M4

Emily Ma, PhD

Track: Integrative Cell Biology

Mentor: Clodia Osipo, PhD

Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis

Interests: Cancer Biology, Head/Neck Cancer, Breast Cancer

M4

Mai Nguyen, PhD

Track: Microbiology and Immunology

Mentor: Clodia Osipo, PhD and Katherine Knight, PhD

Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis

Interests: Commensal Bacteria, Immunology, Breast Cancer

M4

Jesus Zamora-Pineda, PhD

Track: Microbiology and Immunology

Mentor: Katherine Knight, PhD

Undergraduate: University of California-Berkeley

Interests: Molecular Biology, Microbes, Adaptive/Innate Immunity

M3

Maggie Bennett, PhD

Track: Cell and Molecular Physiology

Mentor: Jordan Beach, PhD

Undergraduate: Boston College

Interests: Force Production in Cells, Basic Science to Bedside

G4

Brian Choi, MS

Track: Microbiology and Immunology

Mentor: Alan Wolfe, PhD

Undergraduate: Indiana University

Interests: Bacterial Physiology, Pathogenesis, Urine Microbiome

G4

Ryan Mack

Track: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

Mentor: Jiwang Zhang, MD, PhD

Undergraduate: Michigan State University

Interests: Hematopoiesis, Stem Cell Biology, Megakaryocytes

G4

Rasa Valiauga

Track: Neuroscience

Mentor: Edward Campbell, PhD

Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Interests: Neurodegeneration, Inflammation, Diet

G3

Mudassir Ali

Track: Microbiology and Immunology

Mentor: Susan Baker, PhD

Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Interests: Viral Pathogenesis, Innate Immunity, Immune Evasion

G3

Claudia Rose Keating

Track: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

Mentor: Wei Qiu, PhD

Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame

Interests: Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Drug Discovery

G3

John Yap

Track: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

Mentor: Qun Sophia Zang, PhD

Undergraduate: John Hopkins University

Interests: Sepsis, Heart Failure

G2

Madison Tschann, MS

Track: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

Mentor: Mashkoor Choudhry, PhD

Undergraduate: University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Interests: Microbiome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

G1

Adam Bronson

Track: Microbiology and Immunology

Mentor: Andrew Ulijasz, PhD

Undergraduate: Oklahoma State University

Interests: Bacterial Genetics, Synthetic Biology, Drug Discovery

G1

Jacob Cunningham

Track: Cell and Molecular Physiology

Mentor: Seth Robia, PhD

Undergraduate: University of California-Berkeley

Interests: Cardiovascular Disease, Biophysics

G1

Sasha Demeulenaere

Track: Cell and Molecular Physiology

Mentor: Patrick Oakes, PhD and Jordan Beach, PhD

Undergraduate: University of California-Berkeley

Interests: Tissue Engineering, Biophysics, Regenerative Medicine

G1

Mary Grace Murray

Track: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

Mentor: Mashkoor Choudhry, PhD

Undergraduate: Rosemont College

Interests: Gut-Brain Axis, Traumatic Brain Injury, GI Mobility

M2

Tal Horovitz

Track: Undecided

Mentor: Gwendolyn Kartje, MD, PhD

Undergraduate: University of California-Santa Barbara

Interests: Neuroplasticity, Neurodegeneration Development

M2

Andrew Marten, MS

Track: Undecided

Mentor: Andrew Ulijasz, PhD

Undergraduate: Central Michigan University

Interests: Infectious Disease, Vector-Borne Disease

M2

Rohit Thalla

Track: Undecided

Mentor: Jiwang Zhang, MD, PhD

Undergraduate: University of Michigan

Interests: Neurology, Cancer Biology

M1

Mia Brinkley

Track: Undecided

Mentor: Undecided

Undergraduate: Western Washington University

M1

Michael Egozi

Track: Undecided

Mentor: Undecided

Undergraduate: Nova Southeastern University

M1

Duane Nguyen

Track: Undecided

Mentor: Undecided

Undergraduate: Macalester College

M1

Zachary Orban

Track: Undecided

Mentor: Undecided

Undergraduate: North Central College