Mentoring & Teaching
Mentoring & Teaching
Below, you’ll find my mentoring and teaching activities by my employment location.
Below, you’ll find my mentoring and teaching activities by my employment location.
Bioinformatics Projects
Independently supervised a total of 24 undergraduate students majoring in different science and engineering fields (Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology; Biochemistry; Systems and Computational Biology; Chemical Engineering; Computer Science; Statistics; Mathematics; and Data Theory) on a variety of computational projects.
Mentees included five participants of Bruins in Genomics (B.I.G.) summer program (2015, 2016, 2019, and 2021).
Guided students through different aspects of the research such as data analysis, problem solving, troubleshooting of the code, data organization, record keeping, literature survey, preparation of slides for talks and posters, and writing abstracts and manuscripts.
Seven undergraduate students were included as authors on four peer-reviewed publications related to these projects.
Experimental Projects
Independently supervised a total of 6 undergraduate students in different research projects.
Supervised one graduate student on his thesis project and 4 graduate students on their rotation projects.
Supervised the students in designing and execution of experimental protocols; training them in sterile tissue culture techniques; rigorous analysis of data; and guiding them in poster and manuscript preparation.
Three undergraduate students and one graduate student were included as authors on three peer-reviewed publications related to these projects.
Conference abstracts from independently mentored projects at UCLA
(Undergraduate mentees are highlighted in dark blue and the presenter is underlined)
15th Annual RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics with DREAM Challenges (2023), Los Angeles, CA. Using Alternative Polyadenylation Patterns for Predicting Patient Outcome for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma . R. Xin, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2023). Can long non-coding RNAs be robust markers of quiescent cells? W. M. Sparks, H. Huang, B. S. Bharathi, C. Ropp, A. Beshlikyan, K. Atai, K. Sarathy, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2023). Characterizing the homogeneity in quiescence gene expression programs across cell types. C. Ropp, K. Atai, K. Sarathy, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
USC Computational Biology Symposium (RECOMB Satellite meeting) (2022), Los Angeles, CA. LncRNAs and senescence-associated gene regulatory networks: Are they linked? W. M. Sparks, B. S. Bharathi, H. Huang, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2022). Investigating the gene regulatory landscape of cellular quiescence. G. Torrecampo, M. Emami, Z. Williams, K. Atai, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller. (G. Torrecampo was awarded the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research.)
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2022). Pan-cancer Analysis of Core Dormancy Genes. C. R. Tu, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2022). Single Cell Analysis of Intra-tumoral Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Cancer Based on Isoform Use. V. Subramanyam, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller. (V. Subramanyam was awarded the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research.)
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2022). Is there a link between H4K20 trimethylation and chromatin organization in cellular quiescence? A. Dunkwu, K. Atai, K. Sarathy, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2022). Super-Enhancer Landscapes Are Remodeled By Cell Cycle Arrest. S. Cheah, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller. (S. Cheah was awarded the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research.)
11th Southern California Systems Biology Symposium (2022), Los Angeles, CA. Decoding the non-coding RNA Regulatory Map in Cellular Senescence. W. M. Sparks, H. Huang, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
11th Southern California Systems Biology Symposium (2022), Los Angeles, CA. Core Regulatory Circuits in Cell Cycle Arrest. S. Cheah, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
The American Society for Cell Biology Meeting (2021). Deciphering the LncRNA Regulatory Map in Cellular Senescence. W. M. Sparks, H. Huang, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
ABRCMS (Virtual) (2021). The Potential Role of H4K20me3 Upregulation in Chromatin Architectural Changes During Cellular Quiescence. A. Dunkwu, K. Atai, K. Sarathy, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
Bruins-In-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (2021), Los Angeles, CA. Decoding the Regulatory Landscape of LncRNAs in Cellular Senescence. W. M. Sparks, H. Huang, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
11th Salk Institute Cell Cycle Meeting (Virtual) (2021). Non-coding RNAs Strike Back: Regulation of Protein Coding Genes via an RNA Network in Cellular Quiescence. W. M. Sparks, H. Huang, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
11th Salk Institute Cell Cycle Meeting (Virtual) (2021). Transcription Factor Cooperativity in Cellular Quiescence. S. Cheah, M. Mitra, A. Beshlikyan, K. Atai, and H. A. Coller.
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2021). Epigenetic Pathway Genes Characterize Intertumoral Heterogeneity in Breast and Prostate Cancer. M. W. Cheng, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller. (M. W. Cheng was awarded the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research.)
