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NAME:Suzanne E. Peterson / POSITION: Research associate
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
Institution or Location / Degree / Year(s) / Field of Study
Scripps College, Claremont, CA / BA / 1991-1995 / Biology
Lancaster University, England / N/A / 1993 / Biology
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA / PhD / 1998-2003 / Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
The Scripps Research Institute / N/A / 2004-present / Neuroscience
1.POSITIONS AND SELECTED HONORS
Positions of Employment
Summer 1992Research Associate, Molecular Biology, San Diego State University
Summer 1993Student Research Program in Molecular Biology, UCSD School of Medicine
Summer 1994Research Assistant, Molecular Biology, City of Hope National Medical Center
1992-1994Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Claremont Colleges
1995-1998Research Specialist, Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
2004 – presentResearch Associate, Dept. of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute
Honors and Awards
1991Point Loma High School Valedictorian
1991-1995James E. Scripps Scholarship recipient
1993American Heart Association Student Research Program Award in Molecular Biology, UCSD School of Medicine
1995Graduated Cum Laude with honors in Biology
1995Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society
2002Children’s Hospital Los Angeles poster session award winner
2004American Association for Cancer Research Scholar-in-Tranining
Award Recipient
2004-2006Neuroplasticity of Aging Training Grant Postdoctoral Fellowship
(NIH)
2007American Parkinson Disease Association Postdoctoral
Fellowship
Professional Memberships
1998 – present American Association for the Advancement of Science
1995 – presentPhi Beta Kappa academic honor society
2004 – presentSociety for Neuroscience
Teaching Experience
2006 and 2007 Childrens Hospital Orange County hESC training course
lecturer,“Aneuploidies in hESCs.”
2007Burnham Institute for Medical Research hESC training course lecturer, “Aneuploidies in hESCs.”
2.SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
1.Bogenmann, E., Peterson, S., Maekawa, K., and Matsushima, H. Regulation of NGF responsiveness in human neuroblastoma. Oncogene 17:2367, 1998.
2.Peterson, S. and Bogenmann, E. Osmotic swelling induces p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) expression via nitric oxide. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278:33943, 2003.
3.Peterson, S. and Bogenmann, E. The RET and TRKA pathways collaborate to regulate neuroblastoma differentiation Oncogene 23:213, 2004.
4.Rehen, SK., Kingsbury, MA., Almeida, BSV., Herr, DR., Peterson, SE., Chun, J. A new method of embryonic culture for assessing global changes in brain organization. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 158:100-108. 2006.
5.Kingsbury MA, Yung YC, Peterson SE, Westra JW, Chun J. Aneuploidy in the normal and diseased brain. Cellular and Molecular Life Science. 63, 2626-2641. 2006.
6.Peterson, SE., Rehen, SK, Westra, JW., Yung, YC., Chun, J. Spectral Karyotyping and Fluorescent in situ Hybridization. In Human stem cell manual: A laboratory guide, chapter 6, pp. 71-84. 2007. Elselvier.
7.Westra, JW., Peterson, SE., Yung, YC., Mutoh, T., Barral, S., Chun, J. Aneuploid mosaicism in the developing and adult cerebellar cortex. Journal of Comparative Neurology. In press.
8.Peterson, SE., Westra, JW, Paczkowski, CM., Chun, J. Chromosomal Mosaicism in Neural Stem Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology: Neural Stem Cells. Chapter16, pp. 197-204. 2008. Humana Press, In press.
Abstracts
1. Peterson, S. and Bogenmann, E. Neuroblastoma differentiation is regulated by cooperation of the RET and TRKA signaling pathways. AACR temporary abstract #4238. American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting, 2004.
2. Peterson, SE., Yang, AH., Westra, JW., Yung, YC., Mutoh, T., Rehen, SK., Chun, J. Non-unifor changes in mosaic aneuploidies of the developing cerebral cortex following caspase inhibition. #776.19 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, 2007.
Patents:
One patent pending. “Selection, Propagation and use of mosaic aneuploid stem cells.”
3.RESEARCH SUPPORT
2004-2006Neuroplasticity of Aging Training Grant Postdoctoral Fellowship
(NIH). NIH #5 T32 AG00216-13. “Functional consequences of neuronal aneuploidy”
2007American Parkinson Disease Association Postdoctoral
Fellowship. “Contribution of chromosomal aneuploidy to disease pathology in sporadic Parkinson’s Disease”
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