Luis Jimenez conducts research at CLU

2011 Sep 13

Luis Jimenez was one of 21 undergraduate students at California Lutheran University who spent the summer conducting full-time research and will present their findings at the 8th Annual Student Research Symposium on Oct. 29.

With funding from university grants and guidance from faculty mentors, the students took on challenges that ranged from developing an inexpensive method for teaching neuroscience to investigating the connection between hip hop and religion. Most of the students will also publish their results and make presentations at professional conferences throughout the country.

Jimenez, a senior biochemistry major from Newbury Park, worked on "Identification of Genes in B Cells and T Cells That Change Expression After HCV Infection." He studied the effect of the Hepatitis C virus on white blood cells, which needs to be understood in order to eventually develop a vaccine. Jimenez received a Swenson Science Summer Research Fellowship to conduct the research.

The symposium will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Richter Hall in the Ahmanson Science Center.

CLU is a selective university located in Thousand Oaks, Calif., with Adult Degree Evening Program and graduate centers in Oxnard and Woodland Hills. With an enrollment of 4,000 students, CLU offers 36 undergraduate majors and graduate programs within the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Management and Graduate School of Education. Doctoral degrees in educational leadership, higher education leadership and clinical psychology are also offered. Members of the CLU student body come from across the nation and around the world and represent a diversity of faiths and cultures. For more information, visit http://www.callutheran.edu.