CCM - County College of Morris

 

Name: Dr. Maria P. Isaza
Rank: Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair
Department: Biology
Division: Health and Natural Sciences
Hired: June, 2007

Education:
A.S. Biology, County College of Morris 
A. A. S. Medical Laboratory Technology County College of Morris 
BS. Biology, College of Saint Elizabeth
Ph. D. Biomedical Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

 

Honors and Awards:
Graduated with Honors: County College of Morris (1999)
Graduated Summa Cum Laude: College of Saint Elizabeth (2002)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (2004)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Fellowship (2007)
American Society for Microbiology Travel Award (2007)

Articles Written:
Screen for leukotoxin mutants in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans: genes of the phosphotransferase system are required for leukotoxin biosynthesis.
Isaza MP, Duncan MS, Kaplan JB, Kachlany SC.Infect Immun. 2008

A bioluminescent HL-60 cell line to assay anti-leukaemia therapeutics under physiological conditions.
Isaza MP, Chau JT, Le A, Balashova NV, Patel JK, Salerno E, Crosby JA, O'Connor A, Kachlany SC.Luminescence. 2008

Professional Affiliations:
American Society for Microbiology (2003)
Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (2010)