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![October 13th
, 2014
CURRICULUM VITAE
CARMEN ALICIA AGUIRRE
14015 42nd
Ave N Plymouth, MN 55446
(952)-406-0481
caguirre@css.edu
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Education
Degree Institution Date Degree Granted
B.S./B.A.
[Biochemistry/Biology]
College of Saint Scholastica
Duluth, MN
May 9th
, 2015
Certifications, Licenses
Certified Nursing Assistant
Emergency Medical Technician License
CPR-CERTIFICATION Health Care Professional level
Academic Experiences
General Chemistry Supplemental Instructor 09/2012-05/2013
General Biology Teaching Assistant 09/2013-01/2014
Anatomy and Physiology Teaching Assistant 09/2013-5/9/2015
Upper Division Biology, Chemistry, Physics Tutor 09/2014-5/9/2015
Bacteriophage Genomics Teaching Assistant 09/2014-5/9/2015
[College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN]
Elementary School Math Tutor 11/2014-5/9/2015
[Myers Wilkens Elementary Duluth, MN]
Clinical/Hospital Experiences
Patient Care Volunteer (Candy Striper) 09/2011-05/2013
Hospice Volunteer 09/2013-05/2015
[St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN]
Clinical Shadowing Experiences
Emergency Department (Dr. Juhn Han) 02/2012
[St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN]
Urology (Dr. Matthew Emme) 07/2012
[St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN]
Gastroenterology (Dr Max Miranda) 09/2012-05/2015
[St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN]
Rheumatology (Dr. Bryce Binstadt) 05/2013-08/2013
[Amplatz Children’s Hospital Minneapolis, MN]
Primary Care (Dr. Robyn Tabibi) 07/2014
[Health East Clinic St. Paul, MN]
Nephrology (Dr. Sandra Popham) 10/2014
[St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN]
VIDA Medical Mission Clinic (Dr Mario Celedon) 12/2014-01/2015
[Liberia, Costa Rica]
Updated 04/03/141](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/7c4a1496-7066-4048-89fa-c19100f502bf-151204201742-lva1-app6891/85/Carmen-CV-1-320.jpg)
![October 13th
, 2014
VIDA Medical Mission Clinic (Dr Rebecca Naressi) 12/2014-01/2015
[Liberia, Costa Rica]
VIDA Medical Mission Clinic (Dr Eimy Pinto) 08/2015
[Massaya, Nicaragua]
VIDA Medical Mission Clinic (Dr Elena Vargas) 08/2015
[Diriamba, Nicaragua]
Georgetown Transplant Surgery Specialist (Dr Peter Abrams) 10/2015-Current
[Georgetown, Washington D.C]
HONORS AND AWARDS
5th
Annual SEA-PHAGES Symposium-Howard Hughes Medical Institution (05/2013)
Undergraduate Oral Presenter Award
74th
Annual American Microbiology Society Conference (10/2014)
Undergraduate Oral Presenter Award
College of Saint Scholastica Senior Awards (05/2015)
Senior Leadership Award Finalist
Outstanding Senior Researcher Award
Biology Department Award
Suma Cum Laude
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 01/2012-05/2012
Project: Improving Delivery of General Chemistry Concepts by Transforming Current Laboratory
Techniques
Supervisor: Kelsey Dawson
Lab Technician, Richwood Winery Callaway, Minnesota 05/2012-08/2012
Project: Wine Making
Supervisor: Penny Aguirre
Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2012-12/2012
Project: Mycobacteriophage ZygoTaiga: Isolation and Purification
Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Westholm
Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2012-05/2013
Project: RNA-i C-elegan Genomics Project
Supervisor: Dr. Kara Thoemke
Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 01/2013-05/2013
Project: Mycobacteriophage ZygoTaiga: Genomic Analysis of a Novel C1 Cluster Phage
Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Westholm
Research Student, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 05/2013-08/2013
Project: Engineering of a tagged TCR to aid in detection of dual TCR T-cells
Supervisor: Dr. Bryce Binstadt
Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2013-05/2014
Project: Comparative Genomics and Proteomics of Three Mycobacteriophage Isolated from Soil in
the Western Lake Superior Region
Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Westholm
Updated 04/03/142](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/7c4a1496-7066-4048-89fa-c19100f502bf-151204201742-lva1-app6891/85/Carmen-CV-2-320.jpg)
Carmen CV
