Internships

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 Cen…

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 encod…

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) – George…

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…