The participants are listed below along with the title of their research project and mentor’s name: 
 

Theophilus Acheampong 

Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Complications Associated with COVID-19. Mentor – Dr. Andrew Marks. 

Adeoluwa Adeoye 

Neuronal and Presynaptic Excitatory Changes in the Dentate Gyrus in SORL1-deficient Mice. Mentor – Dr. Carol Troy. 

Ayesha Ali 

Investigating the Role of Notch Receptors in Liver Fibrosis. Mentor – Dr. Utpal Pajvan. 

Ingrid Antonio 

Leaky Ryanodine Receptor Type 2 Translocate HDAC4 to Nucleus, Reduces TTR, and Impairs Amyloid Beta Clearance Pathway.
Mentor – Dr. Andrew Marks. 

Renee Arana 

The fusion/entry complex of paramyxoviruses: tethered glycoprotein pairs as functional entry mimics. Mentor – Dr. Anne Moscona 

Leah Berhanu 

You win some, you lose some: Investigating how time-restricted feeding (TRF) improves muscle function while driving fat loss in Drosophila melanogaster. Mentor – Dr. Mimi Shirasu-Hiza 

Sydney Bioteau 

Identifying Novel Regulators of the Cardiac Voltage Gated Calcium Channel Ca V 1.2. Mentor – Dr. Manu Ben-Johny

Allyssa Bromley 

Number of Children and Alzheimer’s Disease. Mentors – Drs. Scott Small, Stephanie Cosentino 

Ariel Brown-Ogha 

Establishing a Fluorescence-Based Sodium Influx Assay Using MhsT as a Model for hSERT. Mentor – Dr. Matthias Quick 

Fariha Chowdhury 

Detection of Surfactant Protein C (Sftpc) in Wild-Typeand Sftpc-/- Mouse Lungs. Mentor – Dr. Valerio Dorrello 

Grace Chun 

Investigating the Mechanistic Roles of Mbd3 and Kat7 in Downstream Gene Reactivation Following DNA Demethylation. Mentor – Dr. Shawn Liu 

Celine Cotran 

mGluR4's Role in ••-synuclein internalization in Parkinson’s Disease. Mentor – Dr. Jonathan Javitch 

Scarlett Dellacona 

Design and Validation of single guide RNAs for Targeted Mid1 Epigenome Editing – Mentor – Dr. Shawn Liu 

Ela Dynner 

Investigating SAA1 as a Driver of Clonal Hematopoiesis and Therapeutic Target in AML. Mentor – Dr. Stavroula Kousteni 

Endia Evans 

Neurovascular Regulation of Brown Adipose Tissue: Investigating Sympathetic Control of Vascular Permeability Using Intravital Microscopy.
Mentor – Dr. Lori Zeltser 

Annaika Fernandes 

IMPACT OF MICROGLIA-SPECIFIC UCP2 DELETION ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATHOLOGY IN 5XFAD MICE. Mentor – Dr Sabrina Diano 

Aya Hamdan 

Using Cell-Based Assays to Understand the Autophagic Clearance of Protein Aggregates. Mentor - Ai Yamamoto 

Anna James 

Extreme Weather Events and Adverse Childhood Experiences. Mentor - Dr. Claudia Lugo-Candelas 

Ramatou Karimou 

De Novo Design of Miniprotein Blockers targeting the Rad-Cavß Interaction. Mentor – Dr. Manu Ben- Johny. 

Eva Kasal 

Barriers to Family Recruitment and Delirium Screening in the Pediatric ICU: A Feasibility and Needs Assessment. Mentor – Dr. Andrew Geneslaw 

Morlyne Kwekeh 

Using Engineered Deubiquitinases to Stabilize ATM Protein in Ataxia-Telangiectasia. Mentor – Dr. Henry Colecraft 

Monique Lavoie 

Investigating Drivers of Inflammatory Responses in Pediatric Long COVID. Mentor – Dr. Thomas Connors 

Kadija Limerick 

Engineered bacteria vectors as platforms for tumor-localized therapeutic delivery. Mentor – Dr. Nick Arpaia 

Annamarie Magana 

Choroid Plexus Remodeling & Enhanced Excitatory Signaling Drive Disinhibited Behavior & Memory Deficits. Mentor - Dr. Andrew Marks. 

Fayi Nshanji 

THE DEVLOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF INDUCIBLE CAS9 SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLED GENE EDITING. Mentor – Dr. Yvon Woappi 

Taylor Osborne 

The Effects of Extracellular Calcium Concentrations on Wild-Type and Mutant-SF3B1 Hematopoietic Cells. Mentor – Dr. Sergi Doulatov 

Jacqueline Rosenblum 

Characterizing Tau Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease:Heterogeneity & Molecular Signatures of Aggregate Maturity Stages. Mentor–Dr. Philip De Jager 

Cira Sar 

Expanding Rare Disease Research: HNRNPH2-RNDD. Mentor – Dr. Jen Bain 

Jenna Shoman 

Screening of TSPAN3 Antibodies. Mentor - Dr. Tannishtha Reya 

June Thakuria

Representations of Event Sequences During Prediction and Recall. Mentor – Dr. Christopher Baldassano 

Sophia Tong 

Mid1 Gene in the BLA of Mice and its Function with Fear Memory in Engram Cells. Mentor – Dr. Yueqing Peng 

Tyler Truong 

How Informative is Treatment Toxicity Data in Clinical Trial Reports. Mentor – Dr. Susan E. Bates 

Massiel Velarde Perez 

Acute inhibition of Mrgprb4 touch neurons and its relationship to sexual receptivity in female mice. Mentor – Dr. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor 

Alice Wang 

Contextualizing JAK/STAT Mutations Through Cytokine Co-Stimulations. Mentor – Dr. Dusan Bogunovic. 

Tyler Young 

From Simple Behavioral Readouts to Behavioral Repertoire: Quantifying Age-Related Changes in Mouse Behavior. Mentor – Dr. Itamar Kahn 

Liyat Zekarias 

Synaptic Balance in the Maternal Habenula Under Chronic Social Isolation. Mentor – Dr. Christoff Anacker