Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Melanie Cruz

M.S. Student

Melanie Cruz was born and raised in Illinois and graduated from the University of San Diego having majored in Biochemistry with minors in Comprehensive Music and Biomedical Ethics. Her undergraduate thesis focused on the role of post-translational modification in its effect on enzyme kinetics on enzymes shown to be hyperactive in numerous types of cancer cells.

Track/Discipline:  Anatomical Sciences

Education

B.A., Biochemistry, University of San Diego, 2020

Publications

Cruz, M., Balagtas, A., & Provost, J. (2020, April). Effect of N-terminal Splice Variants and Post-Translational Modification on Regulation and Activity of Human Cytosolic Malate Dehydrogenase. FASEB J. 34, 1_supplement. Abstract. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.02681.