Petit Scholars
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Jacob Johnson - Georgia Tech
St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute Scholar
Mentor:
Arvind Santhanakrishnan
Project:
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Compliance in Fontan Surgical Connections
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Nuzhat Kabir - Georgia Tech
GB Espy Scholar
Mentor:
Monica Perez
Project:
Synthesis and Topical Delivery of Ionic Liquids for Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis
Chanchala Kaddi - Georgia Tech
Mentor:
Chang Quo
Project:
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Justin Kahla - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor:
Quoc Mac
Project:
Logic-gated Synthetic Biomarkers for Improved Detection Specificity of Organ Transplant Rejection
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Harish Kamath - Georgia Tech
Mercy's Children Hospital
Mentor:
Michael Riley
Project:
It’s POWER - Procedures are Optimized when Empathy Rules
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Zahra Mousavi Karimi - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor:
Nate Dwarshius
Project:
Alginate Core-shell Scaffolds for Enhance CAR T Cell Manufacturing
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Brandon Kassouf - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center (REM) Scholar
Mentor:
Sruti Behri
Project:
Optimizing Protein Encapsulation and Vesicle Homing to Cardiac Site
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Taylor Kavanaugh - Georgia Tech
Mentor:
Asha Shekaran
Project:
A transgenic luciferase mouse model for non-invasive imaging of endogenous osteoprogenitor cell invasion and vascularization into a radial segmental defect
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Rebecca Keate - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor:
Shlomi Cohen
Project:
Physical Regulation of Cell Adhesion Strength by Cell-surface Bound Hyaluronan Polymers on Non-motile Cells - Neuro
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Mark Keenum - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor:
Randall Toy
Project:
Designing virus-mimicking Nanoparticles to Enhance the Efficacy of Flu Vaccines