2023 REU: Research Training in the Biomedical Sciences and Engineering

Fellow Fellow’s Institution Research Mentor Project Title
AnnahMarie Behn University of Notre Dame Prof. Cristina Rodriguez In vivo Deep Tissue Imaging via Three-Photon Microscopy
Freya Beinart Kenyon College Prof. Caitlin Davis The Effect of Fluorescent Protein Tags on λ-Repressor Thermodynamics 
Andras Bencze Saint Anselm College Prof. Julien Berro Quantifying Forces on Cytokinesis Proteins in S. Pombe
Isabel Burger Pomona College Prof. Thierry Emonet Non-genetic inheritance of bacterial swimming behaviors
Andres Cordoba Duke University Prof.  Corey O’Hern Using Biophysical Parameters to Predict Protein-Protein Docking
Gabriella Mendoza University of Connecticut Profs. Ryan Jensen and Megan King Leveraging DNA repair defects to treat BRCA2-mutated cancer cells via combined inhibition of PARP1 and BLM-DNA2
Charlene Pobee Washington University in St. Louis Prof. Jay Humphrey Quantifying Microstructural Composition of Aortic Tissue from a Mouse Model with Hutchinson-Guilford Progeria Disorder
Yair Saucedo MidAmerica Nazarene University Prof. Michael Mak Collagen-based biomimetic structures to study fibrosis in cancer
Keylianis Valentin University of Puerto Rico - Humacao Prof. Amir Pahlavan Chemotactic Response of Bacteria to Nutrient Plumes

Affiliates: Jared Balsz-Diaz (Prof. Scott Miller); Nikaila Campbell (Prof. Megan King); Timothy Jaglal (Profs. Simon Mochrie and Megan King); Mohammad Khan (Profs. Megan King and Simon Mochrie); Alexander Morand (Prof. Corey O’Hern); George Ploumis (Prof. Corey O’Hern)