Abridged CV

Education

• Harvard University
  Ph.D Candidate, Biological and Biomedical Sciences (Leder Human Biology and Translational Medicine)
• Pitzer College
  B.A. Biology with Honors, Chemistry minor, summa cum laude, 2017
• La Academia Latinoamericana de Español, Quito, Ecuador
  Spanish Certification Level: Superior, 2015

Skills and Interests

• Lab: Quantitative microscopy (widefield, confocal) and image analysis, tissue culture of primary cells, human blood processing, cloning, immunofluorescence staining, western blots, high-throughput drug assays, platelet function assays
• Business: Competitive landscape analysis, grant writing, written and verbal communication, project management
• Programming: Proficient in programming with R, Python, MatLab, ImageJ/Fiji, and HTML/CSS
• Graphics: Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve
• Languages: English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Japanese (basic), Hebrew (basic)
• Interests: Health equity, microscopy, DEI initiatives, cutting-edge technology, digital art, hiking with my Beagle rescue

Fellowships and Awards

• Helmsley Fellowship for Quantitative Imaging course (Cold Spring Harbor), 2022
  • $2,000, 12.5% awarded
• Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study (Howard Hughes Medical Institute), 2020
  • $159,000, <20% awarded
• Graduate Prize Fellowship (Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), 2017
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (Ford Foundation), 2017
  • $75,000, 5% awarded
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (National Science Foundation), 2017
  • $138,000, 15% awarded
• Posters on the Hill Honorable Mention (Council on Undergraduate Research), 2017
• SACNAS National Conference Travel Scholarship (SACNAS), 2016
• Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (Howard Hughes Medical Institute), 2016
  • $5,000, 1 of 125 recipients
• Goldwater Scholarship for Excellence in Science (Goldwater Foundation), 2016
  • $7,500, <4% awarded
• First Place in APS Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section Scholander Award (American Physiological Society), 2016
• David S. Bruce Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award (American Physiological Society), 2016
• David S. Bruce Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award (American Physiological Society), 2016
• Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation in Physiology/Pathology (SACNAS), 2015
• SACNAS National Conference Travel Scholarship (SACNAS), 2015
• Integrative Organismal Systems Physiology Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship (American Physiological Society), 2015
  • $5,800, 1 of 8 recipients
• Teen Hero Award (Teen Line), 2013
• Lifeworks Award (Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center), 2012
• Tony Borbon Youth Scholarship (Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles), 2012

Research Experience

• Harvard Medical School
  Ph.D Candidate, 2018-Present
  Advisor: Timothy Mitchison
  
• Harvard Medical School
  HHMI EXROP Fellow, Summer 2016
  Advisor: Constance Cepko
• University of California, Merced
  IOSP Fellow, Summer 2015
  Advisor: Rudy Ortiz

Professional Experience

• MIT Volunteer Consulting Group
  Consultant (2023-Present)
• PreScouter (Innovation Consulting Firm)
  Analyst (2022-Present)
  
• Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Initiative, Harvard Medical School
  Founder and Gilliam Fellow (2020-Present)
  
• Leder Human Biology and Translational Medicine Program, Harvard Medical School
  Steering Committee Member and Website Designer (2018-2021)
  
• Health Professions Recruitment & Exposure Program (HPREP), Harvard Medical School
  Volunteer Experience Taskforce Leader (2019-2020), Pod Leader (2019-2020), Mentor of HPREP High School Student (2018), Diversity Committee Member (2018-2019), Workshop Teacher and Advisor (2017-2019), Survey Analyst (2017)
  
• Science in the News, Harvard University
  Graphic Designer (2017-2019)
  
• Writing Center, Pitzer College
  Writing Center Fellow and Fellowship Consultant (2016-2017)
  
• Office of Student Affairs, Pitzer College
  Resident Assistant (2014-2016)
  
• SACNAS Chapter, Claremont Colleges
  Vice President (2013-2016)
  
• Yachay Tech University, Ecuador
  Student Consultant and English-Spanish Translator & Editor (Spring 2015)
  
• Teen Line
  Hotline Listener and LAPD Trainer (2010-2013)
  

Teaching Experience

• Harvard Medical School
  Teaching Fellow, Principles of Human Disease: Physiology and Pathology, Fall 2019
• Pitzer College
  Teaching Assistant, Cell Biology Lab, Fall 2016

Publications

1. French S.L., Vijey P., Karhohs K.W., Wilkie A.R., Horin L.J., Ray A., Posorske B., Carpenter A.E., Machlus K.R., Italiano J.E. Jr. High-content, label-free analysis of proplatelet production from megakaryocytes. J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Oct;18(10):2701-2711.
2. Martinez B., Soñanez-Organis J. G., Godoy-Lugo J. A., Horin L. J., Crocker D. E., Ortiz R. M. (2017). Thyroid hormone-stimulated increases in PGC-1α and UCP2 promote life history-specific endocrine changes and maintain a lipid-based metabolism. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 312(2), R189–R196.

Conference Presentations

1. Horin L.J., et. al. Do microtubule depolymerizers induce inflammation in quiescent and non-quiescent cells? Poster presentation delivered at Cell Bio 2022, December 4, 2022.
2. Horin L.J., et. al., Gene expression analysis of RNA-sequencing datasets uncovers tissue- and cell type-specific microtubule biology. Poster presentation delivered at the American Society for Cell Biology, December 15, 2020.
3. Horin L.J., Chinchore Y., and Cepko C. Spatio-temporal activity of enhancer elements in key photoreceptor Warburg effect genes. Poster presentation delivered at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference, Long Beach, C.A., October 14, 2016.
4. Horin L.J., Martinez B., Crocker D.E., and Ortiz R.M. Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion is delayed after infusion of thyroid-stimulating hormone in prolonged-fasting northern elephant seal pups. Poster presentation delivered at the Experimental Biology 2016 Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2–6, 2016.
5. Horin L.J., Martinez B., Crocker D.E., and Ortiz R.M. Protein expression of CD36 increases after infusion of thyroid-stimulating hormone during prolonged-fasting in northern elephant seal pups. Poster presentation delivered at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference, Washington D.C., October 30, 2015.
6. Horin L.J. “Broadening Participation and Increasing Retention of Underrepresented Students in STEM Programs: An Undergraduate Perspective.” Oral presentation delivered at the NSF Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) Broadening Participation (BP) PI Meeting, Bethesda, MD, September 21, 2015.

Professional Organizations

• American Physiological Society (APS)
• American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
• Sigma Xi
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)