Medical Scientist Training Program

Luis Paniagua

6th Year Graduate Student
8th Year MSTP

lpaniagu@mcw.edu

Research Interests

• Advisor: Gilbert C. White, II, MD
• Project: Determining the downstream signaling events of the small GTPase, Rap1b, in platelets
• Funding: NIH-Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Predoctoral Fellowship

Education

• B.S., University of California - Riverside Major: Biochemistry

Research Experience

• UCR – 2 years
  • Advisor: Craig V. Byus, Ph.D.
  • Project: Using polyamine levels in leukocytes as early (preclinical) markers of cancer risk induced by high-power EM fields
  • Funding: NIH-MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U*STAR)

Interests

• Listening to/playing Jazz (trombone), bowling, reading or watching science fiction