2023 Scholars and Mentors
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Savi Agarwal - Georgia Institute of Technology
CMaT
Mentor: Liana Kramer
Project: Project: Memory and plasma B cells, which are responsible for maintaining therapeutic levels of antibodies in the serum, are generated following antigen exposure. Not only producers of antibodies, B cells also contribute to immune regulation and act as po
Lab: Krishnendu Roy
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Sarah Bahri - Georgia Institute of Technology
Petit Endowment
Mentor: Dustin Huard
Project: Project: Preparation of Nanodiscs for the Structural Characterization of the Glucocerebrosidase-Saposin C Interaction Complex
Lab: Raquel Lieberman
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Yuyang Bian - Emory University
REM
Mentor: Lisa Meyer-Baese
Project: Project: Investigating neural–hemodynamic coupling properties using wide-field voltage imaging
Lab: Shella Keilholz
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Amelfa (Rose) Bleyl - Georgia Institute of Technology
Pruitt
Mentor: Kavita Matange
Project: Project: The evolution of factors of the protein translation system
Lab: Loren Williams
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Ilyana Bonfoh - Georgia Institute of Technology
PTC
Mentor: Elisa Nieves
Project: Project: Developing a high-throughput in-vitro microtissue model that recapitulates murine dermal wound environment
Lab: Andres Garcia
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Hyejee Chang - Georgia Institute of Technology
CMaT
Mentor: Youngjin Kwon
Project: Project: Development of flexible and wearable sensors for Hand and finger gestures recognition and classification
Lab: Woon-Hong Yeo
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Alaz Cig - Georgia Institute of Technology
Beckman Coulter
Mentor: Ramy Ghanim
Project: Project: Development of In-Body Probes for Electrical Signaling
Lab: Alex Abramson
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Maeve Janecka - Georgia Institute of Technology
Beckman Coulter
Mentor: Thomas Pho
Project: Project: Low-Cost Nanotextured Stainless Steel for Intracellular Delivery
Lab: Julie Champion
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Puchangxin Li - Georgia Institute of Technology
CMaT
Mentor: Katherine Nguyen
Project: Project: Fibrinolysis of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap stabilized fibrin micro-scaffolds
Lab: Shuichi Takayama
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Dawei Liu - Georgia Institute of Technology
CMaT
Mentor: Miguel Armenta Ochoa
Project: Project: Degradable Microscaffolds for Improved CAR-T cell Manufacturing
Lab: Krishnendu Roy
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Amia Loveless - Spelman College
REM
Mentor: Cydney Wong
Project: Project: Quantification of Segmental Flow in the Trabecular Meshwork
Lab: Ross Ethier
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Téja Munnings - Spelman College
PTC
Mentor: Breanna Shi
Project: Project: Quantifying behavior in Lake Malawei Cichlids with neuronal gene expression analysis
Lab: Patrick McGrath
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Saitheja Pucha - Emory University
Dasher
Mentor: Hanna Solomon
Project: Project: Chondrocyte Cytoskeletal Response to PCM Fortification using Cell-instructive Smart-Hydrogels
Lab: Jay Patel
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Rommy Sierra - Georgia Institute of Technology
Petit Endowment
Mentor: Travis Rotterman
Project: Project: Muscle proprioceptor axons degenerate is Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease aiding in the failure to elicit a stretch reflex in this model
Lab: Timothy Cope