Cindy Barrientos

Cindy Barrientos is an HTP alumna who transferred to the University of California at San Diego this fall to continue her studies in physiology and neuroscience. She graduated from Torrance High School in 2008 and from El Camino College in 2013.

Cindy won a scholarship at the 2013 Honors Transfer Council of California Student Research Conference at UC Irvine for her award-winning research poster, titled: “The effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the cellular communication of Vibrio harveyi.” Her research also won an award at the recent national conference of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).

“I thought this would be a great topic as there is a lot of concern over environmental impacts due to human activities,” she said. “Due to more sensitive equipment, scientists are able to find trace pharmaceuticals in marine habitats. I wanted to see if these low concentrations could potentially harm the organisms by testing an effect on the marine bacteria, Vibrio harveyi.”

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