Internships

Characterizing Osmolyte Interactions with Intrinsically Disordered Tau

Zheng Ji Mentor: Dr. Priyanka Joshi, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center. Date/Time: December 10th, 2024 at 12:00pm. Abstract: Neurod…

An Evaluation of LBSL Mutations and their Effect on Patient Outcomes

Shannon Connelly Mentor: Drs. Bela Turk and Amena Fine, Kennedy Krieger Institute. Date/Time: December 10th, 2024 at 12:00pm. Abstract: Leukoencephalopathy with brainstem and spinal cord involvement a…

Studying an NRAS-NRAS interface for Drug Discovery

Harshitha Muddamsetty Mentor: Dr. Trent Balius, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research. Date/Time: December 10th, 2024 at 12:00pm. Abstract: The RAS isoforms (K…

Predicting Protein Abundance from mRNA Data Using Machine Learning

Atsede Siba Mentor: Dr. Nathan Edwards, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University. Date/Time: December 10th, 2024 at 12:00pm. Abstract: Accurately predict…

LLM Summarization of Plant Protein Phosphorylation Information for Uniprot Community Submission

Xingchen Liu Mentor: Dr. Karen Ross, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 1:00pm. Abstract: Phosphorylation of plant…

Identifying Cell Vulnerability States in PDAC Tumors

Sarah Siemers Mentor: Dr. Robert Suter, Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 3:40pm. Abstract: Pancreatic…

Incidence rates of heart diseases among ethnic, gender, and geographic subgroups in the All of Us prospective cohort study

Valerie Czach Mentor: Dr. Jason Wong, Epidemiology and Community Health Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 3:20pm. Abstract…

Building a Virtual Glycobiology Teaching Assistant using Retrieval Augmented Generation

Eliot Kmiec Mentor: Dr. Nathan Edwards, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 3:00pm. Abstract: Generative AI chat-bo…

Feature Implementation and AI Integration for Cryo-EM Analysis through Studying Beta-Galactosidase

Ruiqi Li Mentor: Dr. Jana Ognjenovic, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 2:40pm. Abstract: Cryo-EM, cryo-electron microscopy, is a technology that shoot…

Predicting Binders and Conformational Changes in Metamorphic and Switch Proteins for Therapeutic Design

Sam O’Brien Mentor: Dr. David Bell, Computational Chemistry and Modeling Group, Advanced Biomedical and Computation Sciences, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Date/Time: August 22n…

False Positive Detection for scRNA-Seq Variant Calling Tools

Thomas Pepas Mentor: Dr. Nathan Edwards, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 2:00pm. Abstract: Single cell RNA-Seq …

Unraveling the Influence of Comorbidities on Parkinson’s Disease

Cassie Ramage Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Pitz, Integrative Neurogenomics Unit, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias, National Institute on Aging, National Instit…

FungPy: A Python Package to Simulate Plant Hyphosphere Interactions to Model interactions between plant, arbuscular mycorrizhea fungi (AMF) and bacteria

Abhishek Dash Mentors: Dr. Ali Navid and Dr. John R. Casey, Biochemical and Biophysical Systems Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Date/Time: August 23rd, 2024 at 2:40pm. Abstract: Arbuscu…

Fine-Tuning AI Models for Cryo-Electron Microscopy Data Collection

Letian Deng Mentor: Dr. Jana Ognjenovic, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Date/Time: August 23rd, 2024 at 2:00pm. Abstract: This summer internship focused on the application and fine…

System-level examination of algicidal mechanisms in bacteria

Elias Azar Mentor: Dr. Ali Navid, Biochemical and Biophysical Systems Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Date/Time: August 23rd, 2024 at 1:20pm. Abstract: Algicidal bacteria have ecologica…

Regulatory Role of Alu Elements on Enhancer Activity and Estrogen-Responsive Gene Expression in Breast Cancer Cells

Richi Thakral Mentor: Dr. Sreejith Nair, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center. Date/Time: August 23rd, 2024 at 1:00pm. Abstract: Alu elements are short interspersed nuclear ele…

cyTOF Multidimensional Analysis of Immune Cell Dysfunction and Obesity-Induced Tumor Microenvironment

Chun-Kai Chiu Mentor: Dr. Miriam Jacobs, Georgetown University Medical Center. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 4:40pm. Abstract: Background: In recent years immunotherapy for solid tumors has moved in…

Estimating Vascular Stiffness through Speckle Plethysmography Waveform Analysis

Ali Owji Mentor: Dr. Helen Parker, National Institute of Child Development (NICHD). Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 4:20pm. Abstract: Noninvasive wearable devices for measuring biometrics such as bloo…

Shiny Application Development for Self-Guided Investigation of Biological Hypotheses in Pan-cancer Transcriptomic Datasets