- 1. October 13th , 2014 CURRICULUMVITAE CARMEN ALICIA AGUIRRE 14015 42nd Ave N Plymouth, MN 55446 (952)-406-0481 caguirre@css.edu IDENTIFYING INFORMATION Education Degree Institution Date Degree Granted B.S./B.A. [Biochemistry/Biology] College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN May 9th , 2015 Certifications, Licenses Certified Nursing Assistant Emergency Medical Technician License CPR-CERTIFICATION Health Care Professional level Academic Experiences General Chemistry Supplemental Instructor 09/2012-05/2013 General Biology Teaching Assistant 09/2013-01/2014 Anatomy and Physiology Teaching Assistant 09/2013-5/9/2015 Upper Division Biology, Chemistry, Physics Tutor 09/2014-5/9/2015 Bacteriophage Genomics Teaching Assistant 09/2014-5/9/2015 [College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN] Elementary School Math Tutor 11/2014-5/9/2015 [Myers Wilkens Elementary Duluth, MN] Clinical/Hospital Experiences Patient Care Volunteer (Candy Striper) 09/2011-05/2013 Hospice Volunteer 09/2013-05/2015 [St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN] Clinical Shadowing Experiences Emergency Department (Dr. Juhn Han) 02/2012 [St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN] Urology (Dr. Matthew Emme) 07/2012 [St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN] Gastroenterology (Dr Max Miranda) 09/2012-05/2015 [St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN] Rheumatology (Dr. Bryce Binstadt) 05/2013-08/2013 [Amplatz Children’s Hospital Minneapolis, MN] Primary Care (Dr. Robyn Tabibi) 07/2014 [Health East Clinic St. Paul, MN] Nephrology (Dr. Sandra Popham) 10/2014 [St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN] VIDA Medical Mission Clinic (Dr Mario Celedon) 12/2014-01/2015 [Liberia, Costa Rica] Updated 04/03/141
- 2. October 13th , 2014 VIDAMedical Mission Clinic (Dr Rebecca Naressi) 12/2014-01/2015 [Liberia, Costa Rica] VIDA Medical Mission Clinic (Dr Eimy Pinto) 08/2015 [Massaya, Nicaragua] VIDA Medical Mission Clinic (Dr Elena Vargas) 08/2015 [Diriamba, Nicaragua] Georgetown Transplant Surgery Specialist (Dr Peter Abrams) 10/2015-Current [Georgetown, Washington D.C] HONORS AND AWARDS 5th Annual SEA-PHAGES Symposium-Howard Hughes Medical Institution (05/2013) Undergraduate Oral Presenter Award 74th Annual American Microbiology Society Conference (10/2014) Undergraduate Oral Presenter Award College of Saint Scholastica Senior Awards (05/2015) Senior Leadership Award Finalist Outstanding Senior Researcher Award Biology Department Award Suma Cum Laude RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 01/2012-05/2012 Project: Improving Delivery of General Chemistry Concepts by Transforming Current Laboratory Techniques Supervisor: Kelsey Dawson Lab Technician, Richwood Winery Callaway, Minnesota 05/2012-08/2012 Project: Wine Making Supervisor: Penny Aguirre Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2012-12/2012 Project: Mycobacteriophage ZygoTaiga: Isolation and Purification Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Westholm Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2012-05/2013 Project: RNA-i C-elegan Genomics Project Supervisor: Dr. Kara Thoemke Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 01/2013-05/2013 Project: Mycobacteriophage ZygoTaiga: Genomic Analysis of a Novel C1 Cluster Phage Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Westholm Research Student, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 05/2013-08/2013 Project: Engineering of a tagged TCR to aid in detection of dual TCR T-cells Supervisor: Dr. Bryce Binstadt Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2013-05/2014 Project: Comparative Genomics and Proteomics of Three Mycobacteriophage Isolated from Soil in the Western Lake Superior Region Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Westholm Updated 04/03/142
