Kalina Dimova
EDUCATION
College / University
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Subjects
Biochemistry, highest departmental honors / German studies
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 |