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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Dawn M. Delo

ADDRESS: Residence: 2150 Denise Lane Winston-Salem, NC 27127 Home: (336)-784-1072 Cell: (336)-624-7659

Business: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1083 Phone: (336)-713-7282 E-mail: [email protected]

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

BIRTHPLACE: Smithtown, New York

BIRTHDATE: July 17, 1981

CITIZENSHIP: United States of America

MARITAL STATUS: Single

EDUCATION:

1999.2003 Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, FL BS: 2003 Major: Biochemistry Honors Thesis in Biology

2003-present Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC Laboratory Advisor: Dr. Anthony Atala Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Ph.D. Candidate (Passed Qualifying Exam September 28, 2005) Program: Molecular Medicine Delo 2

HONORS and AWARDS:

2006/2007 Wake Forest University Alumni Student Travel Award-American Heart Association Meeting

2006 Invited by the NIH to attend the Annual NIH Graduate Student Research Festival: October 10-11, 2006

2006 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Research Training Fellowship (F31)

2006 Sigma Xi Scientific Society Grant

2005/2006 Wake Forest University Alumni Student Travel Award- Keystone Symposia on Cardiac Regeneration

2003 Invited Senior Thesis in Biology Eckerd College Saint Petersburg, FL 33711

2003 Florence Siebert Research Award Eckerd College Saint Petersburg, FL 33711

2001 Eckerd College Natural Sciences Summer Research Program Howard Hughes Foundation Eckerd College Saint Petersburg, FL 33711

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

2004-present American Heart Association 2003-present International Society for Stem Cell Research Junior Investigator’s Committee Member 2003-present Student Society for Stem Cell Research-Board Member 2003-present International Society for Stem Cell Research 2002-present Sigma Xi Research Society 2002-2003 Society of Developmental Biology 2001-2003 American Chemical Society

TEACHING EXPERIENCES:

Summer 2006 Undergraduate Research Mentor, Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine Undergraduate Program Delo 3 Fall 2005 Crosby Scholar Advisor for High School Students

Fall 2005 Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Professional Development

Fall 2005 Teaching Assistant: Ethics in Biomedical Sciences

Summer 2005 Undergraduate Research Mentor, Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine Undergraduate Program

Summer 2004 Research Mentor-CERTL High School Student Mentor Program

Spring 2002 Teaching and Laboratory Assistant: Genetics: Investigative

Fall 2003 Teaching and Laboratory Assistant General Chemistry I

Spring 2003 Teaching and Laboratory Assistant Genetics: Investigative

Spring 2003 Teaching and Laboratory Assistant: General Chemistry II

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

POSTERS

Delo, DM, Neshat-Vahid, S*; DeCoppi, P; Milanesi, A; Christ, G; Soker, S; Atala, A. Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem Cells for Cardiac Therapeutics, International Society for Stem Cell Research Conference, June 2006.

Delo, DM, Neshat-Vahid, S*; DeCoppi, P; Milanesi, A; Christ, G; Soker, S; Atala, A. Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem Cells for Cardiac Therapeutics, Wake Forest University Graduate School Research Day, 2006

Delo, DM, Neshat-Vahid, S*; DeCoppi, P; Milanesi, A; Christ, G; Soker, S; Atala, A. Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem Cells for Cardiac Therapeutics, Keystone Symposia on Cardiac Regeneration and Disease, 2006

Delo DM, Koh C, Lanza R, Lee J, Yoo J, Soker S., Atala, A. Parthenogenesis-derived Multipotent Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering Applications, International Society for Stem Cell Research Conference, June 2005.

Delo DM, Eberli D, Atala A, Soker S. Engineering of Aging Muscle Tissue, Wake Forest University Graduate Student Research Day, 2005

Nomi M., Soker S., Delo DM, Eberli D., DeCoppi P., Yoo J, Atala A. Enhancement of Muscle Regeneration Using Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor(VEGF) and Endothelial Cells, Wake Forest Surgical Sciences Research Day, 2004

Nomi M., Soker S., Delo DM, Eberli D., DeCoppi P., Yoo J, Atala A. Enhancement of Delo 4 Muscle Regeneration Using Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor(VEGF) and Endothelial Cells, NCTEIG Meeting, 2004

Koh C.,Lanza R., Lee J., Chen K., Delo DM., Hipp J., Soker S., Yoo J., Atala A. Parthenogenesis: A Novel Source of Stem Cells for Reconstruction; NCTEIG Meeting, 2004

Delo DM, Lipscomb K, Nascone NM: Ectopic retinoic acid induces three-dimensional patterning defects in the digestive system Society of Developmental Biology Conference-Madison, WI: 2002

Delo DM, Kakoullis J, Schnabel C, Guida WC: Zinc Model Systems. American Chemical Society Conference-Orlando, FL: 2002

PRESENTATIONS

Delo DM, A Novel Source of Stem Cells for Cardiac Regeneration, June 2006 (Wake Forest Institute for Regeneration Seminar Series)

Delo DM, Engineering of Aging Skeletal Muscle Tissue, June 2005(Regenerate 2005 Conference, Atlanta, GA)

Delo DM, Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Regeneration; May 6, 2005(Wake Forest Health Sciences)

Delo DM, Muscle Tissue Engineering. April 23, 2004 (Wake Forest Health Sciences)

Delo DM, “Protein Therapy”: Non-viral Delivery of proteins to Mitochondria. November 21, 2003 (Wake Forest Health Sciences)

Delo DM, High Throughput Screening by In Situ Hybridization of a Heart Specific cDNA Library: Senior Thesis Presentation: May 8, 2003 (Eckerd College)

INVITED SEMINAR Delo DM, High Throughput Screening by In Situ Hybridization of a Heart Specific cDNA Library: May 15, 2003 (Eckerd College)

PUBLICATIONS Dawn M. Delo, Paolo DeCoppi, George Bartsch, Anthony Atala(2006) Amniotic Fluid and Placental-Derived Pluripotential Cells; Methods In Enzymology volume on Embryonic Stem Cells; (in press)

Paolo De Coppi, Dawn M. Delo, Lynn Farrugia, Kavid Udompanyanan, James J.Yoo, Masashi Nomi, Anthony Atala and Shay Soker (2005) Angiogenic gene modified muscle cells for enhancement of tissue formation; Tissue Engineering Delo 5

Histology Techniques -paraffin sectioning -cryosectioning Cell Culture -basic analysis -Stem cell isolation -immunohistochemistry and -MACS technology immunofluorescence -Flow cytometry -skeletal myoblast isolation and Microscopy culture -fluorescence microscopy -confocal microscopy -scanning electron microscopy Microsurgical techniques -transmission electron -carotid artery isolation microscopy -jugular vein isolation -time-lapse microscopy -coronary artery ligation and ligation and reperfusion injury Molecular Biology -direct cell injection in the heart -DNA, RNA, protein assays -Western blot Cardiac Physiology Analysis -PCR -Pressure Volume Loops -adenovirus and retrovirus -Echocardiography production and infection -Magnetic Resonance imaging -plasmid production, isolation and purification -transfection, nucleofection

Graduate Courses:

Molecular Biology I & II Metabolism & Bioenergetics Proteins & Enzymes Research Techniques in Microscopy Biochemical Techniques Molecular Basis of Human Disease I & II Physiology/Pharmacology Clinical Molecular Medicine Contemp Issues in Molecular Med Scientific Communication Adv Topics: Molecular Medicine Statistics Research