- 3. October 13th , 2014 ResearchStudent, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2013-05/2014 Project: RNA-i C-elegan Genomics Project Supervisor: Dr. Kara Thoemke Research Student, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 05/2014 08/2014 Project: Engineering of a snorkel tagged TCR to aid in detection of dual TCRαT-cells Supervisor: Dr. Bryce Binstadt Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2014-05/2015 Project: Genomic Analysis and Comparative Proteomics of Temperate Mycobacteriophages, Reveals Structural Proteins improving mechanistic understanding of host infection. Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Westholm Research Student, College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2014-05/2015 Project: RNA-i C-elegan Genomics Project Supervisor: Dr. Kara Thoemke Research Assistant, Georgetown University Washington, DC 09/2015-Current Project: Protease Inhibitors, Dimer Mutants, Reporter Virus, Wolbachia Infected Mosquitos Supervisor: Dr Radhakrishnan Padmanabhan Research Assistant, Georgetown University Washington, DC 11/2015-Current Project: OCT Technology to Assess Likelihood of ATN in Cadaver Donor Kidneys Supervisor: Dr Peter Andrews PUBLICATIONS Annotated Mycobacteriophage ZygoTaiga Genome GenBank: KM881426.1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KM881426? ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Sequence.Sequence_ResultsPanel.Sequence_RVDo cSum Abstract: Genomic Analysis and Comparative Proteomics of Temperate Mycobacteriophages, Reveals Structural Proteins improving mechanistic understanding of host infection. (In Preperation) Whole genome comparison of a large collection of mycobacteriophages reveals a continuum of phage genetic diversity. (eLife) https://www.dropbox.com/s/ew9fx4gi43zkdlv/eLIFE%201-9-15submitted.pdf?dl=0 Updated 04/03/143
- 4. October 13th , 2014 PRESENTATIONS 5th AnnualSEA-PHAGES Symposium Poster Presentation Howard Hughes Medical Institution at Janaelia Farms Washington D.C., Virginia 05/2013 Author(s): Carmen Aguirre and Olivia Krejcarek Presentation: Mycobacteriophage ZygoTaiga: Isolation, Purification and Genomic Analysis of a Novel C1 Cluster Phage Summer Research Program Poster Presentation University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 08/2013 Author(s): Carmen Aguirre Presentation: Engineering of a tagged TCR to aid in detection of dual TCR T-cells McNair Poster Presentation College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2013 Author(s): Carmen Aguirre Presentation: Engineering of a tagged TCR to aid in detection of dual TCR T-cells Summer Research Program Poster Presentation University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 08/2014 Author(s): Carmen Aguirre Presentation: Engineering of a snorkel tagged TCR to aid in detection of dual TCRα T-cells McNair Poster Presentation College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota 09/2014 Author(s): Carmen Aguirre Presentation: Engineering of a snorkel tagged TCR to aid in detection of dual TCRα T-cells Oral Presentations, 5th Annual SEA-PHAGES Symposium Howard Hughes Medical Institution at Janaelia Farms Washington D.C., Virginia 05/2013 Presentation: Mycobacteriophage ZygoTaiga: Isolation and Purification and Genomic Analysis of a Novel C1 Cluster Phage Oral Presentations, 74th Annual American Microbiology Society Conference American Microbiology Society University of Wisconsin Superior Superior, Wisconsin 10/2014 Updated 04/03/144
- 5. October 13th , 2014 Presentation:Genomic Analysis and Comparative Proteomics of Temperate Mycobacteriophages, Reveals Structural Proteins improving mechanistic understanding of host infection. Oral Presentations and abstract publication Minnesota Private College Scholar Showcase Minneapolis Capitol Building Minneapolis, MN 12/12/2014 Author(s): Carmen Aguirre Presentation: Genomic Analysis and Comparative Proteomics of Temperate Mycobacteriophages, Reveals Structural Proteins improving mechanistic understanding of host infection. Oral Presentation National Conference on Undergraduate Research Eastern Washington University Spokane, Washington 4/16/15-4/18/15 Author: Carmen Aguirre Presentation: Genomic Analysis and Comparative Proteomics of Temperate Mycobacteriophages, Reveals Structural Proteins improving mechanistic understanding of host infection. TEACHING AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT Hartley Nature Center Instructor Hartley Nature Center Duluth, MN Position: Environmental Instructor (volunteer) 10/2011-05/2012 