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Advanced Concentration |
Neuroscience | |
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Mentor |
David R. Borchelt, Ph.D. | ||
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Neuroscience | ||
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August 2005 | ||
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L4-166 | ||
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294-0582 | ||
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merchepa@ufl.edu | ||
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Education |
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B.S., Biology, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz (Spain) |
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Dissertation Research |
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| Implications of detergent insoluble aggregates of mutant SOD1 proteins in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | |||
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| Hofer T, Seo AY, Prudencio M, Leeuwenburgh C. A method to determine RNA and DNA oxidation simultaneously by HPLC-ECD: greater RNA than DNA oxidation in rat liver after doxorubicin administration. Biol Chem. 2006 Jan;387(1):103-11. abstract | |||
| Abstracts Presented at Meetings | |||
Mercedes Prudencio and David R. Borchelt. Modulation of aggregation of mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) proteins by wild-type SOD1. College of Medicine Research Day, University of Florida, Gainesville. April 23, 2008. |
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Mercedes Prudencio. Aggregate formation and modulation in familial ALS: a cell culture approach. Medical Guild Competition-Neuroscience. March 14, 2008. |
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Mercedes Prudencio. Modulation of mutant SOD1 aggregation in 293FT cells. PPG meeting, San Antonio, TX. March 8-9, 2008. |
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| Mercedes Prudencio. Modulation of mutant SOD1 aggregation by co-expression of WT and WT-like SOD1 variants. Graduate Seminar series, McKnight Brain Institute at University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, February 2008. |
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Mercedes Prudencio, Hilda Slunt and David R. Borchelt. Aggregation propensity of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) mutants in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: implication of interactions with wild-type SOD1. 37th Annual meeting of Society of Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 2-7, 2007. |
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Celeste M. Karch, Mercedes Prudencio, Hilda Slunt and David R. Borchelt. An assay to characterize superoxide dismutase 1 aggregation in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. PERC Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, Hilton-University of Florida, Gainesville, October 8, 2007. Poster and snapshot presentation. NOTE: CMK and MP contributed equally to the elaboration of the poster. |
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Mercedes Prudencio, Hilda Slunt and David R. Borchelt. Aggregation propensity of superoxide dismutase 1 in a cell culture study of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Spring 2007 Graduate Student Council Forum, University of Florida, Gainesville, April 4, 2007. |
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Mercedes Prudencio, Hilda Slunt and David R. Borchelt. Aggregation propensity of superoxide dismutase 1 in a cell culture study of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. College of Medicine Research Day, University of Florida, Gainesville, March 20, 2007. |
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Mercedes Prudencio. Aggregation propensity of Superoxide Dismutase 1 in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. PPG meeting, UCLA, Los Angeles. March 15-18, 2007. |
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Mercedes Prudencio. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: superoxide dismutase 1 and protein aggregation. Sack Lunch Graduate Series, McKnight Brain Institute at University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January 2007. |
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Honors & Awards |
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| Short-term research scholarship funded by the Ministry of Education and Science, Spain, 2005. | |||
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