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