Kyle Rodrigues Mentor: Dr. Ben Weeder, Bioinformatics Scientist, Arcus Biosciences. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 4:00pm. Abstract: Arcus Biosciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company ai…

The role of genetic ancestry on the expression profiles and function of immune cells in individuals with aggressive colorectal subtypes

Candy Promprasert Mentors: Deborah de la Caridad Delgado Herrera (1,2), Tingting Qin (3), Lucia Martinez Cruz (1,2), Siddhi Patil (1,2), Gregory T. Wolf (3) Anju Duttargi (1,2), Christina Lefante (5),…

Automation of Precision Medicine for the treatment of AML through development of CAR NK Cells

Patrick Kim Mentor: Dr. Sijung Yun, Predictiv Care and Johns Hopkins University. Date/Time: August 23rd, 2024 at 2:20pm. Abstract: Chimeric antigen receptor engineered natural killer cells have yielde…

Prediction of Relative Protein Abundance from mRNA Expression Data

Christopher Nguyen Mentor: Dr. Nathan Edwards, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2024 at 1:40pm. Abstract: The expression…

Identification of Neuroprotective Mechanisms and Cellular Interactions in Pediatric Brain Tumors

Jeremy Amen Mentors: Dr. Robert Suter and Dr. Nagi Ayad, Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center. Date/Time: August 23rd, 2024 at 3:40pm. Abs…

Investigating Epigenetic Regulation of GD2 Expression in Glioblastoma

Jhalak Trivedi Mentors: Dr. Robert Suter and Dr. Nagi Ayad, Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center. Date/Time: August 23rd, 2024 at 3:20pm. …

In-silico Purification Benchmarking Analysis and Automated Framework Development

Rujuta Shinde Mentors: Rebecca Fuchs and Sean Cho, Arcus Biosciences. Date/Time: August 23rd, 2024 at 3:00pm. Abstract: Arcus Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovat…

The OpiOme: Integrating Omics Data with Psychometric Approaches to Assess Susceptibility to Opioid Use Disorder in Cancer Patients

Andres Filgueira Mentor: Dr. L. Robert Gore and Dr. Zhihua Chen, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and Dr. Brian Gonzalez, Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Moffitt Cancer Cent…

Characterization of antimicrobial resistance profiles in the microbiomes of vegetarian and omnivore diets

Salwa Elsaadawy Mentor: Drs. Jason Kralj and Stephanie Servetas, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Date/Time: April 30th, 2024 at 12pm. Abstract: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has impac…

Unraveling the Genetic Tapestry of COVID-19: RNA-seq Studies Reveal SNPs and Antibody Profiles Across European and Korean Populations

Rayeh Elian Mentor: Dr. Hye Kyung Lee, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Date/Time: August 17th, 2023 at 4pm. Abstract: Multiple COVID-19 genome-wide association studies (GWASs) …

System-level analysis of essential bioprocesses for stand-alone operation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplasts

Thomas Mossington Mentor: Dr. Ali Navid, Biochemical and Biophysical Systems Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Date/Time: August 22nd, 2023 at 1pm. Abstract: Phototrophic organisms play an…

End-to-end solution for assay data management to support vaccine development

Elizabeth Zacharia Mentor: Stephanie Mozley, Associate Director, Disease Biology & PharmaTox, Merck  Date/Time: August 22nd, 2023 at 1pm. Abstract: This abstract provides an overview of the ongo…

Predicting Sensitivity to a Novel Olig2 Inhibitor in Glioblastoma

Longwei Zhang Mentor: Dr. Nagi Ayad, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center Date/Time: August 22nd, 2023 at 1pm. Abstract: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common adult malignant p…

Exploring genetic variations within Gamma-Activated Sequence (GAS) motifs in the  Interferon/JAK/STAT signaling pathway to understand the genetics of autoimmune  diseases

Shreeti Chhatrala Mentor: Markus Hoffman, PhD student and Pre-Doctoral Fellow at NIH Date/Time: August 22nd, 2023 at 1pm. Abstract: Autoimmune diseases pose a significant threat to public health, impa…

Analysis of Interferon-Related Gene Expression in Thyroid Disease

Yihung Lai Mentor: Drs. Mark Danielsen & Karen Ross, Georgetown University Medical Center Date/Time: August 22nd, 2023 at 1pm. Abstract: Graves’ Disease is an autoimmune disorder that affec…

Integration of Single Cell RNA-seq and Spatial Transcriptomics in Glioblastoma

Rishika Chowdary Mentor: Dr. Nagi Ayad, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center Date/Time: August 22nd, 2023 at 1pm. Abstract: The most common and aggressive primary brain tumor i…

