Spent our summers working in our labs, and presented our work to our classmates in the fall
We continued working in our labs throughout the year
We began drafting our research papers
We finalized our research papers and began preparing for the 2024 Independent Science Research Symposium
We are looking forward to continuing our lab work this summer
Department: Environmental Science
Research Institution: Advanced Science Research Center
PI/Mentor: Dr. Andrew Reinmann & John Paul Hellenbrand
Research Overview: Effects of climate on net forest carbon sequestration in fragmented forests.
Department: Oncology
Research Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine
PI/Mentor: Dr. Shen, Raymond Briones, & Suraj Patel
Research Overview: Experimentation with PTEN, a cancer suppressing gene
Department: Neuroscience
Research Institution: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
PI/Mentor: Juan Marcos Alarcon
Research Overview: The Effects of Autoimmune Diseases on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Associated Behaviors in Offspring
Department: Computer Science
Research Institution: Weill Cornell Medical College
PI/Mentor: Stephanie Belina, Isabelle Daphnis, Dr. JoAnn Difede (PI)
Research Overview: Treating Social Isolation in Hospital Patients with Virtual Reality
Department: Physiology & Cellular Biophysics
Research Institution: Columbia University Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
PI/Mentor: Dr. Stavroula Kousteni & Dr. Rossella Labella
Research Overview: Inhibiting mitochondrial transfer between mesenchymal stromal cells and Acute Myeloid Leukemia cell lines
Department: FMCW Photonic Chip LiDAR Simulation
Research Institution: Voyant Photonics
PI/Mentor: Dan Bush
Research Overview: Digital LiDAR simulation
Department: Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Research Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
PI/Mentor: Dr. Wenyan Jiang, Dr. Wan Li
Research Overview: Identifying and Repressing Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Bacteria
Department: Neuroscience
Research Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
PI/Mentor: Dr. Eric J Nestler, Dr. Leanne Holt
Research Overview: Molecular effects of downstream Astrocytic CREB susceptibility on stress and anxiety
Department: Endocrinology
Research Institution: Friedman Diabetes Institute at Northwell Health
PI/Mentor: Dr Avtanski & Dr Radoslav Stojchevski
Research Overview: Effects of Curcumin Analogs on Type 1 Diabetes Insulin Expression
Department: Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Research Institution: Columbia Teachers College
Mentor: Sharleen Loh
PI: Dr. Joey J. Lee
Research Overview: Video Games for representing and studying culture
Department: Climate Science and Modeling
Research Institution: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
PI/Mentor: Dr. Benjamin I. Cook
Research Overview: Extreme precipitation in NYC expected to significantly increase through next century due to climate change
Department: Microbiology
Research Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
PI/Mentor: Emma Komers, Dr. Chris Basler
Research Overview: Langya Virus V and W Proteins Inhibit Host Viral Defenses Less Effectively than NiV V and W Proteins
Department: Neurosurgery
Research Institution: NYU Langone Health
PI/Mentor: Lavender Yao Jiang, Daniel Alexander Alber, Dr. Eric Karl Oermann
Research Overview: Biomedical causal inference and large language models