Kalina Dimova

EDUCATION

College / University

Smith College, Northampton, MA

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biochemistry, highest departmental honors / German studies

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Country

Bulgaria

Lab Experience

SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, ELISA, protein purification, chromatography, enzyme kinetics, cloning, bacterial transformation and induced overexpression, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, cell and mycelial cultures and lab animals

Projects / Research

  • 2002 – 2003: "Cloning, targeted mutagenesis, bacterial overexpression, purification and enzymatic tests of human inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase isoform A", University Hospital Hamburg - Eppendorf.
  • 2003 – 2004: Honors Thesis Project: "Exercise-induced activation of MAPK signaling cascades in murine skeletal muscle", Smith College.
  • 2004: "Nondestructive regioselective modification of laccase by linear-dendritic copolymers", SUNY-ESF.

Scholarships / Awards

2004 – 2005: Stipend International Max Planck Research School
2002: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship for undergraduate research
2001 – 2002: Smith College International Scholar

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I am interested in deciphering the convoluted map of cellular signaling cascades and the ways molecular mechanisms influence these cascades in health and disease.