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Professor
of Biology & NMSU RISE Program Director Affiliate
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Email and Telephone: NMSU Phonebook Lab web
page: http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/neurolab.html
Courses:
http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/teachingadvising/courses.html AAAS essay: http://ehrweb.aaas.org/womeninscience/essays/serrano.htm
Neurotree : Link
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Education Stanford University Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Neuroscience/Biophysics) University of Rochester B.S.,with
distinction Major: Physics; Minor: Chemistry Specialties and Interests ·
Neuroscience: Cellular Neurobiology, Development, Neurogenetics ·
Sensory Systems: Organogenesis, Acoustico-Vestibular,
Mechanoreception ·
Biophysics: Ion
Channels, Bioimaging, Nanobioscience ·
Science,
Ethics, and Society ·
Gender and Ethnic Equity in the STEM
disciplines |
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Employment and Appointments |
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2008 –
present |
Program Director,
NMSU Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement |
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2007 -
present |
Visiting
Scientist, Center for Integrated
Nanotechnologies, LANL |
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2006 -
present |
Affiliate
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, |
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2006 -
present |
MIT
Affiliate, Department of Biological Engineering |
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2006 |
Visiting
Faculty Scientist, Systems Biology Department, |
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2005-2006 |
Visiting
Faculty Scientist: Cell
Decisions Processes Center, Computational
and Systems Biology (Biological Engineering Department and Department of
Biology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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1999 |
Visiting
Scientist: |
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1998 |
Visiting Scientist: Ecole Normale Superieure,
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Paris, France |
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1991-present |
Assistant
Professor (1991), Associate (1998) Professor (2006) of Biology, |
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1987-1990 |
Research Associate, Training Program in Cellular Neurobiology, Dr. S
Hagiwara, Physiology
Department, Research subject:
Signal transduction in sensory cells |
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1986 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Eduardo Zeiger, Stanford University Biology
Department |
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1984-1985 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr.
Robert Schimke, Stanford University Biology Department |
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1980-1983 |
Research Associate, Dr. Bruce Ransom, Neurology Department, |
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1976-1980 |
Biology Graduate
Student, Dr. Peter
A Getting, Stanford University Biology Department Research subject: Ion
channel diversity in identifiable molluscan neurons |
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HONORS AND AWARDS AAAS International Lecturer for
Women in Science and Engineering Groundbreaking Legends in Science and Medicine, Hispanic Heritage Month Traveling
Exhibit, LaneOne, Inc. NMSU Advancing Leaders Program NMSU Hispanic Student Organization
Outstanding Professor Award NMSU Westhafer Award for Excellence
in Teaching, Finalist YWCA REACH Award Honoree LANGUAGES Bilingual
fluency Spanish/English; good knowledge Portuguese; fair
Italian/French/German SCHOLARSHIPS
AND FELLOWSHIPS Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Bausch
and Lomb Science Scholar National
Merit Scholar Finalist TEACHING EXPERTISE AND
INTERESTS Syllabi
available at: http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/teachingadvising/courses.html
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE (selected) Invited
Professional Service 2005-present 2005-present Hispanic
Association of Colleges and Universities, Health Sciences Advisory Council 2002- 2007 NIH
Study Section, AUD regular roster member 1999- 2003 Executive
Committee, AAAS Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region 1994-2001 NIH
ad hoc Panelist: NIDCD; NIGMS-MBRS 1991-present NSF
ad hoc Panelist: Cell Biology;
Committee of Visitors: Graduate Research Traineeship Program; Research in
Minority Institutions; Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Instruction University
Service and Interdisciplinary Research and Educational Activities 2008 2005-present Biological
Sciences Research Cluster (Molecular Targets, Neuroscience) 2003-present NSF
ADVANCE Program, Faculty mentor 2003-2007 NMSU
CREST Center for Research Excellence in Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology 2003-2007 Director,
Fluorescence Imaging Facility 2003-2005 Chair,
College of Arts and Sciences Research Affairs Committee 2003-2004 University
Graduate Faculty Council 2001-2005 Chair,
Department of Biology Graduate Education Committee 1998-2003 Technical
Director, NMSU Fluorescence Imaging Facility 1997-present Honors
College Faculty 1996-present NMSU
Electron Microscope Laboratory Advisory Committee, (Co-Chair '96-'99) 1991-present NMSU
Graduate Faculty 1991-present Interdisciplinary
Graduate Program in Molecular Biology Society
Memberships International
Society for Optical Engineering Society for Developmental Biology Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in
Science Association for Research in Otolaryngology Society for Neuroscience GUIDANCE
OF STUDENTS IN RESEARCH Research mentor for over 70 graduate and undergraduate students
from 1991 to the present.
