Archive: Summer 2025

22 Articles

Internship Presentations

Insight into Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) conformations and dynamics as it relates to reactant capture and product release

Alisha Baral Mentor: Dr. Brian Bennion, Biochemical and Biophysical Systems Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Date/Time: August 21st, 2025 at 3:00 PM. Abstract:…

August 21, 2025

Internship Presentations

Comparing Flux Sampling Methods for Genome-Scale Microbial Models

Krista Williston Mentor: Dr. Ali Navid, Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Date/Time: August 21st, 2025 at 1:15 PM. Abstract:…

August 20, 2025

Internship Presentations

Differential Expression of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases Predicts Treatment Outcomes and Immune Microenvironment Composition in Melanoma Patients

Preethi Kumaran Mentor: Dr. Naoko Takebe and Dr. Vishnu Nagalapuram, University of Oklahoma Stephenson Cancer Center. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2025 at 10:15 AM. Abstract: Melanoma…

August 20, 2025

Internship Presentations

Machine Learning Models for Link Prediction in Glycan Images

Campbell Ross Mentor: Dr. Nathan Edwards, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center. Date/Time: August 21st, 2025 at 1…

August 20, 2025

Internship Presentations

Repetitive Element–Associated Enhancers in Hormone- and Inflammation-Responsive Signaling Networks in Breast Cancer

Samantha Amber Ramcharran Mentor: Dr. Sreejith Nair, Department of Oncology – Georgetown University Medical Center. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2025 at 9:00.…

August 20, 2025

Internship Presentations

Phylogenetic Reconstruction and Evolutionary Analysis of Vaccine Candidate Genes in Clinical Plasmodium falciparum Isolates using Nextstrain

Sydney Tola Mentor: Dr. Alexander Pichugin, Ph.D., M.D., Chief, Genetics and Parasite Biology Lab, BR&D, WRAIR. Date/Time: August 22nd, 2025 at 10:00 AM. Abstract: Malaria…

August 20, 2025

Internship Presentations

Automated Classification of CIViC Evidence Types Using ChatGPT-4o mini

Karim El Khoury Mentor: Dr. Karen Ross, Program Co-Director, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University. Date/Time: August 21st, 2025…

August 19, 2025

Internship Presentations

Machine Learning–Based Prediction of Structural MRI Measures from Military Environmental Exposures in Veterans

Jasmin M. Francisco Mentor: Dr. Peter Bayley, PhD, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Department of Psychiatry and…

August 19, 2025

Internship Presentations

Detecting Potentially Conserved CircRNAs in the Estrogen Pathway and in Mammary Glands

Paige Ryan Mentor: Dr. Markus Hoffmann, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center. Date/Time: August 21st, 2025 at 2…

August 19, 2025

Internship Presentations

Systematic Curation and Large Language Model-Based Extraction of Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers

Alma Ogunsina Mentor: Dr. Raja Mazumder, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, George Washington University / Daniall Masood, PhD, George Washington University. Date…

August 19, 2025