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Kathryn Pierno

7th-8th Grade Science

8th Grade Math

Ph.D. candidate, Molecular Pathology, U.C. San Diego/ Salk Institute, Lab: Dr. Bartholomew Sefton: Dissertation: The Regulation of p56lck Kinase Activity Areas of concentration: Protein phosphorylation, T-cell activation, Cell transformation Course work: Graduate courses plus 1 year of medical school at UCSD as part of the program

M.S. Biochemistry, U.C. Davis

B.A. Biology, U.C. Santa Cruz

# Years Teaching 9 years

# YEARS AT GATEWAY  4 years

Experience Taught at UCSC: General Chemistry; Cabrillo College: Cell & Molecular Biology; UCSC: Disease Detectives; Molecular Pathology & Epidemiology; CAMP MESA Program: UCSC: Science Writing; Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley: Chemistry; UC Davis: Biochemistry

 

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