Present http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/people.html Past http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/people/pastlabmembers.html
Research advisor for
Mentored Student Training Programs including
Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS; BRIDGES to
Native American students, RISE), Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC), NSF Alliance for Minority
Participation (AMP), HHMI, NSF AGEP, NSF IGERT, and McNair Program. PUBLISHED
WORKS: ONLINE at http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/serrano/neurolab/research/publications.html
SELECTED
JOURNAL ARTICLES REPRESENTATIVE OF RESEARCH EXPERTISE (11) 1.
Trujillo-Provencio, C., Powers
T.,Sultemeier, D., and E.E.Serrano (2008). RNA isolation from Xenopus
inner ear sensory endorgans for transcriptional profiling and molecular
cloning. In Methods in Molecular Biology:
Auditory and Vestibular Research, Ed. B. Sokolowski, Humana Press, Inc. 2.
E.
E. Serrano (2008) Curriculum development for responsible conduct in research
(RCR), In Biomedical Engineering, Recent Developments (in press) 3.
Quick,
Q.A. and E.E.Serrano (2007) Cell proliferation during the early compartmentalization of
the Xenopus laevis inner ear. International Journal of Developmental
Biology 51: 201-210. 4.
Knight
V. B and E.E.Serrano (2006) Quantum dots as probes for inner ear and kidney function:
labeling strategies and toxicity concerns. IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience 5:251-262. 5.
Quick,
Q.A. and E.E.Serrano (2005) Inner ear formation during the early larval
development of Xenopus laevis. Developmental Dynamics 234:791-801 6.
Serrano,
E.E. and Knight V. B. (2005) Multiphoton imaging of quantum dot bioconjugates
in cultured cells following Nd:YLF laser excitation. Proceedings of SPIE 5705: 225-234. 7.
Serrano,
E.E., Trujillo-Provencio, C., Sultemeier, D, Bullock, W. M., and Quick QA
(2001) Identification of genes expressed in the Xenopus inner ear. Cellular
and Molecular Biology 47:1229-1239. 8.
Diaz
de Lodron, ME, Varela-Ramirez, A.,and E.E.Serrano. (1995) Quantity, bundle
types and distribution of hair cells in the sacculus of Xenopus laevis during development. Hearing Research 91: 33-42 9.
Serrano,
E.E. and Schimke, R.T. (1990) Flow cytometric analysis of mammalian glial
cultures treated with methotrexate. Glia
3:539-549. 10.
Serrano, E.E., Zeiger, E., and
Hagiwara S. (1989) Red light stimulates an electrogenic proton pump in Vicia guard cell protoplasts. Proceedings
of the 11.
Serrano,
E.E. and Getting, P.A. (1989)
Diversity of the transient outward potassium current in somata of
identified molluscan neurons. Journal
of Neuroscience 9:4021-4032. Active
Grants and Awards (7) "Development of the
acoustico-vestibular system" Principal
Investigator, NIH-NIDCD, R01, 08/01/04-03/31/09 "Sensory organogenesis and gene
expression during inner ear development Sub-project Principal Investigator,
NIH-NIGMS, MBRS, SCORE
06/01/04-05/31/08 “Biological
effects of nanostructured materials on cultured human cells” Principal Investigator, Center for Integrated
Nanotechnologies, 10/14/06-09/01/09
“Raydiance
Ultra Short Pulse Laser” co-PI, NM Governor's Office, the NM Economic Development Dept,
and Raydiance, Inc., 09/01/07-08/30/09
"RISE
Program at NMSU" Project Link Program Director, NIH-NIGMS, 09/01/05-07/31/09 “Bridging Biology and Physics Undergraduate Education through
Nanoscience: A Principal Investigator, NSF DUE, 03/01/07-02/28/09 "Effective
Strategies to Diversify Academic STEM” Project Link co- Principal Investigator NSF GSE,
01/01/05-06/30/08 INVITED KEYNOTE AND PLENARY
SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS (8) 2007 Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Plenary Speaker “Exploring Inner Ear
Organogenesis with a Systems Approach” NMSU Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts
Symposium, Keynote
Speaker "Abriendo
Caminos: Fabian Garcia – Scientist, Visionary, New Mexican" “The Science and Ethics of Stem Cell
Research” Public Lecture 2006 Joint
Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National
Society of Hispanic Physicists, Plenary
Speaker “Biophysics of
Mechanotransduction by Sensory Cells” “Hearing Loss: Origins, Therapies, and
Health Disparities” NMSU
