Fifth + Year
Lauren Cech
University of California, Davis
BS, Genetics and Genomics
PI: Trever Bivona
Christopher Chen
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cellular Biology
PI: Trever Bivona
Brandon Chew
University of Southern California
BS, Chemical Engineering (Biochemical Engineering)
PI: Isha Jain
Maggie Colton
she/her
University of Chicago
BS, Biological Sciences
PI: Hideho Okada
Research summary: Developing a prime-and-kill CAR T circuit for brain cancer
Orry Elor
Northern Michigan University
BS, Biology
PI: Nadav Ahituv
Mauricio Jacobo Jacobo
University of California, Irvine
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Andrei Goga
Zizheng Li
University of Tokyo
MS, Medical Sciences
BS, Biological Chemistry
PI: Lani Wu, Steven Altschuler
Thaybeth Malavé-Méndez
University Of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
BSC, Chemistry
PI: Dara Torgerson, Ryan Hernandez
Mai Nobuhara
Tokyo University of Science
MS, Pharmaceutical Science
BS, Pharmaceutical Science
PI: Nadav Ahituv
Meri Okorie
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
BS, Biotechnology
PI: Shea Andrews, Jennifer Yokoyama
Research summary: Cross-ancestry impact of genotype-environment interactions and social determinants of health on AD endophenotypes
Anu Patel
she/her
University of Pittsburgh
Pharm D, Pharmacy
BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences
PI: Rada Savic
Research summary: Building pharmacological modeling tools for improved drug development and utilization
Sham Rampersaud
CUNY Hunter College
BA, Chemistry
PI: Arun Wiita
Luis Jaimes Santiago
California State University, Northridge
BS, Biotechnology/Cell and Molecular Biology
PI: Aashish Manglik, Mark Von Zastrow
Ian Steele
University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Pharmacology
PI: Carlo Condello
Imani Warren
San Francisco State University
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Catherine Tcheandjieu Gueliatcha
Sydney Williams
Hampton University
BS, Biology Pre-Med
PI: Aparna Lakkaraju
Ava Xu
Chapman University
Pharm D, Pharmacy
PI: Rada Savic, Tony Capra
Fourth Year
Kingsley Chow
University of California, Los Angeles
BAS, Biochemistry
PI: Laura Van 't Veer
Karla Fonseca-Valencia
San Jose State University
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Saul Villeda
Sophia Miliotis
Beloit College
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Nadia Roan
Carlota Pereda Serras
Columbia University
MS, Biomedical Engineering
Brown University
BS, Biology, Biotechnology, Physiology
PI: Marina Sirota, Carlo Condello
Thu Pham
University of California, Davis
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Yin Shen
Research summary: Gene Regulation Underlying Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Stefanie Piña Escudero
National Autonomous University of Mexico
MD, Medical Doctor
PI: Jennifer Yokoyama
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Connie Silva
University of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
PI: Rada Savic
Third Year
Victor Alcala-Kellogg
University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Natalia Jura
Jayla Crawford
Hampton University
BS, Cell/Molecular Biology
PI: Jennifer Rosenbluth
Sandy Floren
University of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
PI: Katie Pollard
Sarina Garcia
The University of Texas at Austin
BSA, Biology
PI: Dara Torgerson, Ryan Hernandez
Jared Khan
University of Southern California
MS, Quantitative and Computational Biology
BS, Quantitative Biology
PI: Jennifer Yokoyama
Tracie Luu
University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Magnus Hoffmann
Jake Oxendine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BS, Biology-Quantitative Track
PI: Jennifer Yokoyama
Catherine Sue
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology
PI: Andrej Sali
Nanase Toda
University of Arizona
BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences
PI: Akinyemi Oni Orisan
Allison Wang
University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
PI: Tony Capra
Second Year
Abe Arab
University of Tehran
MS, Life Science Engineering
BS, Cellular and Molecular Biology
PI: Kevan Shokat, Kevin Lou
Katherine Bang
Western University of Health Sciences
MS, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Southern California
PharmD, Pharmacy
PI: Rada Savic
Marisol Contreras
San Francisco State University
MS, Biology: Concentration in Cell and Molecular Biology
University of California, Davis
BS, Genetics Genomics & Molecular and Cellular Biology
PI: Dara Torgerson, Ryan Hernandez
Aurora de Tagyos
University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Chemistry and Biochemistry
PI: Michelle Arkin
John Gonzales
San Francisco State University
MS, Biology (Cell and Molecular)
BS, Biology (Cell & Molecular)
PI: Rongze "Olivia" Lu
Elizabeth Hardy
Rutgers University, Camden: College of Arts and Sciences
BS, Biology, Health Sciences, Psychology
PI: John Vaughen, Noelle L'Etoile
Caroline Huang
University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Rada Savic
Safwaan Khan
University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Hideho Okada, Justin Eyquem
Jongbin Kim
University of Cambridge
BA, Chemical Engineering
PI: Brian Shoichet
Kaylee Lee
University of California, San Diego
BS, Physiology & Neuroscience
PI: Rada Savic
Amanda Lipford
Xavier University of Louisiana
BS, Chemistry
PI: Timothy Henrich
Annabel Menendez
University Of Edinburgh
BS, Biomedical Science Honors in Pharmacology
PI: Su Guo
Christine Wan
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology
PI: Rada Savic
First Year
Eden Chun
Haas School of Business
BS, Business Administration
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology
Alice Dang
University of California, San Francisco
PharmD, Pharmacy
University of California, San Diego
BS, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Talia Delambre
The University of Texas at Austin
MS, Engineering
BS, Biomedical Engineering
Maya Druch
Columbia University
BA, Biochemistry
Poorvi Dua
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jonah Frazier
University of California, Riverside
BS, Biochemistry
Evan Marshman
Brigham Young University
BS, Bioinformatics
Zuriah Meacham
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology
Melissa Plata
University of California, Irvine
BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Vianna Quach
Northeastern University
BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences