2025 DLS SURF Videos

Division of Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows

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2025 SURF Reels

Alder, Tristan

Alder, Tristan

Information: Major: Genetics; Functional Roles of Embryonic Heterogeneity in the Shoulder and Neck; Principal Investigator: Dr. Tetsuya Nakamura; Genetics

Gad, Dalia

Gad, Dalia

Information: Major: Genetics; Integration of Single Cell Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Data to Predict Natural Killer Cell Enhancers Driving Immunotherapy Resistance in Metastatic Melanoma; Principal Investigator: Dr. Jackie Yang; Genetics

Ishaque, Perishay

Ishaque, Perishay

Information: Major: Genetics; Transcriptome analysis of cultured mesenchymal stem cells with CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of schizophrenia candidate gene, BIRC5; Principal Investigator: Dr. Oleg Evgrafov; Genetics

Iyer, Mythri

Iyer, Mythri

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; Characterizing MCM8 In Meiosis; Principal Investigator: Devanshi Jain; Genetics

Kuang, Krystal

Kuang, Krystal

Information: Major: Genetics; Role of Transposable Elements on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development; Principal Investigator: Dr. Jinchuan Xing; Genetics

Lijo, Mikaela

Lijo, Mikaela

Information: Major: Genetics; Single-Cell Multiomic Dissection Fibroblast Heterogeneity and Its Association with Immunotherapy Resistance in Metastatic Melanoma; Principal Investigator: Jiekun (Jackie) Yang; Genetics

Mehta, Anika

Mehta, Anika

Information: Major: Genetics; CasZ1 as a Regulator of Villus Tip Zonation; Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Verzi; Genetics

Mejorada, Louis

Mejorada, Louis

Information: Major: Exercise Science; Mental Fatigue as a Mediator of Conflict Detection in Depression: An ERP Study; Principal Investigator: Brandon Alderman; Kinesiology and Health

Mitri, Daria

Mitri, Daria

Information: Major: Cell Biology and Neuroscience; Discovering Meiosis-Mediating Genes Using RNA Interference and Cytological Analysis; Principal Investigator: Dr. Kim McKim; Genetics

Patel, Diya

Patel, Diya

Information: Major: Genetics; The Role of Stathmin in Regulating Tau Protein in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model; Principal Investigator: Gleb Shumyatsky; Genetics

Soliman, Daniel

Soliman, Daniel

Information: Morphogenesis of the Wing Hinge During Pupal Development; Principal Investigator: Dr. Kenneth Irvine; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry