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Experience:

Center for Computational Science / Miami, FL. Research volunteer, October 2008 – May 2009
Helped deploy iBIS an online Bioinformatics Integrated Services portal.
Participated with data analysis team in experimental design and the development of workflows for microarray gene expression analysis.

Georgetown University / Washington, DC. Graduate research. January 2007- January 2008
Toxicity study of Jet Propellant-8 in Rat Lung Epithelia, project in conjunction with cell cycle analysis; Cloning of three domains of Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.

University of Florida / Gainesville, FL. Undergraduate research. 2004-2006
Investigated Ribozyme-MWFE mediated damage in 3T3 cells; transfection of Exogenous GPX-1
Awarded: UF College of Medicine, University Scholars Program (2006)

Education:


M.D. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Medicine (2014)
M.Sc. Georgetown University - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2008)
B.Sc. University of Florida - Biology (2006)

Publications:
LA Espinoza, A Attia, EM Brandon, and ME Smulson, “The Involvement of Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in Defense against JP-8 Jet Fuel and Other Chemical Toxicants,” Jet Fuel Toxicology, CRC Press, (2010)

Abstracts:

Valdes C, Brandon E, Ebrahim G, Tsinoremas N, Khuri S. Introducing iBIS - A Publicly Available, Comprehensive, 
Customizable, User-Friendly Bioinformatics Portal. Presented at Nature Publishing Group 2009 Winter Symposium 
Interpreting the Human Genome. Jan 24-28, 2009, Miami Beach, FL

Posters:

Faculty Mentor: Espinoza LA. Adaptive Response to JP-8 in Pulmonary Epithelial Cells, Poster presented for Georgetown University Medical Center 7th Tri-annual Masters Research Presentation (December 2007).

Faculty Mentor: Lewin AS. Rescue of Rz-MWFE damaged 3T3 cells via expression of Exogenous GPX-1, Slideshow presented for UF University Scholars Program (April 2006).