Pablo Emiliano Diaz
18228 County Road 94B, Woodland CA, 95695
530-405-7177
Education
In progress:
California State University, Chico, CA. M.S. in Biological Sciences;Emphasis: Cell and Molecular Biology. Advisor: Dave Keller.
California State University, Chico; Chico, CA. B.S. in Cell Biology; Option: Cellular and Molecular Biology. May 2014.
Research Experience
Summer 2013 - Present:
Graduate Research Associate; CSU Chico under Dr. David M. Keller; Chico, CA
Research: (1) Investigating the involvement of CREM in the signaling pathway regarding the double negative feedback loop with miR-375. (2) Investigation of the differentiation process of pancreatic beta cells to alpha cells within hyperglycemic conditions.
Lab Experience
Fall 2012 - Present:
Tissue culture; DNA/RNA/protein/plasmid isolation; polymerase chain reaction; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; cloning/plasmid design; transfection; SDS-PAGE and agarose gel electrophoresis; Western blotting; MTS; immunoprecipitation; hemagglutination assay; immunofluorescence assay; light and fluorescence microscopy; crystal violet staining; chromatin immunoprecipitation.
Presentations
Winter 2014:
26th Annual California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) Symposium; Santa Clara, CA.
Cyclic-AMP and Epigenetic Regulation of MicroRNA-375.
Poster: Alexander Stanton, Pablo Diaz, Tyrone Chang, Dave Keller.
Spring 2013:
17th Annual Student Research Symposium
Determining Expression of Peroxidase Gene AT1G05260 in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Arturo Berran, Pablo Diaz, Vang Xiong , Payton Laurie, Fuab Yang, Mandeep Grewal
Spring 2012:
16th Annual Student Poster Symposium
Oak Gall Insect Diversity Along a River and a Stream.
Pablo Diaz, Remy Nole, Robert Scott, Shelly Kirn
Spring 2011:
15th Annual Student Poster Symposium
Regression Analysis of Latex Production with Reproduction Fitness for the Biologic Control of Euphorbia peplus.
Stephen Jenkins, Pablo Diaz, John Kiernan, Evan DaBreo, Rick Wittsell
Computer Skills
Microsoft Word
Excel
Powerpoint
UCSC Genome Browser
ImageJ
Jmol
MEGA.
References
Available upon request.