Recent Students
Linda Morales
Animo Leadership High School
Lab of Dr. Yibin Wang
Jennifer Juarez
King Drew High School
Lab of Dr. Jeff Abramson
Justin Wafer
Augustus Hawkins High School
Lab of Dr. Thomas Vondriska
Angelica Dimas
King Drew High School
Lab of Dr. Baljit Khakh
Dr. Jonathan Ho, MD and Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology talks with the POP students about his career, what his days entail, and what it means to pursue different scientific careers.
Jesus Araujo MD, PhD, an Associate Professor of Medince/Cardiology at UCLA, takes time out to answer the questions of the young scientists’ minds.
Lunch with Hua Chai (center), a MSTP student in the Khakh lab, discusses her time in the MD/PhD program.
Rachel Lopez (bottom left), a UCLA undergraduate working in the Vondriska lab, discusses undergraduate research opportunities and her experiences in research over lunch.
Lunch with Mr. Ricardo Gray, practicing nurse and 2013 UCLA graduate.
Ms. Doris Cortez with her host lab, Principal Investigator Dr. Yousang Gwack
Ms. Monte and Mr. Chen (center; doctoral graduate students in the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Program at UCLA) explained their decisions to seek a PhD and experiences in graduate education at UCLA.
Ms. Mendoza (center; second year Medical Student in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA) shared her perspective on medical school.
Dr. Cooper (Professor of Medicine and Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA) shared his perspective on medical training and the profession of the physician-scientist.
Daisy Ramos (2012 alum) with members of her host lab (PI: Yibin Wang, PhD; UCLA Departments of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Physiology).
Previous Students
Iliana Rosales
Animo High School
Tom Vondriska lab, 2011
Project: Chromatin biology in the heart
Victor Banuelos
Animo High School
Ernest Wright lab, 2012
Project: SGLT in oral rehydration therapy
Benjamin Antin
Yibin Wang lab, 2013
Project: Intracellular location of a novel isoform of Protein Kinase C-alpha during stress stimulation
Emily Kim
Diane Papazian lab, 2013
Project: Investigation of spinocerebellar ataxia type 13 mutation in zebrafish
Matthew Chen
University High School
Thomas Vondriska lab, 2014
Project: Investigating how chromatin structure is controlled by genetics and the role it plays in heart failure susceptibility
Diana Acosta
Jeff Abramson lab, 2015
Alicia Abramson
Riccardo Olcese lab, 2015
Eric Zapien
Animo High School
Bal Khakh lab, 2011
Project: Methods used to explore the brain
Miriam Otieno
Animo High School
Bal Khakh lab, 2012
Project: Electrophysiology in the brain
Doris Cortez
Yousang Gwack lab, 2013
Project: Generation of single point mutants of CRACR2A using site-directed mutagenesis
Emily Rivera
Hui Sun lab, 2013
Project: Mechanism of trophic factor mediated photoreceptor cell survival
David Lu
University High School
Yousang Gwack lab, 2014
Project: Introduction of a gene and vector into bacteria for the purpose of cloning the DNA of that gene
Donya Aframian
Bal Khakh lab, 2015
Alecia Williams
Peipei Ping lab, 2015
Erika Patino
Animo High School
Ernest Wright lab, 2011
Project: Glucose transport
Daisy Ramos
Animo High School
Yibin Wang lab, 2012
Project: Molecular signaling in the heart
Kaitlin Espeleta
Ricardo Olcese lab, 2013
Project: Manipulation of membrane ion channels to modify cellular excitability
Lizbeth Teyuca
Animo High School
Tom Vondriska lab, 2013
Project: Effects of changing chromatin structure on cardiovascular diseases
Xavier Akanmu
University High School
Yibin Wang lab, 2014
Omeed Partovi
Arjun Deb lab, 2015
Juan Henriquez
Julio Vergara lab, 2015
Minerva Paramo
Animo High School
Nancy Wayne lab, 2012
Project: Detecting GnRH3 expression in Zebrafish embryos
Ivan Garcia
Animo High School
Tom Vondriska lab, 2013
Project: Role of DNA-binding proteins in nuclear size and chromatin structure
Anthony Hernandez
Bal Khakh lab, 2013
Project: Techniques used to understand astrocyte physiology in the hippocampus
Jocelyn Martinez
Animo High School
Marino DeFranco lab, 2014
Andrew Wu
University High School
Nancy Wayne lab, 2014
Mariana Cervantes
Mansoureh Eghbali lab, 2015
Gregorio Rodriguez
Thomas Vondriska lab, 2015
Janelly Lorenzana
Yibin Wang lab, 2015