Former Undergraduate Students
Ana Lisa Valenciano Murillo, Undergraduate
BS Biotechnology, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Costa Rica, 2011
Hometown: Cartago, Costa Rica Honors: Science and Technology Ministry from Costa Rica, research fellowship Project: Functional expression and purification of L. major UDP-galactopyranose mutase Period: Spring and Summer 2011 Ana Lisa was our first exchange student from Costa Rica. Click here to learn more about our international collaborations. Current Position: Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech. Now Postdoc at University of Georgia Publications: 1) Oppenheimer, M., Valenciano, A.L., Sobrado, P. (2011) Biosynthesis of Galactofuranose biosynthesis in kinetoplastids: Novel Therapeutics targets for treating Leishmaniasis and Chagas’ Disease. Enzyme Research. vol. 2011, Article ID 415976, 13 pages. 2) Oppenheimer, M., Valenciano, A.L., Sobrado, P. (2011) Characterization of Leishmania major virulence factor UDP-galactopyranose mutase. Biophysical Biochemical Research Communications. 407. 552-6. 3) Oppenheimer, M., Valenciano, A.L., Kizjakina, K., Qi, J. Sobrado, P., (2012) Chemical Mechanism of UDP-Galactopyranose Mutase from Trypanosoma cruzi: a Potential Drug Target Against Chagas’ Disease, PLoS ONE. 7(3) e32918. |