Mentor: Dr. Jose F. Abisambra, Neuroscience

Undergrad: Marine Biology, University of West Florida

Research Interests: Tauopathies, RNA and ribosome interactions, Bioinformatics

Undergrad: Microbiology & Cell Science, University of Florida

Research Interests:

Mentor: Dr. Joseph F. Ryan, Biology

Undergrad: Marine Biology, Florida International University

Research Interests: Evolutionary genomics in marine invertebrates, bioinformatics, Developmental biology, Population genetics and ecology

Mentor: Dr. Amor A. Menezes, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Undergrad: Microbiology & Cell Science, University of Florida

Research Interests: Synthetic biology for extreme environments, Microbial biomanufacturing, Genetic circuits, and Continuous directed evolution

Mentors: Dr. Lauren McIntyre & Dr. Rolf Renne, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Undergrad: Biology, New York University

Research Interests: Population genetics, Transcriptomics, Genetics of host-pathogen interactions

Mentor: Dr. Marco Salemi, Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine

Undergrad: Biology, Universidad del Quindio

Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, Molecular cell biology, Exosome diagnostics 

Mentor: Dr. Martin Cohn, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Undergrad: Microbiology and Cell Science, University of South Florida

Research Interests: Equine genetics, Genome stability, Gene therapy

Mentor: Dr. Mingyi Xie, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Undergrad: Biomedical Engineering, Duke University

Research Interests: Molecular basis of genetic diseases, Gene therapy, Gene editing

Mentor: Dr. Eric Wang, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Undergrad: Biology, University of Florida

Research Interests: Molecular basis of neurodegenerative human disease & pathomechanisms

Mentor: Dr. Eric Wang, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Undergrad: Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida

Research Interests: Bioinformatics, gene editing, gene expression

Mentor: Dr. Eduardo Vallejos, Horticultural Sciences

Undergrad: Molecular Genetics, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Acade

Research Interests: Bioinformatics, transcriptome analysis, and pathway reconstruction

Mentor: Dr. Christopher Vulpe, Physiological Sciences

Undergrad: Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida

Research Interests: Friedreich’s Ataxia; epigenetics in triplet repeat disease

Mentor: Dr. Bryony Bonning, Entomology & Nematology

Undergrad: Biochemistry, University of Florida

Research Interests: Bioinformatics relating to functional genomics

Mentor: Dr. Julie Maupin-Furlow, Microbiology & Cell Science

Undergrad: Microbiology and Cell Science , University of Florida

Research Interests: Virology, molecular genetics

Mentor: Dr. Ana Conesa & Dr. Jamie Foster, Microbiology and Cell Science

Undergrad: Biotechnology, ORT University, Uruguay

Research Interests: Bioinformatics, gene expression regulation, alternative splicing

Mentor: Dr. Rolf Renne, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Undergrad: Chemistry and Computational Biology, Florida State University

Research Interests: Computational Genomics / Bioinformatics; Cancer Genomics

Mentor: Dr. Dmitry Traktuev and Dr. Keith March, Cardiology

Undergrad: Genetic Engineering, SRM University (India)

Research Interests: Regeneration and photo aging; approached from different angles such as the self renewal capacity of stem cells and tissue repair

Mentor: Dr. Elias Sayour, RNA Engineering Laboratory

Undergrad: Clinical Genetics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Research Interests: Clinical and translational science, focusing on the use of personalized medicine in cancer treatment. Gene editing, Pharmacogenomics, gene therapy, and rare cell detection

Mentor: Dr. Julie Maupin-Furlow, MCS

Undergrad: Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida

Research Interests: Genetics of insect-microbe interactions and gene expression regulation by non-coding RNAs

Mentor: Dr. Barry Byrne and Dr. Manuela Corti, Byrne Lab, MGM/Pediatrics

Undergrad: Cell and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida

Research Interests: Friedreich’s Ataxia and similar microsatellite diseases; Gene therapy and gene editing

Mentors: Dr. Eric Wang and Dr. Andy Berglund, Center for Neurogenetics

Undergrad: Biology, Cell and Molecular Concentration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Research Interests: Using research related to genetic engineering and personalized medicine to find potential protein and genetic therapies

Mentor: Dr. Rolf Renne, MGM

Undergrad: Genetics & Genomics, Fudan University, China

Research Interests: Epigenetics, cancer biology, cell cycle regulatory pathways and fate decisions