Ahram Ahn
Mentor: Antonio Barrientos, Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Mohammed Alnukhali
Mentor: Anis Ahmad, Ph.D.
Project: Development of a Gold Nanoparticle for Targeted Delivery of a Prostate Cancer Drug
Abdulraof Alqrache
Mentor: Martin Rivas, Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Ace Armand
Mentor: Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Akash Ashokan
Mentor: Shanta Dhar, Ph.D.
Project: Effect of macronutrient consumption on glioblastoma tumor progression
Abdiel Badilo-Martinez
Mentor: Hassan A. Ali, Ph.D., M.S.M.
Project: Mechanism-of-action of a kinase inhibitor capable of treating experimental spinal cord injury
Umer Bakali
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Design, development, and application of analytical methods to evaluate environmental and occupational carcinogen exposures and biomarkers of infection in clinical settings
Angela Bernasconi
Mentor: David Benner Lombard, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Olivia Bosquet
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Gold Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of a Prostate Cancer Treatment
John Brabson
Mentor: Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D.
Project: Modulating TET Activity as an Epigenetic Therapy for Leukemia
Lizeth Camacho
Mentor: Flavia Fontanesi, Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Arnab Chakraborty
Mentor: Shanta Dhar, Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Josep-Ramon Codina
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Machine-Learning-Aided Peptide Screening
Mazzen Eldeeb
Mentor: Flavia Fontanesi, Ph.D.
Project: The role of yeast respiratory supercomplexes in metabolic adaptation
Antonio Fontanella
Mentor: Mentor: Alessia Fornoni, M.D., Ph.D., FASN
Project: Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling in Chronic Kidney Disease
Rohit Gentle
Mentor: Izidore Lossos, M.D.
Project: TBD
Harris Goldsmith
Mentor: Stephen Lee, Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Nadezda Gryaznova
Mentor: Antonio Iavarone, M.D. & Anna Lasorella, M.D.
Project: TBD
Jessica Hersh
Mentor: Sapna Deo, Ph.D.
Project: Targeted nanotherapeutics and diagnostics using peptide and protein targeting ligands
Alexia Kafkoutsou
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Clinical Assessment of Carcinogen Exposure and Vaginal Microbiome
Mascha Korsch
Mentor: Claes Wahlestedt, MD, Ph.D.
Project: Investigating Idarubicin as a treatment option for pancreatic cancer
Minh Lam
Mentor: Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D.
Project: Modeling TET loss of function and restoration in B cell lymphoma
Nga Le
Mentor: Zhao-Jun Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Cardiomyopathy Mouse Model Induced by the Activation of Endothelial Notch 1 Signaling
Tiffany Leesang
Mentor: Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D.
Project: Retinoic acid and ascorbate remodel the epigenome of leukemia cells by enhancing TET activity to improve sensitivity to AML therapy
Fang Li
Mentor: Yanbin Zhang, Ph.D.
Project: Defining of the roles of FANCA in R-loops mediated DNA repair and Cancer
Mengrui Li
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Role of vitamin E analogues and cannabinoids in modulating inflammation and cellular lipid homeostasis in human macrophages
Mercedes Lozano
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Localized and sustained delivery of SN-38 from polymeric implants for the treatment of liver tumors
Maddison Marshall
Mentor: Daniel Pelaez, Ph.D.
Project: Target Investigation of Ephrin-derived Peptides for Axon Repair.
Gabbie McWilliams
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Exosomal delivery of miRNA-7 as a potential cervical cancer therapeutic
Ricardo Melendez
Mentor: David J. Robbins, Ph.D.
Project: Identifying Splice Variant-Specific Functions of Casein Kinase 1α
Michael Moraskie
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Engineered Biosensors for the Quorum Sensing Molecule 3,5-dimethylpyrazin-2-ol (DPO) reveal its presence in humans, animals, and bacterial species beyond Vibrio cholerae
Oandy Naranjo
Mentor: Michal Toborek, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Describing HIV reservoirs of the CNS
Betty Nugba
Mentor: Martin Rivas, Ph.D
Project: TBD
Kevin Nuno
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and pharmaceutical sciences
Ayodele Omotoso
Mentor: Sapna Deo, Ph.D. & Sophia George, Ph.D.
Project: Single cell analysis of high grade serous ovarian cancer
Olivia Osborne
Mentor: Michal Toborek, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Ischemic Stroke in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Microvascular Injury and Recovery
Ana Peci
Mentor: Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D.
Project: Utilizing click chemistry to characterize ascorbate bioavailability
Alejandra Planells Devesa
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: AI-Powered Peptide Design for Environmental Contaminants Detection
Arthur Rech-Tondin
Mentor: Giacomo Lanzoni, Ph.D.
Project: Potentiating the Immunomodulatory effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for application in Type 1 Diabetes
Marshley Stewart
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Characterizing exposure-induced epigenetic modification of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) in clinical samples of Florida Firefighters
Sherwin Reyes
Mentor: Sapna Deo, Ph.D.
Project: Photobacterium leiognathi: A Glowing Future of Diagnosis
Natalie Ricciardi
Mentor: Claes Wahlestedt, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: A role for Parp1 activation neurotrophic gene expression
Daniella Rios
Mentor: Stephen Lee, Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Shrita Sarkar
Mentor: Shanta Dhar, Ph.D.
Project: Patient Derived Glioma Stem Cell Modulation For Improved Therapeutic Outcome
Marie Roche
Mentor: Xue Zhong Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Probing the Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms in Presbycusis Using a Genome-wide Methylation Analysis
Shaza Sayed Ahmed
Mentor: Emiliano Cocco, Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Sarah Schmidlin
Mentor: Michal Toborek, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: TBD
Spencer Seely
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Alternative Applications in the Detection of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Jorge David Tovar Castro
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Nanodrug therapeutics: Antimicrobials, and Traumatic Brain Injury
Sabrina Um
Mentor: Xue Zhong Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Generation of Humanized Knock-In Mouse Model and Patient iPSC Line for the TMEM43 p.(Arg372Ter) Variant Causing a Progressive Hearing Loss