2025 REU: Research Training in Quantitative and Systems Biology

Fellow Fellow’s Institution Research Mentor Project Title
Li-Ana Ayala University of Texas – Austin Prof. Megan King Investigating nuclear envelope-associate protein recruitment to cytosolic mtDNA
Anusree Chakraborty Stonybrook University Prof. Rong Fan  Investigating Senescence in Murine Thymus
Ava Carroll Smith College Prof. Thierry Emonet Spatial Organization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Motility Phenotypes During Collective Migration
Terukimi Hayashi Williams College Prof. Thierry Emonet Information-theoretic analysis of Drosophila behavior in temporally fluctuating odor environments
Darianys Hernandez University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Prof. Alison Sweeney ITC- Based Characterization of Metal-Peptide Binding
Gideon Igo Biola University Prof. Shirin Bahmanyar Using the C. elegans Germline as a Model for Investigating the Role of Lipid Hydrolysis on Tissue Architecture
Alisson Fernandez University of Vermont Prof. Shreya Saxena Investigating How RNNs Integrate Cognitive Decision-Making and Motor Execution
Angel Keifner Rutgers University – Camden Prof. Cristina Rodriguez Investigating Thermal Stress Effects of Deep Three Photon Imaging in the Mouse Medial Entorhinal Cortex
Kerianalee River-Cruz University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Prof. Paul Turner Direct effects of Elexacaftor, Tezacaftor, and Ivacaftor (ETI) on cystic fibrosis bacterial pathogens
Joshua Sokeye North Carolina A&T State University Prof. Aaron Kuan Optimizing Expansion Factor Quantification in Pan-Expansion Microscopy for Connectomics

Affiliates: Mia Price (Prof. Kathryn Miller-Jensen); Alexander Morand (Prof. Corey O’Hern); Sophie Zheng (Prof. Corey O’Hern); Akansha Nanda (Prof. Scott Miller)