Contact info:

PI: Associate Professor Sally G Pasion
Department of Biology
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
tel: 415-405-0736 (office) 5-0751 (lab)
e-mail: pasion(at)sfsu(dot)edu

FALL 2018 Office Hours

THURSDAYS, 3:30pm - 5:30pm (strict end time), in HH668C

NOTE: office hours cancelled on Thu 10/18/18

Office Hours are first come, first served - drop in. Make sure you sign in at the main hallway entrance.

Please see this web page for useful Biology Advising information: Undergraduate Advising information for Biology Majors
General Biology Advising only for CURRENT advisees--NEW GENERAL BIOLOGY advisees should consult the Department of Biology Office and to find an alternate General Biology Advisor.


For advising, please make sure that you
•STOP at the Department of Biology Office HH534
•PICK UP the BIOLOGY ADVISING CHECKLIST or DOWNLOAD the Biology Advising Checklist (click here to download) BEFORE you visit
•READ the BIOLOGY ADVISING CHECKLIST
•BRING all the required paperwork indicated in the Checklist for your meeting

Students must be prepared for the advising appointment:
Go to the Biology Advising web page:
http://biology.sfsu.edu/content/undergraduate-advising-biology-students
Go to the General Biology Advising web page:
http://biology.sfsu.edu/content/bachelor-arts-general-biology
Student must bring ALL paperwork (Biology Advising Checklist, SFSU unofficial transcripts, DARS/ASE/Degree Progress Report, supporting documents from transfer campuses, forms) to the meeting


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FALL 2018

Biol 355 Genetics - [Mon, Wed, Fri] TH 327

Biol 355-01 9:00am - 9:50am

Biol 355-02 12:00pm - 12:50pm

The prerequisite courses for Biol 355 are completion of Biol 230 & 240 (1st year majors introductory biology) and Chem 130 OR Chem 233 (General Organic Chemistry, or Organic Chemistry I, respectively), each with a grade of C- or better. The prerequisites ARE STRICTLY enforced. (Note that the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department requires a C or better in all prerequisite courses, if you are planning to take Chem 335 Organic Chem II, or Biochemistry, or any other course that requires Organic Chemistry) If you have not completed the prerequisite courses - DROP THE COURSE - you will not be allowed to remain enrolled in Biol 355. Successful registration (touch-tone) in Biol 355 is not a guarantee of enrollment--successful completion of the prerequisites must be confirmed.

All students who wish to enroll in Biol 355 (whether you are currently registered or wish to add the class) must attend the first day of class (Monday, Aug 27, 2018). To expedite enrollment, each student must bring his/her unofficial SFSU transcript or SFSU transfer credit report or transcripts from the non-SFSU campus, demonstrating successful completion of the prerequisite courses (UNLESS YOUR TRANSFER COURSES ARE ON YOUR TRANSFER CREDIT REPORT). These forms will be turned in to the instructor during the first week of classes.

We will also use iclickers daily (iclicker original or iclicker2 will work).

Biol 743 Cell and Molecular Techniques - [Tue, Thu]

Biol 743-01 11:00am - 12:15pm, ROOM HSS 201

The course involves lecture and discussion of modern techniques and design of strategies used in cell and molecular biology research. Includes discussion of societal issues. The prerequisites for this GRADUATE course are graduate status, completion of Biol 357, Chem 340, and Chem 341 (or their equivalent) with a grade of C- or better, and consent of instructor. The prerequisites will be enforced. Biology graduate students will have priority for enrollment. Note that concurrent enrollment in Biol 357 may be allowed with instructor approval. Undergraduates will be allowed to enroll/remain enrolled in the course only after all graduate students have enrolled in the course. Successful registration (touch-tone) in Biol 743 is not a guarantee of enrollment--successful completion of the prerequisites must be confirmed.

