Student Profile
Jason Klima“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” -Jamie Paolinetti |
 class of 2011 |
What CCS Meant for Me:
CCS allowed me to reach far and wide into UCSB campus events and opportunities. Even as a CCS Biochemistry major, I was able to take CCS music composition classes in a one-on-one setting with an instructor. I've countlessly enjoyed the “grad” student privileges through CCS, especially when I need a quarter-long book check out from Arts Library, or when I need to pull an all-nighter for a biophysical chemistry final (it's key to have a key to the CCS study rooms). Throughout my undergraduate experience, CCS has given me the flexibility to tailor my curriculum to my specific interests of biochemistry, music performance and composition, foreign language, mathematics, and alternative medicine. CCS is also very supple in that I'm able to major in CCS Biochemistry while minoring in music through the College of Letters and Science. The creative and academic amalgam that CCS upholds has hugely accelerated my route to graduate school.
Future Plans
Pursuing PhD at the University of Cambridge, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, to study mitochondrial genetics and disease, with a focus on transformation of mammalian mitochondria.
Awards
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Merck Index Award 2011
Burnham Scholarship for Engineering and Applied Sciences 2007-2011
Excellence in Physics Award, Summer Institute for Mathematics and Science 2007
Research / Publications
“Intra- and Extracellular Ca2+ Ions in the Signaling Pathway of Spontaneous Bioluminescence in Dinoflagellate Cells” Latz Lab, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. 2008-2010.
Gene therapies in macular degeneration. Zhang lab, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego. 2010.
“Determining the Role of Siderophores in Iron Acquisition by Marine Bacteria.” Butler Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara. 2009.
Tin (IV) Oxide Nanowires. Moskovits Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara. August 2007.