My name is Kaitlin Pensabene, and I am a senior at Villanova University studying biochemistry. At Villanova, I work with Dr. Aimee Eggler studying the effects of small molecule antioxidants on the Nrf2/ARE pathway. Specifically, I have been studying not only how transcriptional but also how translational processes are attenuated by oxidative stress. In doing …
My name is Murial Ross, and I am a rising senior at Santa Clara University majoring in Bioengineering with a Biomolecular focus. At my university, I am working in Dr. Prashanth Asuri’s laboratory to explore the impact of hydrogel stiffness on human stem cells. There are many different types of hydrogels, each made up of …
My name is Rithika Senthilkumar, and I am a rising junior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I study Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and have had the pleasure of working in Dr. Heather Richardson’s Neurobiology of Stress and Addiction Lab. Dr. Richardson’s research focuses on using rodent models to study the neural, behavioral, and hormonal …
Mikayla is a rising senior working towards her bachelor’s degree in molecular biology at Harvey Mudd College. She previously worked as an intern for two summers in the Blish Lab at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where she researched NK cell recognition of influenza surface proteins and conducted an HIV cloning project. As part …
I’m Aly Ung, a rising senior bioengineering major at UCLA. Prior to joining the SRF Summer Scholar Program, I worked primarily on liver-on-a-chip research, specifically the modeling of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver disease progression through an organ on a chip system and the assessment of the influence of mesenchymal stem cells on metastasis and tumor growth …
My name is Anson Zhou and I am a rising sophomore studying biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University. At Hopkins, I work at the Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) and the Translational Tissue Engineering Center (TTEC) under the mentorship of Dr. Hai-Quan Mao. I have worked on a number of projects designing biomaterials-based medical devices for …
My name is Gabby Klemme, and I am a senior majoring in biochemistry at Iowa State University. At Iowa State, I work in a biochemistry laboratory with Dr. Eric Underbakke, studying scaffolded signaling complexes. Specifically, my project focuses on creating a fluorescence dye that can be used to identify a Halo tag when coupled to …
Hello! I am Claire Cunningham, a rising senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying Molecular and Cellular biology with a minor in Art & Design. My home lab in Champaign is headed by Makoto Inoue who supports a team of impressive researchers dedicated to understanding disease progression in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). My work …
My name is Easton Farrell, and I am a senior undergraduate student at the University of Michigan studying Biomedical Engineering. At my home lab, I conduct research alongside my PI Dr. Mario Fabiilli. The lab focuses on altering mechanical characteristics of implantable cell-containing gels to promote wound healing. My current research at Dr. Evan Snyder’s …
My name is Dennis Gong. I am a Biomedical Engineering and Applied Math & Statistics major at Johns Hopkins University. At Johns Hopkins, I work in Dr. Jordan Green’s immunoengineering and drug delivery lab, working on improving the potency of artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs) to improve immune stimulation with graduate student Savannah Est Witte. …
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