Trainee Meetings 2021-22

Fall Quarter:

30-Sep-2021: Kickoff & mixer

14-Oct-2021: Faculty Panel: "Translating Research from Academia to Industry"

28-Oct-2021: Dana Cortade ("COMT activity as a biomarker for pain and opioid use after labor and c-section") + Sarah Lensch (Pendulum Therapeutics internship)

11-Nov-2021: Stevan Jeknic (live cell imaging) + Peter Suzuki (Characterizing human TF effector domains in vivo and in vitro)

2-Dec-2021: Caitlyn Miller ("Systemic delivery of a tumor-targeted immunostimulant transforms the immune landscape for effective tumor regression") + Wilson Sinclair (NIH Office of Science Policy internship)

Winter Quarter:

6-Jan-2022: (Virtual Meeting Via Zoom) Trainee Panel: Katie: BioEclipse Therapeutics (Research Assistant, summer 2021) + Riley: National Cardiovascular Center (NCVC) of Japan (Intern, 2019) + Stevan: BridgeBio (Mathematical Modeling Extern, 2020)

20-Jan-2022: Naomi Pacalin ("CRISPR tools for understanding gene regulation") + Emily Meany ("Injectable polymer-nanoparticle hydrogel for sustained vitreal-delivery of bimatoprost")

3-Feb-2022: Grace Zhong (Thermotaxis in Trichoplax adhaerens) + Deep Sinha ( Viscoelastic Hydrogels for adult GBM)

17-Feb-2022: Callan Monette (3D in vitro models of Osteosarcoma for drug discovery) + Louai Labanieh (Platforms for NextGen Cell Therapy)

3-Mar-2022: Edward Gao (Regulating DNA repair) + Catie Cuan (Towards Improving Human Performance in Learning from Demonstration Example Collection)

17-Mar-2022: NIH BTP Ethics Workshop with Professor Drew Endy "The Scientist as a Responsible Member of Society"

Spring Quarter:

31-Mar-2022: Eliel Akinbami (High throughput measurement of kinetic parameters in an enzyme superfamily) + Yan Wu (Non-invasive imaging of kinase inhibition in the central nervous system)

14-Apr-2022: Julisia Chau (Detecting and rewiring cancer pathways with synthetic biochemistry) + Melissa Nakamoto (Expansion Microscopy at the Nano-Bio Interface)

28-Apr-2022: Cassandra Villicana (Engineering tissue ECM-derived Microribbon Scaffolds for Immunomodulation and Cranial Bone Regeneration) + Erica Liu (Optical detection of neuronal electric activity using electrochromic materials)

12-May-2022: Angel Kuo (Mucin-domain glycoproteins) + Franco Faucher (Targeted Covalent Macrocylcles)

26-May-2022: Eva González Díaz (tissue engineered 3D in vitro models of bone cancer) + Katie Antilla (A Magnetoresistive Biosensor Assay for Detecting Circulating Tumor DNA in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer)