Wilda Orisme


Advanced Concentration

Neuroscience

Mentor

W. Clay Smith, Ph.D. 

Department

Neuroscience

Enrolled 

August 2003

Lab Room

D4-42

E-mail

orisme@ufl.edu

Education

B.S., Chemistry, Florida Memorial College

Dissertation Research

Arrestin Translocation in Rod Photoreceptors:  The Signaling Cascade and the Mechanisms

Publications

Smith WC, Peterson JJ, Orisme W, Dinculescu A. Arrestin translocation in rod photoreceptors. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2006;572:455-64.   abstract

Reidel B, Orisme W, Goldmann T, Smith WC, Wolfrum U. Photoreceptor vitality in organotypic cultures of mature vertebrate retinas validated by light-dependent molecular movements. Vision Res. 2006 Dec;46(27):4464-71.  abstract

Peterson JJ, Orisme W, Fellows J, McDowell JH, Shelamer CL, Dugger DR, Smith WC. A role for cytoskeletal elements in the light-driven translocation of proteins in rod photoreceptors. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Nov;46(11):3988-98.  abstract

Abstracts Presented at Meetings

Orisme W, Smith WC (2007) Phospholipase C Activation and Inhibition Modifies Arrestin Translocation to Rod Outer Segments. Molec. Biol. Cell

Orisme W, Smith WC (2007) Phospholipase C Activation and Inhibition Modifies Arrestin Translocation to Rod Outer Segments. Ocular Cell and Molecular Biology (OCMB). (Oral Presentation)

Orisme W, Peterson JJ, Dinculescu A, McDowell JH, Smith WC, (2007) Arrestin Migration to the Rod Outer Segments in Response to m-3M3FBS, an Activator of Phospholipase C Invest. Ophthalmology. Vis. Sci. Suppl.

Orisme W, Smith WC (2007) The Signaling Cascade for Arrestin Translocation. South East Nerve Net Conference (SENN) (Oral Presentation)

Orisme W. Peterson JJ, Dinculescu A, McDowell JH, Smith WC, (2006) Arrestin Translocation in Rod Photoreceptors in Xenopus laevis. 2006 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)

Orisme W, Smith WC (2006) Arrestin Migrates to the Rod Outer Segments in Response to m-3M3FBS, an Activator of Phospholipase C. Tenth Annual Vision Research Conference, P23

Orisme W, Smith WC (2005) Arrestin Translocation in Rod Photoreceptors is Stimulated by Phorbol 12,13-diacetate. Invest. Ophthalmology. Vis. Sci. Suppl. 46:1716

Smith WC, McDowell JH, Peterson JJ, Fellows JF, Orisme W (2004) The Role of the Cytoskeleton in the Translocation of Proteins in Photoreceptors. Molec. Biol. Cell. 15:405a

Honors & Awards

Neuroscience Travel Award-University of Florida, 2007

The American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee Travel Award, 2007

South East Nerve Net Travel Award, 2007


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