Vector-Borne Zoonoses Lab Team
Research Associates
Assistant Vice President High Containment Biological Laboratories (806) 834-7009 and (806) 885-0232 Education: Research Interests: Dr. Reinoso Webb is interested in infectious diseases affecting human and animals,
including vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. Currently, she focuses on the research
and diagnosis of high consequence pathogens and she is interested in the public health
impact that these may have. Experience in the Microbiology field includes extensive
animal and human diagnosis of infectious diseases using conventional and molecular
methods. As part of her doctoral studies, Dr. Reinoso Webb performed metagenomic studies
to analyze the role of the intestinal microbiota in the induction and perpetuation
of chronic inflammatory diseases using rodent models. Senior Research Associate Education: Research Interests: My academic training was based on laboratory science where I earned my Bachelor’s
degree as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist with certification from the American Society
for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and Master’s degree in Biomedical Science. I was able
to put my education into practice working in Hematology and Flow Cytometry. The work
and experience gained there inspired me to pursue research in the medical field, particularly
in cancer pathology. I gained much experience in Blood Cancers and refined my molecular
laboratory skills while working at TTUHSC El Paso and Lubbock academic departments.
I had the opportunity to do Breast and Pancreatic cancer research at the TTUHSC-El
Paso Molecular and Translational Medicine Department. I then focused on Neuroblastoma
at TTUHSC-Lubbock in the Pediatric Cancer Research Laboratory. My passion for refining
and developing new protocols lead me to my current position at the TTU Biological
Threat Research Laboratory, where I can combine research and clinical diagnostics
in genomic sequencing. This research environment provides me the ability to use my
experience, former training and gain new knowledge in infectious diseases and public
health. Senior Research Associate Education: Research Interests: For my undergraduate research, I participated in a project for developing a protocol
for the use of human blood as a replacement for sheep blood in blood agar plates to
accurately demonstrate beta, alpha, and gamma hemolysis. For my graduate thesis I
developed and validated an assay to detect CYP2D6 mutations utilizing high-resolution
melt curve analysis, an assay for detecting Lynch Syndrome via polymerase chain reaction
visualized using gel electrophoresis, and the CMS50 Cancer Panel on the Ion Torrent
Genexus Next-Generation Sequencer. I have always found the topic of the effects infectious
diseases and microbiology have on different populations interesting, as my main undergraduate
focus was to determine a way for under-developed nations utilize the resources available
to them, while still receiving accurate diagnoses for pathogens that could otherwise
be missed.Cynthia Reinoso Webb, Ph.D.
Dr. Bianca Rendon
Adriana Estrada M.S.
Sierra Malaeb M.S.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Texas Tech University Health Sciences CenterAshley Newland - Ph.D. Student
STUDENT
Department of Environmental Toxicology
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