Brain-Soap for Mad Cows: An Exploration into Computational RNA Aptamer Prediction for Disordered Prion Proteins 

Jordan Henry Mentor: Dr. David Bell, Advanced Biomedical Computational Sciences Division, Frederick National Labs Date/Time: August 22nd, 2023 at 1pm. Abstract: RNA aptamers are sequences intentionall…

Semantic Link Extraction from Glycan Structure Images using Deep-Learning

Xinyu Hu Mentor: Dr. Nathan Edwards, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center Date/Time: July 26th, 2023 at 10:00am. Abstract: Glycan stru…

Exploring RNA Sequencing Data to Identify Disease-Specific Biomarkers for Thyroid Disorders

Shubhangi Vibhor Garg Mentors: Dr. Karen Ross and Dr. Mark Danielsen, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center Date/Time: April 25th, 2023…

Predicting novel proteins by exon shuffling using human mRNA

Kurt Denning Mentors: Dr. CR Vinayaka, Georgetown University and Nagarajan Pattabiraman, MolBoxLLC Date/Time: August 23rd, 2022 at 4:00pm. Abstract: In this project, the inspiration was from exon shuf…

Improvement of glycan structure inference from glycan images using deep-learning-based object detection

Michelle Vesser Mentor: Dr. Nathan Edwards, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Date/Time: August 23rd, 2022 at 3:40pm. Abstract: Glycan structures …

Kallisto Isoform-Level Analysis of Platelet Transcript Data: A rapid, scalable RNA-Seq Workflow

Jacob Youkilis Mentor: Dr. Rasika Mathias, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Date/Time: August 23rd, 2022 at 3:20pm. Background Previous studies …

Predictive modeling of drug induced toxicology via QSAR analysis of SEND datasets

Rodney Moore Jr. Mentor: Dr. Kevin Snyder U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Office of New Drugs Date/Time: August 23rd, 2022 at 3:00pm. Abstract: According t…

LIME, A High-Throughput Metabolite Annotation Tool

Bowen Yang Mentors: Dr. Tytus Mak, Mass Spectrometry Data Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology; and Dr. Evagelia C Laiakis, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical…

Analysis of the metabolomic profile in serum of irradiated nonhuman primates treated with BIO 300-1, a radiation countermeasure

Zihao Zhang Mentor: Dr. Amrita Cheema, Professor of Oncology/ Associate Director: Center for Metabolomic Studies, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Date/Time: August 23rd, 20…

Gene Expression Associated with Acute myeloid leukemia using Gene Enrichment Analysis (GSEA)

Yohana Alemseged Mentors: Dr. Laura Harris, Harris Interdisciplinary Research  Date/Time: August 23rd, 2022 at 2:00pm. Abstract: Gene expression is a powerful process which uses the information e…

Non-Coding Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Changes Implicated in Ovarian Cancer Platinum Chemoresistance

Arun Krishnaraj Mentors:  Dr. Sreejith Nair, Department of Oncology – Georgetown University Medical Center; Dr. Matthew McCoy, Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics (ICBI) – Ge…

Generation of computational pipeline to assess the phase separation potential of oncogenic fusion proteins

Teya Dragovic Mentors: Dr. Sreejith Nair, Department of Oncology – Georgetown University Medical Center; Dr. Matthew McCoy, Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics (ICBI) – Georgetown…

Integration of Gene Dependency Scores and scRNA-Seq Data Reveals ACTN1 and CD44 as Potential Targets in Glioblastoma

Madison Sharp Mentor: Dr. Nagi Ayad, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center Georgetown University Medical Center Date/Time: August 23rd, 2022 at 1:00pm. Abstract: Glioblastoma (G…

Cell-specific SNV discovery using barcode-stratified scRNA-Seq data

Ni Gao Mentors: Dr. Nathan Edwards, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University. Date/Time: May 3rd, 2022 at 12:00pm. Abstract: Currently, the detection of …

Developing a reproducible computational pipeline for detecting lncRNA based on RNA-seq data

Minghan Wu Mentors: Dr. Matthew McCoy, Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics (ICBI ) and Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center; and Dr. Sreejith Nair, Oncology Academic D…

Systems Analysis of Essential Autism Genes in Early Mammalian Development

Josephine Millard Mentors: Dr. Sharmila Basu, MindSpec, Inc.; and Dr. Karen Ross, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University. Date/Time: May 3rd, 2022 at 1…

Establish a knowledge graph of tumor immunity-related probiotics and automatically predict potential new drugs

Zhichen Gao Mentor: Yongliang Yang (Doctoral Supervisor and Deputy Dean of the School of Life Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology.) Date/Time: December 7, 2021 at 8am Abstract: Kno…