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Ivonne Verduzco

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I'm from a small desert area in Southern California called the Coachella Valley, and I lived there my whole life before coming to Berkeley. I'm a third year studying Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Developmental Genetics, with the goal of being able to apply my genetics knowledge in the medical field when I enter medical school. Although I want to eventually become a doctor, the field of genetics has always intrigued me and being in Dr. O'Grady's lab seemed like a wonderful way to get to expand my genetics knowledge. In my free time I enjoy reading random books, watching Lost, exploring new areas near and far, playing volleyball with my friends, and discovering new music!

Kristina Dizon

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Kristina is a third year undergraduate student majoring in Conservation & Resource Studies. Her research interests lie within marine and aquatic biodiversity, evolution, and ecology. From a general perspective, she is interested in understanding the relationship between aquatic and marine invertebrates and how their presence affects their respective environments on a larger scale. Growing up in San Diego, California for a great portion of her life has fueled her appreciation for aquatic organisms, which in turn has inspired her to join the O'Grady Lab Group.

Undergraduate Publications

Bennett, GM, *Pantoja, NA, and O’Grady, PM  2012.  Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Wolbachia in Drosophila and other native Hawaiian insects.  Fly

Bonacum, J, DeSalle, R, O’Grady, PM, Olivera, D, *Wintermute, J, and Zilversmit, M.  2001.  New nuclear and mitochondrial primers for systematics and comparative genomics in Drosophilidae.  Drosophila Information Service 84:201-204.

Lapoint, RT, *Gidaya, A, and O’Grady, PM.  2011.  Phylogenetic relationships in the spoon tarsus subgroup of Hawaiian Drosophila; Conflict and concordance between gene trees.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press

*Nitta, JH and O’Grady, PM.  2008.  Mitochondrial phylogeny of the endemic Hawaiian craneflies (Diptera, Limoniidae, Dicranomyia): Implications for biogeography and species formation.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(3): 1182-1190.

O’Grady, PM, Lapoint, RT, Bonacum, J, *Lasola, J., *Owen, E., *Wu, Y., and DeSalle, R.  2011.  Phylogenetic and ecological relationships of the Hawaiian Drosophila inferred by mitochondrial DNA analysis.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press 

Oliveira, DCSG, *Wintermute, EH, Etges, WJ, Heed, WB, O’Grady, PM, and DeSalle, R.  2003.  Hierarchical structure in the Drosophila mojavensis cluster (Diptera: Drosophilidae).  Hereditas, 139: 223-227.

Ort, BS, *Bantay, RM, *Pantoja, NA, and O’Grady, PM  2012   Fungal diversity associated with Hawaiian Drosophila host plants. PLoS One, 10.1371/journal.pone.0040550
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