National Hispanic Scholars Recognition Day, Keynote Speaker "Abriendo Caminos: Fabian Garcia –
Scientist, Visionary, New Mexican" 2004
Society for Advancement of Native Americans and Chicanos in the Sciences, Keynote Speaker “Building Inclusive Interdisciplinary
Research Programs for the 21st Century” 2003 Brasilian Society for the Advancement
of Science, Women in the Sciences, Plenary
Speaker AAAS International Lecturer in Women in
Science and Engineering “Challenges
and Opportunities for Women in the Sciences” INVITED CONFERENCE AND
SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS (20) 2007 Grand
Challenges in Neural Computation Conference, session speaker Hispanic
Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Conference, symposium speaker Meeting
of the NIGMS Systems Biology Centers, symposium speaker 2006 11th
International Xenopus Conference, symposium speaker 2002 QEM Network
Workshop for NASA FAR investigators, symposium speaker Acoustical Society of America,
symposium speaker 2001 Acoustical
Society of America, symposium speaker 10th
Annual Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference, symposium speaker 2000 AAAS -SWARM
Symposium on Genomics and Biotechnology SW-GABA
First Annual Conference, symposium speaker American
Society for Cell Biology, SACNAS symposium speaker National Minority Research
Conference, symposium speaker Research
Centers in Minority Institutions Symposium on Health Disparities, 1999 Ford
Foundation National Academy of Sciences Conference, symposium speaker, Wash.
DC 1998 Society for
Advancement of Native Americans and Chicanos in the Sciences Junior Faculty Issues Panel, session
speaker Ford Foundation National Academy of
Sciences Conference, 1997 Society for
Advancement of Native Americans and Chicanos in the Sciences (SACNAS) Biology
Research Symposium, speaker Ford
Foundation National Academy of Sciences Conference, symposium speaker SYMPOSIA CHAIRED AND/OR
ORGANIZED (7) 2007 NM
Nanoscience Education Initiative July Public Lectures, co-Chair and
Organizer: 2006 SACNAS
Scientific Symposium, co-Chair and Organizer, “Multidisciplinary Approaches to Biological and Computational Systems
Research” 2005 Photonics
West, Biomedical Optics Special Forum: “Quantum
Dots in Drug Delivery and Neuroscience, Session Chair 2002
Gordon Conference on
Neuroethology:: Behavior, Evolution & Neurobiology, 2000 AAAS-
SWARM Symposium: Genomics and
Biotechnology, Session Chair and Organizer 1998 Society for
Advancement of Native Americans and Chicanos in the Sciences, Junior Faculty
Issues Panel, Session Chair and Organizer 1998 INVITED
SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
(Last 5 years, selected from 37) 2008 NSF BIO-ED Conversation, Chicago 2007 Department of Physiological
Sciences, UCLA Department of Biology, 2006 MIT Summer Research Program for
Undergraduate Students (vodcast) 2005 Department of
Physiological Sciences, UCLA Department of Biology, UCLA Department of Psychology, Department of Biology, 2004 Neurosciences Seminar Series, Department of Biology, 2003
Department of Biology, NMSU AAAS NM EPSCoR site visit review, invited speaker EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND
WORKSHOPS (Last 5 years, selected from
29) 2007 Science Cafe
at the Natural History Museum,“What is
a Stem Cell? NMSU
NMSU RISE Graduate
Student Workshop,“Writing Workshop for
Student Scientists” NMSU AMP Graduate
Student Workshop,“Professional Ethics” 2006 SACNAS Professional Development
Workshop, co-Chair and Organizer, “Hands-On Bioinformatics Workshop for
Postdoctoral Researchers and Advanced Graduate Students” 2005 Academy for Learning in Retirement,
2004 NMSU NSF ADVANCE Mentors Workshop: Co-Chair and Speaker, "Best mentoring
practices" NM-BRIN Symposium, Speaker,
"Ethics of Collaborations"
BRIDGES
recruitment day for Native American Students, “Auditory
processing and hearing loss” 2003 NMSU
Chicano Programs Generaciones Mother/Daughter
Program, “Introduction
to Neuroscience” NMSU Office of the Provost
new faculty orientation:, ”Introduction
to Research and Grantsmanship” NM Consortium for
Bioresearch, SACNAS Community
Outreach Lecture for High School Students, "Fabian Garcia, Scientist, Visionary, New Mexican" |
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