Carla Madrid | Graduate Student
Carla received her B.S. in Biochemistry at Texas Woman’s University in Denton where she graduated with honors. There, she investigated the enzyme restrictions site of cytomegalovirus complex M140 and M141 with Dr. Laura Hanson in the Biology department and Cisplatin stability using Raman Spectroscopy with Dr. Nasrin Mirsaleh-Kohan in the Chemistry department. She taught introduction to chemistry, was involved in the SUCCESS mentoring program for first generation students and was a public relations officer for the Kappa Epsilon Mu Club for science outreach in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Carla then joined Dr. Sheena Darcy’s group at the University of Texas at Dallas where she studied protein-protein interactions between histones and histone acetyltransferases using mass spectrometry. She was an active member of the Chemistry Graduate Student Association and was recognized for her involvement in National Engineer’s week “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day”. She is a member of the American Chemical Society and the National Society of Leadership and Success.
Carla was a Research Associate in Dr. Kendra Frederick’s group from April 2017 to August 2019. She joined as a graduate student in January 2020 and is focusing on aggregation-prone intrinsically disordered proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2022 Travel award, SACNAS National Diversity in STEM, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2020 NIH Molecular Biophysics Training Program T32 Trainee (Adjunct)
2016 Outstanding leadership and volunteer service, UT Dallas.
2014 Dean’s List, Texas Women’s University
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Segmental Isotopic Labeling: Applications to Protein NMR and DNP
Rupam Ghosh, Carla Madrid & Kendra K. Frederick
eMagRes, 9, 71-80 (2020)
SERVICE
2018 – present: Volunteer, University of Texas United to Serve
Explainer video about electricity (English/Spanish) for the Carnaval de Salud (2021)
2018 – present: Member and Outreach Coordinator (2020), Alliance of Women Scientists, UT Southwestern
2019 – present: Member, SACNAS, UT Southwestern
2020 – present: Contributing Author, Diversity Equity and Inclusion working group, Department of Biophysics, UT Southwestern
SELECTED POSTER PRESENTATIONS
- Madrid, C. Nguyen, T., Reynolds, K. & Frederick, K.K.
Defining the GP41-1 extein splice junction
2019 Protein Society Meeting, Seattle, WA. - Sotelo, C., Ibarra, C., Vigil, G., Metz, A., Harris, C., Williams, A., Madrid, C., Hernandez, D., McKim, M., Slavens, K., & Mirsaleh-Kohan, N.
The Kappa Epsilon Mu (KEM) Club at Texas Woman’s University: Moving forward the legacy of chemistry education and civic engagement in the community
2015 ACS Conference, Fort Worth, TX - Madrid, C. & Hanson, L.
Cytomegalovirus: M140 and M141 protein complex
2014 Art and Science Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX.
Frederick Lab 