Christian Jimenez
At Santa Clara University, my area of research was developing synthetic peptidomimetic molecules called peptoids that can serve as promising new drug delivery systems. Throughout my senior year, I took a few bioengineering courses related to immune and neural engineering that fostered a new passion for neuro-immunotherapy.
I am privileged to work in the Okada Lab utilizing cutting-edge techniques in the field of immunotherapy to discover novel therapeutic treatments for glioblastoma. I hope to attend medical school and later a surgical residency either specializing in neurosurgery or trauma surgery.
Interests outside the lab:
Junior & Adult Tennis Coach, Running, Reading
Email: Christian.Jimenez@ucsf.edu
2021, B.S. in Biochemistry, Santa Clara University
Sequence Changes Modulate Peptoid Self-Association in Water.
Fuller AA, Jimenez CJ, Martinetto EK, ... Huber J, McComas KN, Ortega A.
Front Chem. 2020 Apr 23;8:260. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00260. PMID: 32391314; PMCID: PMC7191062.
Solution effects on the self-association of a water-soluble peptoid.
Fuller AA, Huber J, Jimenez CJ, ... McComas KN, Kunkel J, Asuri P.
Biopolymers. 2019 Apr;110(4):e23248. doi: 10.1002/bip.23248. Epub 2018 Dec 22. PMID: 30578630.
Peptoids advance multidisciplinary research and undergraduate education in parallel: Sequence effects on conformation and lipid interactions.
Jimenez CJ, Tan J, Dowell KM, ... Calkins AL, Fuller AA, Stokes GY.
Biopolymers. 2019 Apr;110(4):e23256. doi: 10.1002/bip.23256. Epub 2019 Jan 11. PMID: 30633339; PMCID: PMC6590334.