Lesson Plans: Invasive species, native species, botany exploration, conservation practices Tasks: Develop Lesson Plans, Hold Classes, Attend Meetings Spanish Service Calvary Lutheran Church Position: Sunday school Instructor 05/2012-08/2012, 05/2013-08/2013, 05/2014-08/2014 Tasks: Create Lesson Plans, Meetings with Administration General Chemistry Supplemental Instructor Center for Academic Success Position: Instructor (paid) 09/2012-05/2013 Lesson Plans: General Chemistry Tasks: Develop Lesson Plans, Hold Classes, Attend Meetings Lowell and Myer’s Wilkens Elementary Schools Jump into Science Club with College of Saint Scholastica Position: Club President (volunteer) 09/2012-current Lesson plans (Grade K-5): General Biology, General Chemistry, Ecology, Anatomy, Physiology, Physical Science, Earth Science, Animal Biology Tasks: Develop Lesson Plans, Communicate with Teachers, Lead Meetings, Plan Trips, Gather materials and resources Updated 04/03/145
- 6. October 13th , 2014 Anatomyand Physiology Interactive Review Sessions Biology Department College of Saint Scholastica Position: Instructor (volunteer) 09/2014-current Lesson Plans: Anatomy, Physiology, Systems Review, Neuron Firing, Histology, Lymphatic System, Vascular system, Gas exchange Tasks: Develop Lesson Plans, Communicate with Teachers, Lead Meetings COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES Lakeview Christian Academy College of Saint Scholastica Bio-Chem Club Position: Science Fair Judge 11/2013 Tasks: Review Projects, Give Feedback South Ridge Elementary School College of Saint Scholastica Position: Science Fair Judge 02/2014 Tasks: Reviewing projects, Tally Scores, Mentor Students Jump into Science Club College of Saint Scholastica (Myer’s Wilkens and Lowell Elementary Schools Duluth, MN) Position: President and Founder 01/2013-05/2015 Tasks: Organizing Meetings, Applying for Funding, Creating Lesson Plans, Organizing All School Events, Organizing Classroom Visits, Meeting with STEM Representatives Vida Volunteer Experience Vida Volunteer Organization (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) Position: Campus Coordinator (Total 3 trips) 01/2015-Current Tasks: Find Group Funding, Organize Trips, Find Medical Supplies, Attend Trips, Host Clinic, . Organize community home visits, Hold Orientation for New Volunteers, Mission of Mercy Dental Service Mission of Mercy (Mankato, Duluth, Washington DC) Position: Translator, Medical Triage Team, EMT 07/2014, 07/2015, & 11/2015 Tasks: Translate English to Spanish, Take Vitals, Escort Patients, Charting Updated 04/03/146
- 7. October 13th , 2014 Anatomyand Physiology Interactive Review Sessions Biology Department College of Saint Scholastica Position: Instructor (volunteer) 09/2014-current Lesson Plans: Anatomy, Physiology, Systems Review, Neuron Firing, Histology, Lymphatic System, Vascular system, Gas exchange Tasks: Develop Lesson Plans, Communicate with Teachers, Lead Meetings COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES Lakeview Christian Academy College of Saint Scholastica Bio-Chem Club Position: Science Fair Judge 11/2013 Tasks: Review Projects, Give Feedback South Ridge Elementary School College of Saint Scholastica Position: Science Fair Judge 02/2014 Tasks: Reviewing projects, Tally Scores, Mentor Students Jump into Science Club College of Saint Scholastica (Myer’s Wilkens and Lowell Elementary Schools Duluth, MN) Position: President and Founder 01/2013-05/2015 Tasks: Organizing Meetings, Applying for Funding, Creating Lesson Plans, Organizing All School Events, Organizing Classroom Visits, Meeting with STEM Representatives Vida Volunteer Experience Vida Volunteer Organization (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) Position: Campus Coordinator (Total 3 trips) 01/2015-Current Tasks: Find Group Funding, Organize Trips, Find Medical Supplies, Attend Trips, Host Clinic, . Organize community home visits, Hold Orientation for New Volunteers, Mission of Mercy Dental Service Mission of Mercy (Mankato, Duluth, Washington DC) Position: Translator, Medical Triage Team, EMT 07/2014, 07/2015, & 11/2015 Tasks: Translate English to Spanish, Take Vitals, Escort Patients, Charting Updated 04/03/146