My name is Michaela Copp, and I am a rising senior studying Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. While at Vanderbilt, I have been a member of the Neurovascular Engineering and Therapeutic Design lab under the direction of Dr. Ethan Lippmann. For the past two years, the Lippmann Lab has worked to develop the genetic engineering …
My name is Heather Tolcher, and I am a rising senior at the University of Texas at Austin. I am studying biochemistry, French, and international business as part of a Bachelors of Science and Arts degree program. My interest in targeted therapeutics and age-related diseases was first piqued when I had the opportunity to see …
My name is Aashka Patel, and I am currently a rising junior pursuing a Biology degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am interested in studying regenerative medicine techniques and their application toward neurodegenerative diseases. This summer, I will be interning at the Sanford Consortium in Dr. Evan Snyder’s lab under …
I am Yujie Ma, a rising senior undergraduate student studying biological engineering at Cornell University. Since the beginning of my sophomore year, I have been a dedicated member of Professor Mingming Wu’s laboratory working on research pertaining to how the physical conditions of the local tissues affect breast tumor cell migration. Specifically, my focus is …
My name is Celine-Lea Halioua-Haubold, and I am a rising senior studying Neuroscience at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin. I have re-joined Dr. Evan Snyder’s lab at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute as a 2016 SRF Summer Scholar to continue my 2015 Summer Scholar project. I have long known my future …
I have just completed my third year of a Natural Sciences degree at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. This year, I specialised in biochemistry, but the beauty of this major is that it allows me to study a wide range of subjects. In my first year, I studied math, chemistry and materials science, while …
My name is Julia McCreary, and I am a rising senior at University of California-Berkeley. I am a Molecular and Cell Biology major with an emphasis in biochemistry. From an early age, I’ve had a passion for research and have always enjoyed my time in the laboratory. I am still trying to find the “right” …
My name is Isha Bagga, and I am a rising junior at University of California, Los Angeles studying physiological sciences. When I found the SENS Research Foundation, I thought it would be exciting to join because everyone was working on many new concepts in aging. I find this very intriguing because that is one physical …
My name is Melissa, and I graduated this past spring from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s of Science in Neuroscience. Since high school, I have been greatly interested in cancer and its aggressive and potentially fatal nature. I have had first-hand experience shadowing oncologists and helping people afflicted with this horrible disease. …
My name is GiHun Choi. I am a rising senior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the department of Biological Engineering. Throughout my undergraduate career, I have developed a strong interest in regenerative medicine that can be translated into clinics to address different patients’ unmet needs. My first major introduction to the research environment …
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