Internships
Students participate in an enriching 16-week internship with experts at Georgetown University or at one of the many bioinformatics, biomedical and biotechnology institutions in the Washington, D.C., area, such as:
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology (CBIIT), and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
- The J. Craig Venter Institute (formerly The Institute for Genomic Research, TIGR)
- Children’s National Hospital
- Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Local biotechnology firms
Documents & Forms
- Internship Introduction Presentation
- Internship Guidelines – under revision
- Internship Proposal Form
- Mentor Evaluation Form
Internship Presentations
Summer 2023
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) …
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…
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…
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…
Spring 2023
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…
Summer 2022
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…
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…
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…
Arun Krishnaraj Mentors: Dr. Sreejith Nair, Department of Oncology – Georgetown University Medical Center; Dr. Matthew McCoy, Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics (ICBI) – George…
Teya Dragovic Mentors: Dr. Sreejith Nair, Department of Oncology – Georgetown University Medical Center; Dr. Matthew McCoy, Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics (ICBI) – Georgetown…
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…
Spring 2022
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…
Fall 2021
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…
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