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2021). Investigating the Functional Role of H4K20me3 in Cellular Quiescence. K. Bonitto, K. Atai, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller. (K. Bonitto was awarded the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research.)
UCLA Undergraduate Research Week (Virtual) (2021). Cell Quiescence Involves Changes in Nuclear Morphology and Chromatin Organization. K. Sarathy, M. Mitra, K. Atai, and H. A. Coller.
10th Southern California Systems Biology Symposium (Virtual) (2021). Transcription Factor Co-binding in Cellular Quiescence. S. Cheah, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller. (Selected for Lightning Talk.)
13th Annual RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics with DREAM Challenges (Virtual) (2020). Resolving Higher-order Interactions Between Quiescence-Associated Transcription Factors. S. Cheah, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
Systems Approaches to Cancer Biology Meeting (Virtual) (2020). Intron Retention is a Robust Marker of Intertumoral Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. D. J. Tan, M. Mitra, A. M. Chiu, and H. A. Coller.
ABRCMS (Virtual) (2020). Investigating the Importance of Specific Upregulation of H4K20me3 During Reversible Cell Cycle Exit. K. Bonitto, K. Atai, K. Sarathy, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
ABRCMS (Virtual) (2020). Changes in Chromatin Organizing Complexes During Cell Cycle Exit. A. Dunkwu, K. Atai, K. Sarathy, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
17th Horizons in Molecular Biology Conference (Virtual) (2020). Into the Nuclear-verse: Changes in Gene Ex. pression and Chromatin Compaction During Cellular Quiescence. K. Sarathy, M. Mitra, K. Atai, H. Huang, A. Dunkwu, K. Bonitto, and H. A. Coller.
Cold Spring Harbor Epigenetics and Chromatin Meeting (Virtual) (2020). Co-regulation of Long Non-coding RNAs and Protein-coding Genes During Cell Quiescence. H. Huang, M. Mitra, K. Atai, K. Sarathy, and H. A. Coller.
25th Meeting of the RNA Society (Virtual) (2020). Intron Retention is a Robust Marker of Intertumoral Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. D. J. Tan, M. Mitra, A. M. Chiu, and H. A. Coller.
25th Meeting of the RNA Society (Virtual) (2020). Co-regulation of Long Non-coding RNAs and Protein-coding Genes During Cell Quiescence. H. Huang, M. Mitra, K. Atai, K. Sarathy, and H. A. Coller.
Bruins-In-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (2019), Los Angeles, CA. Analyzing the Chromosome Conformation Differences between Proliferating and Quiescent Cells in Relation to Changes in Gene Expression. H. Huang, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
Bruins-In-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (2019), Los Angeles, CA. Intron retention is a robust marker of intertumoral heterogeneity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. D. J. Tan, A. M. Chiu, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
11th Annual International Conference on Systems Biology of Disease (2018), Los Angeles, CA. Alternative Polyadenylation Links Cell Cycle to Migration. M. Mitra, E. L. Johnson, V. S. Swamy, L. E. Nersesian, W. Wang, and H. A. Coller.
3rd Annual Retreat, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (2015), Santa Monica, CA. Analysis of Inter-Tumor Heterogeneity in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Integrative Clustering. A. M. Chiu, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller. (Best poster award.)
6th RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Computational Biology (2017), Los Angeles, CA. Gene Regulatory Networks Define the Molecular Heterogeneity of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. A. M. Chiu, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller.
Bruins-In-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (2016), Los Angeles, CA. Analysis of Differential Gene Expression and Alternative Isoform Use Between Matched Normal and Tumor Tissues from Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients. A. M. Chiu, M. Mitra, and H. A. Coller. (Best Poster Award.)
Bruins-In-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (2015), Los Angeles, CA. RNA Sequencing of Quiescent and Proliferating Fibroblasts Reveals Differentially Expressed Genes and Splicing Isoforms. D. G. Taylor, M. Mitra, E. L. Johnson, D. C. Corney, and H. A. Coller. (Best Poster Award.)
Supervised and mentored three postbaccalaureate fellows.
Assigned experiments; provided training on experimental techniques; instructed the students on data analysis and record keeping; and mentored them regarding career- related issues.
Department of Chemistry (Teaching)
Teaching Assistant, CHEM 8066, Professional Conduct of Chemistry Research (Fall 2006).
Teaching Assistant, CHEM 1021, Chemical Principles I (Fall 2005, Summer 2005 & Spring 2003).
Teaching Assistant, CHEM 1022, Chemical Principles II (Fall 2002).