Matt Pimentel

Matt Pimentel is a third year student majoring in Molecular and Cell Developmental Biology. He is a first year MARC student working collaboratively in a Psychoneuroimmunology lab under Dr. Erica Sloan and in a Molecular & Pharmacology lab under his MARC Preceptor Dr. Lily Wu. Prior to MARC, beginning in fall 2008, he worked in Dr. Steve Cole’s lab under Dr. Sloan investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in promoting breast cancer metastasis as a result of chronic stress. He also participated in PEERS & CARE Fellows and is planning on applying to Ph.D programs in molecular biomedical research. During his first summer as a MARC student he participated in the REU program at the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute.