Shiloh Martin Alma Mater:  Loyola University Chicago Thesis Advisor:  Joseph Tuscano, M.D. Graduate Group:  Immunology Research Project:  The development of novel antibody and other immune-based therapeutics for hematologic malignancies

Publications - UC Davis:
Tuscano JM, Ma Y, Martin SM, Kato J, O'Donnell RT.  The Bs20x22 anti-CD20-CD22 bispecific antibody has more lymphomacidal activity than do the parent antibodies alone.  Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2011 Jun; 60(6): 771-80.  Epub 2011 Feb 24.  PMID: 21347809

Trikha R, Yeung C, Modjtahedi S, Martin S, Dwyre DM, Telander DG.  B-cell lymphoma line (Raji) viability and surface marker expression minimally affected by 20- and 25-gauge vitrectomy systems analyzed by flow cytometry.  Retina. 2010 Oct;30(9):1505-10.  PMID: 20829744

Tuscano JM, Martin SM, Ma Y, Zamboni W, O'Donnell RT.  Efficacy, biodistribution, and pharmacokinetics of CD22-targeted pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in a B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma xenograft mouse model.  Clin Cancer Res. 2010 May 15;16(10):2760-8. Epub 2010 May 11.  PMID: 20460479

O'Donnell RT, Martin SM, Ma Y, Zamboni WC, Tuscano JM.  Development and characterization of CD22-targeted pegylated-liposomal doxorubicin (IL-PLD).  Invest New Drugs. 2010 Jun;28(3):260-7. Epub 2009 Mar 24.  PMID: 19306119

Martin SM, O'Donnell RT, Kukis DL, Abbey CK, McKnight H, Sutcliffe JL, Tuscano JM.  Imaging and pharmacokinetics of (64)Cu-DOTA-HB22.7 administered by intravenous, intraperitoneal, or subcutaneous injection to mice bearing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma xenografts.  Mol Imaging Biol. 2009 Mar-Apr;11(2):79-87. Epub 2008 Oct 24.  PMID: 18949521

Tuscano JM, Martin S, Song K, Wun T.  B cell reductive therapy in the treatment of autoimmune diseases: a focus on monoclonal antibody treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.  Hematology. 2005 Dec;10(6):521-7. Review.  PMID: 16321818

Jolene Chang Rudell Alma Mater: n/a Thesis Advisor: David Pleasure, M.D., Ph.D. Graduate Group: Neuroscience Research Project: n/a

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Ekama Onofiok Carlson Alma Mater: n/a Thesis Advisor: Kit Lam, M.D., Ph.D. Graduate Group: BMCDB Research Project: n/a

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Hillary Davis Alma Mater: Thesis Advisor: Kent Leach, Ph.D. Graduate Group: Biomedical Engineering Research Project: Sustained Nonviral Gene Delivery from Composite Scaffolds

Vidya Atluri Alma Mater: University of California, San Diego These Advisor: Renee Tsolis, Ph.D Graduate Group: Microbiology Research Project: n/a

Nicolas D. Prionas Alma Mater: Stanford University Thesis Advisor: John M. Boone, Ph.D. Graduate Group: Biomedical Engineering Research Project: My research project focuses on the use of dedicated breast computed tomography as a novel platform for quantitative targeting and image-guided radiation therapy for the treatment of breast cancer.

Publications - UC Davis:
N. D. Prionas, S. Y. Huang and J. M. Boone, "Experimentally determined spectral optimization for dedicated breast computed tomography," Med Phys 38, 646-655 (2011).

N. D. Prionas, K. K. Lindfors, S. Ray, S. Y. Huang, L. A. Beckett, W. L. Monsky and J. M. Boone, "Contrast-enhanced dedicated breast CT: initial clinical experience," Radiology 256, 714-723 (2010).

N. D. Prionas, S. Ray and J. M. Boone, "Volume assessment accuracy in computed tomography: a phantom study," J Appl Clin Med Phys 11, 3037 (2010).

N. D. Prionas, M. A. Gillen and J. M. Boone, "Longitudinal volume analysis from computed tomography: Reproducibility using adrenal glands as surrogate tumors," J Med Phys 35, 174-180 (2010).

S. Y. Huang, J. M. Boone, K. Yang, N. J. Packard, S. E. McKenney, N. D. Prionas, K. K. Lindfors and M. J. Yaffe, "The characterization of breast anatomical metrics using dedicated breast CT," Medical Physics 38, 2180-2191 (2011).

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Weston Powell Alma Mater: Princeton University    Thesis Advisor: Janine LaSalle, Ph.D. Graduate group: BMCDB Research Project:  My research project involves looking at Neurodevelopmental diseases, chromatin structure and remodeling during development, RNA metabolism and trafficking, mechanisms of imprinting.

Samir Awasthi Alma Mater: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thesis Advisor: Dennis Matthews, Ph.D. Graduate Group: Biomedical Engineering Research Project: (1-2 sentences): We are developing a label-free, non-invasive cell sorter capable of purifying stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (SC-CMs) from the mixture of cells that results from a typical embryoid body or directed differentiation protocol. The technology is based off of second harmonic generation (SHG), a nonlinear optical process that occurs quite strongly in sarcomeric myosin. We are also using SHG to image the contractile dynamics of immature SC-CMs

Presentations:  Optics Within Life Sciences 2010 (Quebec City, QC, Canada). "Second
harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy of stem cell derived
cardiomyocytes."

SPIE Photonics West: BIOS 2011 (San Francisco, CA). "Characterization
of stem cell derived cardiomyocytes using second harmonic generation
(SHG) microscopy."

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Christoper Fortenbach Alma Mater: University of California, Davis Thesis Advisor: Marie Burns, Ph.D. Graduate Group: BMCDB Research Project: n/a

Jordan Lang Alma Mater: Union College Thesis Advisor: Su Hao Lo, Ph.D. Graduate Group: BMCDB Research Project: n/a

Can Sungur Alma Mater: Macalester College Thesis Advisor:  William J. Murphy, Ph.D. Graduate Group: Immunology Research Project:  My research project involves the role of specific subsets of natural killer cells in terms of tumor and viral responses. We also look at these subsets of natural killer cells after a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in hopes of identifying particular subsets more effective at preventing cancer relapse and viral reactivation. Publications:  n/a

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Carolyn Zenith Black Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Thesis Advisor: Lisa Miller, Ph.D. Graduate Group: Immunology Research Project: n/a Publications: n/a

Eamon Balouch Alma Mater: University of California, Berkeley Thesis Advisor: Jerry Powell, M.D.(UC Davis), Shaun Coughlin, M.D., Ph.D.(UCSF) Graduate Group: BMCDB Research Project: n/a

Andrew Wong Alma Mater: Stanford University Thesis Advisor: Katherine Ferrara, Ph.D. Graduate Group: Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group Research Project:  My research project is in image guided drug delivery, using imaging to study and facilitate the targeting of drug carrying nanoparticles to their site of action.

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