All students who wish to enroll in Biol 743 (whether you are currently registered or wish to add the class) must attend the first day of class (Tuesday, Aug 28, 2018). To expedite enrollment, each student must bring his/her unofficial SFSU transcript or SFSU transfer credit report or transcripts from the non-SFSU campus, demonstrating successful completion of the prerequisite courses. These forms will be turned in to the instructor on the first day of class.

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Summer 2015 Lab Photo	Spring 2018 Lab Photo
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Janell Garcia - Undergraduate student	Ntsaum Vang - Masters student
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Kanika Sethi - Undergraduate student	Jiayu Luo - Masters student
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Marakee Tilahun - Undergraduate student
Spring 2012 Lab Photo

Previous Lab Members:
Vanessa Aguilera  (B.S. SF State, M.S. SF State, now at Clover Health)
Masae Ahmann (graduate student, currently SF State MS student)
Mattelin Bautista (Bridges Summer Student)
Dennis Bua (M.S. SF State, Ph.D. and postdoc Stanford)
Berenice Cabrera (B.S. SF State)
Janis Cabuhat (B.S. SF State, currently at Genentech)
Joni Castro (SF State graduate student)
Shani Chapman (M.S. SF State)
Johnny Chavez (M.S. SF State)
Laura Cochrane (Research Technician, SF State graduate student)
Sheire Coleman (B.S.)
Noel Cruz-Pacheco (M.S. SF State, currently Research Associate at UCSF)
Amy Dhirapong (graduate student, Ph.D. UC Davis)
Letizia Diamante (Visiting International Scholar; MS, Univ. of Pavia; currently University of Cambridge Ph.D. student)
Gemma Estrada Girona (M.S. SF State, currently Research Technician at EMBL)
Gabriela Flores - (B.S. SF State)
Gabe Getchell - (B.S. SF State)
Brenna Gibson (B.S. and M.S. SF State, Research Associate, Hampton Creek)
Kadra Gulaid (B.S. SF State, MPH UC Berkeley)
Marwa Hararah (B.S. SF State)
Mela Hardin (M.A. in Mathematics, SF State, currently Ph.D. student at Arizona State)
Sally Hutchinson (B.S. SF State)
Ugochi Ikeme (B.S. SF State)
Ryan Kendle (graduate student, M.D.-Ph.D. Drexel University )
Lorl Lee (Project SEED intern)
Philbert Lee (high school student intern, B.S. UCSC, M.S. SF State, currently Ph.D. student at University of Chicago)
Lisa Liang (Project SEED intern, B.S. Environmental Toxicology, UC Davis)
Alice Liu (high school student intern)Alice Liu (high school student intern)
Anthony Xavier Lopez (B.S. SF State, M.S. SF State, currently teaching at LA Valley College & El Camino College)
Eduardo Lujan (B.S. SF State, currently MS student at SF State)
Elizabeth Mazza (B.S. SF State)
Jennifer Menjivar (B.S. SF State, currently MD student at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA )
Mehnaz Malek (graduate student, currently at Celgene)
Garima Mital (M.S. SF State, currently at Genentech)
Ariff Moolla (B.A. in Mathematics, B.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology SF State, graduate student at Touro University)
Bichloan Nguyen (B.S. and M.S. SF State)
Erica Pederson  (Research Associate at UC Berkeley)
J. Michelle Pierce (Bridges Summer student, B.S. Arizona State, currently at SF Department of the Environment)
Terry Reyes (B.S. SF State, Ph.D. Stanford University, currently at Genencor)
Nainoa Richardson (B.S. and M.S. SF State, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis (UNS) Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV))
Leonel Santibañez Vargas (Bridges Summer student, B.S. UC Riverside)
Iqbal Thabet (SF State graduate student)
Herlinda Tin (Bridges Summer student, B.A. in Psychology, UC Riverside; M.A. Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology)
Anna Marie Tuazon (M.S. SF State, currently Ph.D. student, UC Davis)
Cherryl Valenzuela (Bridges Summer student)
Laura Wazna-Blank (B.S. SF State)
Ivan Zamora (SF State graduate student, Impossible Food Inc.)