Ginger Tsueng- PhD Candidate
PhD Biology, SDSU/UCSD
Master Business Administration, SDSU
Team Delerium--"now entering a state of perpetual confusion"
B.S. Biochemistry/Cell Biology, B.S. Psychology
University of California, San Diego, 2002
Minors in Writing and Political Science
Lab Sections Taught
Biol 211L Spring 2010, Section 8
Biol 210L Spring 2009, Section 7
Awards
*CSUPERB Travel Grant, Fall 2012
*Lavin Venture Start Competition, Top 5 Finalists, Fall 2012
*Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholarship Renewal, Fall 2012-Spring 2013
*APICS West Coast Case Competition, 2nd place, Spring 2012
*Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholarship Renewal, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
*Inamori Fellowship, Fall 2010-Spring 2011
*Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholarship, Fall 2010-Spring 2011
*Gen-Probe PhD/MBA Fellowship, Fall 2010
*San Diego State University In State Tuition Scholarship, Fall 2007-Spring 2008
*US Patent 7572606 - Issued on August 11, 2009
*US Patent 7375129 - Issued on May 20, 2008
*Del Mar Thoroughbred Scholarship 1998-2002
Posters/Presentations
*San Diego State University Student Research Symposium. San Diego, CA, March 2012
*San Diego State University Student Research Symposium. San Diego, CA, March 2011
*San Diego State University Graduate Student Seminar Series, San Diego, CA, Feb 2011
*Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. November 2010
*San Diego Cell Biology Meeting. San Diego, CA. April 2010
*San Diego State University Graduate Student Symposium. San Diego, CA, April 2010
*San Diego State University Student Research Symposium. San Diego, CA, February 2010
*American Society for Cell Biology. San Diego, CA. December 2009
*59th annual meeting of Society for Industrial Microbiology, San Diego, CA. August 2008.
*55th Annual Meeting of Society for Industrial Microbiology, Anaheim, CA. July 2004
Publications
Coxsackievirus Preferentially Replicates and Induces Cytopathic Effects in Undifferentiated Neural Progenitor Cells. Tsueng G, Tabor-Godwin JM, Gopal A, Ruller CM, Deline S, An N, Frausto RF, Milner R, Crocker SJ, Whitton JL, Feuer R. J Virol. 2011 Jun;85 (12):5718-32. Epub 2011 Apr 6
Enterovirus infections of the central nervous system. Rhoades RE, Tabor-Godwin JM, Tsueng G, Feuer R. Virology. 2011 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print]
A preliminary investigation on the growth requirement for monovalent cations, divalent cations and medium ionic strength of marine actinomycete Salinispora. G. Tsueng and K.S. Lam. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 86:1525-1534. Epub 2010 Jan 19
The effect of cobalt and vitamin B12 on the production of salinosporamides by Salinispora tropica. G. Tsueng and K.S. Lam. J Antibiot (Tokyo). 62(4):213-6. Epub 2009 Feb 6
Antiprotealide is a natural product. R.R. Manam, V.R. Macherla, G. Tsueng, C.W. Dring, J. Weiss, S.T. Neuteboom, K.S. Lam, B.C. Potts. J Nat Prod. 72(2):295-297. Epub 2009 Jan 9
Lynamicin A-E: Chlorinated bisindole pyrrole antibiotics from a novel marine actinomycete. K.A. McArthur, S.S. Mitchell, G. Tsueng, D.J. White, J. Grodberg, K.S. Lam and B.C.M. Potts. J Nat Prod. 71(10):1732-7. Epub 2008 Oct 9
Growth of Salinispora tropica strains CNB440, CNB476 and NPS21184 in non-saline, low sodium media. G. Tsueng and K.S. Lam. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 80: 873-880, 2008.
Seawater requirement for the production of lipoxazolidinones by marine actinomycete strain NPS8920. M.J. Sunga, S. Teisan, G. Tsueng, V.R. Macherla and K.S. Lam. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 35: 761-765, 2008.
Defined salt formulations for the growth of Salinispora tropica strain NPS21184 and the production of salinosporamide A (NPI-0052) and related analogs. G. Tsueng, S. Teisan and K.S Lam. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 78: 827-832, 2008.
A low-sodium salt formulation for the fermentation of salinosporamides by Salinispora tropica strain NPS21184. G. Tsueng and K.S. Lam. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 78: 821-826, 2008.
Stabilization effect of resin on the production of potent proteasome inhibitor NPI-0052 during submerged fermentation of Salinispora tropica. G. Tsueng and K.S. Lam. J. Antibiot. 60: 469-472, 2007.
Unique butyric acid incorporation patterns for salinosporamides A and B reveal distinct biosynthetic origins. G. Tsueng, K.A. McArthur, B.C.M. Potts and K.S. Lam. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 75: 999-1005, 2007.
Effects of halogens on the production of salinosporamides by the obligate marine actinomycete Salinispora tropica. K.S. Lam, G. Tsueng, K.A. Reed, S.S. Scott, B.C.M. Potts and J. Xu. J. Antibiot. 60: 13-19, 2007.
