Project Updates

5/26/26

Exciting news!! The 2026 MARC Wildcat Colloquium is now complete and was a success! Congratuations to all of my MARC peers on their amazing presentations and all of the hard work they have put into their research over the past two years!

5/24/26

My MARC paper is finally complete! I'm incredibly proud of the piece of work and it will be linked in the tab titled "Project Results" for anyone to read. 

5/20/26

Just finished creating my presentation for the MARC Wildcat Colloquium! I'm now in getting ready to practice presenting to my MARC cohort and am eager for feedback. 

5/19/26

I just received feedback from Amelie on my research paper and have made some key edits. I'm now in the final stages and wrapping up my writing!

5/10/26

I've completed a first draft of my whole research paper! I'm excited to begin the editing process!

4/20/26

I have written the first draft of the discussion section of my paper. So far, I feel that what I have is solid, but I need to flush out my writing a little more to possibly add more detail. 

4/01/26

The polished draft of the results section of my paper is complete with figures and writing! I'm excited to get feedback on this section and continue to refine. 

3/20/26

I'm excited to announce that I have results! After analyzing the data from the tSNE plots in Digi Worm, an online single cell sequencing atlas, I determined that planarians do express MYH7 in their muscle cells. 

1/7/26

Exciting news!! Today Dr. Amelie Raz officially agreed to become my mentor for my project. I have selected to investigate the presence of MYH7, a gene that contributes to cardiomyopathy, in planarians. 

3/12/26

Today, Amelie, and I met over zoom to discuss the complicated process of single cell sequencing. I'm now fully prepared to add what I learned to the intro and methods section of my paper.  

1/28/26

I finished my intoduction section of my paper today and have sent it off for review with fellow MARC peers.