Alexandra Ciminera, Ph.D.

Graduated 2021

Current Position: Scientist

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Prior Academic Affiliations: UCLA (B.S. Biochemistry)

PH.D. Mentor: John Termini

Thesis Title: Inhibition of DNA repair by hyperglycemia – a mechanistic link between metabolic disease and genomic instability

Fellowships, Honors, Awards etc: H. N. & Frances Berger Foundation Fellow; Norman and Melinda Payson Graduate Student Fellow; Rachmiel Scientific Communication Award

Publication list:

  • Ahrens, B., Li, L., Ciminera, A., Chea, J., Poku, E., Bading,J., Weist, M., Miller, M., Colcher, D., & Shively, J. (2017). Diagnostic PET imaging of mammary microcalcifications using 64Cu-DOTA-Alendronate in a rat model of breast cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. PMID: 28450564

  • Ciminera, A. Jandial, R. Termini, J. Metabolic Advantages and Vulnerabilities in Brain Metastases. (2017) Clinical and Experimental Metastases.

  • Jandial, R., Neman, J., Lim, P., Tamae, D., Kowolik, C., Wuenschell, G., Shuck, S., Ciminera, A.,De Jesus, L., Ouyang, C., Chen, M., Termini, J. Inhibition of GLO1 in Glioblastoma Multiforme Increases DNA-AGEs, Stimulates RAGE Expression, and Inhibits Brain Tumor Growth in Orthotopic Mouse Models (2018) IJMS.

  • Vega-Crespo, A., Truong, B., Schoenberg, B., Ciminera, A., Larson, B., Anderson, D., Byrne, J. (2018) Adult Stem Cell Subsets from Adult Human Dermis. J Stem Cell Res Ther 8: 411. doi: 10.4172/2157-7633.1000411