scholarship, 2010 College of Letters and Science Junior Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, 2010-2011 Dean’s Prize Winner at UCLA for Undergraduate Science Poster Day, 2011 Masters in Biophysics and Physiology , Georgetown University, Washington, DC Current Position: MD student at UCLA

Katrina

Katrina Paras

2015-2018 Awards: i2URP Fellow, NIH-IMSD Scholar, CARE Science, Engineering, and Math Summer Program Current Position: Pursuing a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology in the lab of Dr. Lydia Finley at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York

Corey Switzler

Corey Switzler

Corey was an undergraduate student majoring in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics and in the Biomedical Research Minor at UCLA.  Corey’s project was focused on improving our understanding of differences across disease muscle mouse models and developing strategies to improve stem cell extravasation in each model.  Corey has been awarded numerous awards including a scholarship [...]
Michael Torres

Michael Torres

Michael was an undergraduate student and a member of the UCLA Biomedical Research Minor program. He was majoring in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics at UCLA. Since joining UCLA he was a member of the UCLA Deans List. His project was helping to characterize the role of ECM in muscle progenitor cell and muscle stem [...]
Haibin Xi, Ph.D.

Haibin Xi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow/Project Scientist 2014-2021 Previous training: University of Miami and Fudan University Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are a superior source for obtaining skeletal muscle progenitor cells (SMPCs) for treating muscle disorders such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). My project is focusing on devloping an efficient and defined protocol to differentiate hPSCs to generate SMPCs following [...]