I finalized work on the cholecystectomy model! We added a ballistics gel to mimic a fat layer that residents will have to remove to access the gallbladder. It is currently being used for training at Shands hospital.

Using transcriptomics, I analyzed the expression of GABA-A and GABA-B receptor expression in pancreatic islets. I gained skills in tissue staining and data analysis in R Studio. I presented on my research at UF's undergraduate research symposium. 

I got to show off our final Surgical model at Dream Team Engineering's annual Exhibition Day at Shands hospital. We interacted with physicians, families, faculty, and patients as they passed through the lobby and introduced them to our design, software, and research projects.

I took 2 Matlab courses this year. I built a 2048 game as my final project during fall semester, and took my coding skills to the next step by creating a diagnostic tool for postural tachycardia syndrome in the spring semester. With 2 group members, we created a user interface where physicians could input a patient's symptoms. The program would match their data to normal values, visually represent discrepancies on a graph, and determine if further testing was suggested.