Nayab Ahmad
Mentor: Alan Pollock, Ph.D. & Anis Ahmad, Ph.D.
Project: TBA
Shaza Sayed Ahmed
Mentor: Emiliano Cocco, Ph.D.
Project: Overcoming off-target resistance to targeted therapy in tumors driven by fusion kinases
Ahram Ahn
Mentor: Antonio Barrientos, Ph.D.
Project: RNA Structural Dynamics of Cox1 mRNA Translation: Elucidating the Role of Yeast Translational Activators
Abdulraof Alqrache
Mentor: Martin Rivas, Ph.D.
Project: Cohesin Alterations in Gastric Cancer
Ace Armand
Mentor: Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D.
Project: Identifying a causal role for 5hmC loss in Clonal Hematopoiesis
Akash Ashokan
Mentor: Shanta Dhar, Ph.D.
Project: Mechanistic study of blood brain barrier crossing nanoparticle’s entry into the mitochondria
Abdiel Badilo-Martinez
Mentor: Hassan A. Ali, Ph.D., M.S.M.
Project: Mechanism-of-Action of RO48, a kinase inhibitor that promotes robust CNS axon growth
Angela Bernasconi
Mentor: John Burnett Ph.D. and Anh Pham, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Cardiac Aging
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: Oxidized mC modulates synthetic lethality to PARP inhibitors for the treatment of leukemia
Lizeth Camacho
Mentor: Flavia Fontanesi, Ph.D.
Project: Understanding the biogenesis of Supercomplexes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Arnab Chakraborty
Mentor: Shanta Dhar, Ph.D.
Project: Investigating migratory mechanisms of mitochondrion targeted nanotherapeutics
Josep-Ramon Codina
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Peptide design for molecular targeting and drug delivery
Joel Costoya Jr.
Mentor: Joaquin Jimenez, M.D
Project: TBA
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: The role of renal ApoM deficiency in S1P-mediated glomerular injury
Simonetta Gaumond
Mentor: Joaquin Jimenez, M.D,
Project: TBA
Andrew Gelsomini
Mentor: David Lombard, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: TBA
Rohit Gentle
Mentor: Izidore Lossos, M.D.
Project: Investigating the role of LMO2 in the DNA Damage Response
Harris Goldsmith
Mentor: Stephen Lee, Ph.D.
Project: Reducing the metabolic burden of rRNA synthesis promotes healthy longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans
Nadezda Gryaznova
Mentor: Antonio Iavarone, M.D. & Anna Lasorella, M.D.
Project: Tumor Microenvironment of Glioblastoma Multiforme Subtypes
Sengwoo Hong
Mentor: Antonio Barrientos, Ph.D
Project: TBA
Alexia Kafkoutsou
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Clinical Assessment of Carcinogen Exposure and Vaginal Microbiome
Rohit Kumar
Mentor: David Lombard, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: TBA
Minh Lam
Mentor: Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D.
Project: Silencing of TET1 drives (reversible?) polyclonal gammopathy in a model of BCL2 amplification
Nga Le
Mentor: Zhao-Jun Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Dilated Cardiomyopathy Mouse Model Induced by the Activation of Endothelial Notch1 Signaling Pathway
Tiffany Leesang
Mentor: Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D.
Project: Suppression of Tet2-deficient pre-malignant hematopoiesis by retinoic acid treatment
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 and cannabinoids in regulating cellular lipid homeostasis relevant for macrophages foam cells formation
Mercedes Lozano
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Localized and sustained delivery of SN-38 from biopolymeric implants for the treatment of colorectal liver metastases
Maddison Marshall
Mentor: Daniel Pelaez, Ph.D.
Project: Targeting the Eph Receptor Pathway for Optic Nerve Regeneration
Gabbie McWilliams
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: The use of exosomes to deliver tumor-suppressive miRNA-7 for cervical cancer therapeutics
Michael Moraskie
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Developing a Whole-Cell Biosensing System for the Detection of a Novel Quorum Sensing Molecule
Betty Nugba
Mentor: Martin Rivas, Ph.D
Project: Role of Cohesin in promoting Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in breast cancer progression
Kevin Nuno
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Quorum Sensing Modulation in the Microbiome and Detection of Quorum Sensing Molecules in Clinical Chemistry
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: Cancer Epigenetics
Alejandra Planells Devesa
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Design of BPA Binding Peptides Employing a Molecular Docking and Machine Learning Approach
Michael Qui
Mentor: Maria E. Figueroa, M.D.
Project: TBA
Arthur Rech-Tondin
Mentor: Giacomo Lanzoni, Ph.D.
Project: Harnessing the Immunomodulatory Effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Application in Type 1 Diabetes
Sherwin Reyes
Mentor: Sapna Deo, Ph.D.
Project: UTI Diagnosis and AMR detection
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
Shrita Sarkar
Mentor: Shanta Dhar, Ph.D.
Project: Patient Derived Glioma Stem Cell Modulation For Improved Therapeutic Outcome
Sarah Schmidlin
Mentor: Michal Toborek, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Latent HIV Infection Affects Gap Junction Communication in Blood-Brain Barrier Pericytes
Jorge David Tovar Castro
Mentor: Sylvia Daunert, PharmD, MS, Ph.D.
Project: Novel Nanodrug Platform for Pharmacologically Inducing Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Diomedes Trejos
Mentor: Martin Rivas, Ph.D.
Project: TBA
Maddie Weick
Mentor: Michal Toborek, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: TBA
Indigo Williams
Mentor: Hassan A. Ali, Ph.D., MSM
Project: TBA
