TITLE: Asst. Project Scientist & Director of Light Microscopy
EMAIL: jadvargas@nullucla.edu
OFFICE: Boyer 570
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Biology, The Salk Institute | University of California, San Diego – 2012
M.S. Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Southern Illinois University  – 2007
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine – 2003
B.S. Chemistry, University of California, Irvine – 2003

Research Interests

My current research interests are in developing image based assays for mammalian cell signaling systems that utilized live-cell approaches to view signaling events in real time at a single cell level to reveal events and mechanisms obscured by population averaging biochemical approaches. I am interesting in assays with workflows amenable to automation that can be used to generate functional data for the design and validation of mathematical models of gene regulatory networks.

Publications

Hobbies | Activities

In my spare time I try to stay fit doing judo 柔道 or gymnastics or playing volleyball at the beach. I also am a photography enthusiast and spend a lot of time taking random pictures of buildings or landscapes that catch my eye.  I’m a Mac.