<p> CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE The Scripps Research MEDICINE Institution: Institute> BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH NAME: Suzanne E. Peterson POSITION: Research associate EDUCATION / TRAINING: Institution or Location Degree Year(s) Field of Study Scripps College, Claremont, CA BA 1991-1995 Biology Lancaster University, England N/A 1993 Biology Molecular University of Southern PhD 1998-2003 Microbiology and California, Los Angeles, CA Immunology The Scripps Research Institute N/A 2004-present Neuroscience</p><p>1. POSITIONS AND SELECTED HONORS Positions of Employment Summer 1992 Research Associate, Molecular Biology, San Diego State University Summer 1993 Student Research Program in Molecular Biology, UCSD School of Medicine Summer 1994 Research Assistant, Molecular Biology, City of Hope National Medical Center 1992-1994 Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Claremont Colleges 1995-1998 Research Specialist, Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles 2004 – present Research Associate, Dept. of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute</p><p>Honors and Awards 1991 Point Loma High School Valedictorian 1991-1995 James E. Scripps Scholarship recipient 1993 American Heart Association Student Research Program Award in Molecular Biology, UCSD School of Medicine 1995 Graduated Cum Laude with honors in Biology 1995 Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society 2002 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles poster session award winner 2004 American Association for Cancer Research Scholar-in-Tranining Award Recipient 2004.2006 Neuroplasticity of Aging Training Grant Postdoctoral Fellowship (NIH) 2007 American Parkinson Disease Association Postdoctoral Fellowship</p><p>Professional Memberships 1998 – present American Association for the Advancement of Science 1995 – present Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society 2004 – present Society for Neuroscience</p><p>RL1-00XXX-1 New Cell Lines Award BioSketch Teaching Experience 2006 and 2007 Childrens Hospital Orange County hESC training course lecturer,“Aneuploidies in hESCs.” 2007 Burnham Institute for Medical Research hESC training course lecturer, “Aneuploidies in hESCs.”</p><p>2. SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER) 1. Bogenmann, E., Peterson, S., Maekawa, K., and Matsushima, H. Regulation of NGF responsiveness in human neuroblastoma. Oncogene 17:2367, 1998. 2. Peterson, S. and Bogenmann, E. Osmotic swelling induces p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) expression via nitric oxide. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278:33943, 2003. 3. Peterson, S. and Bogenmann, E. The RET and TRKA pathways collaborate to regulate neuroblastoma differentiation Oncogene 23:213, 2004. 4. Rehen, SK., Kingsbury, MA., Almeida, BSV., Herr, DR., Peterson, SE., Chun, J. A new method of embryonic culture for assessing global changes in brain organization. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 158:100-108. 2006. 5. Kingsbury MA, Yung YC, Peterson SE, Westra JW, Chun J. Aneuploidy in the normal and diseased brain. Cellular and Molecular Life Science. 63, 2626-2641. 2006. 6. Peterson, SE., Rehen, SK, Westra, JW., Yung, YC., Chun, J. Spectral Karyotyping and Fluorescent in situ Hybridization. In Human stem cell manual: A laboratory guide, chapter 6, pp. 71-84. 2007. Elselvier. 7. Westra, JW., Peterson, SE., Yung, YC., Mutoh, T., Barral, S., Chun, J. Aneuploid mosaicism in the developing and adult cerebellar cortex. Journal of Comparative Neurology. In press. 8. Peterson, SE., Westra, JW, Paczkowski, CM., Chun, J. Chromosomal Mosaicism in Neural Stem Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology: Neural Stem Cells. Chapter16, pp. 197-204. 2008. Humana Press, In press. </p><p>Abstracts 1. Peterson, S. and Bogenmann, E. Neuroblastoma differentiation is regulated by cooperation of the RET and TRKA signaling pathways. AACR temporary abstract #4238. American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting, 2004. 2. Peterson, SE., Yang, AH., Westra, JW., Yung, YC., Mutoh, T., Rehen, SK., Chun, J. Non-unifor changes in mosaic aneuploidies of the developing cerebral cortex following caspase inhibition. #776.19 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, 2007. </p><p>RL1-00XXX-1 New Cell Lines Award BioSketch Patents: One patent pending. “Selection, Propagation and use of mosaic aneuploid stem cells.” </p><p>3. RESEARCH SUPPORT 2004.2006 Neuroplasticity of Aging Training Grant Postdoctoral Fellowship (NIH). NIH #5 T32 AG00216-13. “Functional consequences of neuronal aneuploidy”</p><p>2007 American Parkinson Disease Association Postdoctoral Fellowship. “Contribution of chromosomal aneuploidy to disease pathology in sporadic Parkinson’s Disease”</p><p>RL1-00XXX-1 New Cell Lines Award BioSketch <type in name of institution><type in name of key individual></p><p><Erase this text and continue biographical sketch></p><p>RL1-00XXX-1 New Cell Lines Award BioSketch </p>