Catherine Branda
Senior Manager, Radiation Signatures and Detection S&T
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Senior Manager, Radiation Signatures and Detection S&T
(925) 294-6833
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
P.O. Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185-9291
Biography
The Applied Bioscience & Engineering group at Sandia is comprised of three departments: Systems Biology, Biomass Science & Conversion, and Biotechnology & Engineering, located across two sites in Livermore and Emeryville, CA, with expertise in microbiology, virology, phycology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, engineering, and modeling. Her multidisciplinary team addresses a number of key problems impacting national security, including algal biomass fuel and chemical development, biodefense and emerging infectious disease, and real-time health and performance monitoring. Key sponsors include DoE Office of Science, DoE Office of Energy and Renewable Energy, DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and the Sandia Lab Directed Research & Development Program.
Branda has been at Sandia over twelve years; in addition to her management roles, she has held a variety of positions including Technical Staff, Reducing Global Biological and Chemical Mission Area Goal Lead, and Chair of the Sandia Women’s Connection.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree: Cognitive Science, Vassar College
Doctoral Degree: Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine
Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellowships: Cytogenetics, Harvard Medical School
Publications
Kristin Divis, Robert Abbott, Catherine Branda, Glory Avina, Jon Femling, Jose Huerta, Lucie Jelinkova, Jeremy Jennings, Emily Pearce, Daniel Ries, Danielle Sanchez, Austin Silva, (2020). Rim-to-Rim Werables at The Canyon for Health (R2R WATCH): Physiological Cognitive and Biological Markers of Performance Decline in an Extreme Environment Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1618077 Publication ID: 70761
Raga Krishnakumar, Catherine Branda, Steven Branda, Kimberly Butler, Nikki Tjahjono, Yooli Light, (2019). Characterizing and Engineering Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Anti-Microbial Therapy https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1643235 Publication ID: 66184
Catherine Branda, (2018). Physiological Genetic and Cognitive Data Collected with Wearable Technologies Enabling Real-Time Health Assessment https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1806868 Publication ID: 59121
Catherine Branda, (2018). Real-time human health and performance monitoring https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1806840 Publication ID: 59122
Glory Avina, Catherine Branda, (2017). Human Performance in the Extreme: Hiking the Grand Canyon https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1482303 Publication ID: 54134
Kristin Divis, Glory Avina, Kristin Divis, Robert Abbott, Clifford Anderson-Bergman, Catherine Branda, Kristin Divis, Lucie Jelinkova, Victoria Newton, Emily Pearce, Jon Femling, (2017). Rim-to-Rim Wearables At The Canyon for Health (R2R WATCH): Experimental Design and Methodology https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1460251 Publication ID: 57182
Glory Avina, Robert Abbott, Clifford Anderson-Bergman, Catherine Branda, Kristin Divis, Victoria Newton, Emily Pearce, Jon Femling, (2017). Rim-to-Rim wearables at the canyon for health (R2R WATCH): Experimental design and methodology Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1458270 Publication ID: 54987
Victoria Newton, Glory Avina, Catherine Branda, (2016). Wearables At The Canyon for Health https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1377728 Publication ID: 51717
Glory Avina, Victoria Newton, Catherine Branda, (2016). Real-time Data Collection through Wearable Devices to Quantify Attributes Related to Health and Performance in Extreme Conditions https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1420875 Publication ID: 51502
Catherine Branda, Darryl Sasaki, (2016). Sandia’s NanoCRISPR platform https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1367132 Publication ID: 49935
Catherine Branda, Darryl Sasaki, (2016). Protocell Delivery platform https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1367133 Publication ID: 49936
Catherine Branda, (2015). Biosciences at Sandia https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1237889 Publication ID: 41438
Patricia Koning, Catherine Branda, (2014). What swimming taught me about doing good science https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1714488 Publication ID: 41092
Catherine Branda, (2013). Sandia honors young women for outstanding achievement in math and science https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1661328 Publication ID: 33797
Catherine Branda, Conrad James, Carol Kozina, Ronald Manginell, Milind Misra, Matthew Moorman, Oscar Negrete, James Ricken, Meiye Wu, (2011). Investigation of type-I interferon dysregulation by arenaviruses : a multidisciplinary approach https://doi.org/10.2172/1029825 Publication ID: 24545
Matthew Moorman, James Ricken, Ronald Renzi, Ronald Manginell, Catherine Branda, Milind Misra, Oscar Negrete, Bryan Carson, (2010). A microfluidic single-cell isolation device for ensemble measurements of viral hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis in macrophages https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1121687 Publication ID: 20413
Catherine Branda, Anup Singh, Kamlesh Patel, (2010). On-chip Flow Cytometry Coupled to Single-Cell Imaging for Studying Signal-Transduction Pathways https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1141596 Publication ID: 20430
Catherine Branda, Carol Kozina, Oscar Negrete, Jasper Hardesty, Mark Tucker, (2010). A C. elegans-Based Foam for Rapid On-Site Detection of Residual Live Virus https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1675260 Publication ID: 19698
Bryan Carson, Catherine Branda, Matthew Moorman, Ronald Renzi, Ronald Manginell, Anthony Martino, Anup Singh, (2009). Nuclear Translocation Kinetics of NF-kappaB in Macrophages Challenged with Pathogens in a Microfluidic Platform https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1142808 Publication ID: 17077
Hongyou Fan, James Forsythe, Catherine Branda, Christina Warrender, Richard Schiek, (2009). Neural assembly models derived through nano-scale measurements https://doi.org/10.2172/993899 Publication ID: 16796
Thomas Perroud, Catherine Branda, Todd Lane, Anup Singh, (2008). ON- CHIP FLOW CY TOME TRY AND SINGLE- CELL IMAGING IN TANDEM https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1272360 Publication ID: 15116
Thomas Perroud, Julia Kaiser, Jay Sy, Todd Lane, Catherine Branda, Anup Singh, Kamlesh Patel, (2008). Microfluidic-based cell sorting of Francisella tularensis infected macrophages using optical forces Analytical Chemistry https://doi.org/10.1021/ac8007779 Publication ID: 13431
Anup Singh, Jens Poschet, Bryan Carson, Catherine Branda, Ronald Manginell, Ronald Renzi, Thomas Perroud, Kamlesh Patel, Matthew Moorman, Howland Jones, Nimisha Srivastava, Jaewook Joo, (2008). An Automated Microfluidic Platform for Systems-Level Elucidation of Host-Pathogen Interactions https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1142841 Publication ID: 14352
Steven Branda, Catherine Branda, Elizabeth Carles, Bryan Carson, David Haaland, Jaclyn Murton, Anup Singh, (2008). Copy of Transcription Factor Translocation in Response to Different Biothreat Agents LPS Chemotypes in Macrophages https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1145520 Publication ID: 13169
Julia Kaiser, Catherine Branda, Todd Lane, Anup Singh, Kamlesh Patel, (2008). Microfluidic Cell Sorting Using Photonic Forces for Host-Pathogen Studies https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1146183 Publication ID: 13085
Matthew Moorman, Catherine Branda, Bryan Carson, Roberto Rebeil, Anthony Martino, Anup Singh, (2008). Microfluidic Single-Cell Array for Imaging Host-Pathogen Interactions Lab on a Chip https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1146043 Publication ID: 12849
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