Bioscience Interns have spent 180+hrs over one semester in an internship at a local SF Bay Area lab. Students backgrounds vary from no science coursework prior to coming to the CCSF Biotechnology program to students with Bachelor's degrees in science or higher degrees from institutions outside the United States. All CCSF Bioscience Interns previously completed a Career Exploration in Biosciences course and presented a Career Exploration Poster at a prior CCSF Biosymposium.
Intern: Alexandra Lanham
Internship Lab: Ott Lab, Gladstone Institutes
Internship Mentor: Dr. Francisco Zapatero-Belinchon
Poster: STRIKE-HIV - Specific TAR-Responsive Identification and Killing for Eradication of HIV
Intern: Daniela Ordonez Delgado
Internship Lab: Wiita Lab, UCSF
Internship Mentor: Dr. Bonell Patino Escobar
Poster: CAR-T cells therapy for blood cancers Targeting CD70 and CCR10 on multiple myeloma cells
Intern: Ellieka Keida
Internship Lab: Srivastava Lab, Gladstone Institutes
Internship Mentor: Dr. Nikolaos Poulis
Poster: Studying the Structures of NOTCH1 Expressing Cells in Human Cardioids
Intern: Emmeline Hofland
Internship Lab: Baraban Lab, UCSF
Internship Mentor: Dr. Joseane Righes Marafiga
Poster: Understanding and Treating Epilepsy by Examining Glial Cells in C1qa Mouse Model
Intern: Fiona Noble
Internship Lab: Kastner Lab, UCSF
Internship Mentor: Dr. David Kastner
Poster: Altered Learning Trajectory in Rats with Syngap1 Mutation
Intern: Isabel Diaz Contador
Internship Lab: Huang Lab, UCSF
Internship Mentor: Dr. Verima Pereira
Poster: Establishment of Patient-Derived Organoid Models for Functional and Translational Studies in Prostate Cancer
Intern: Jenn Padilla
Internship Lab: Weaver Lab, UCSF
Internship Mentor: Dr. Kashish Jain
Poster: Effects of ECM Stiffness on KRAS Signaling in PDAC
Intern: Jocelyn Corona Cabrera
Internship Lab: DeGrado and Condello Lab, UCSF
Internship Mentor: Dr. Henry Pan
Poster: Modeling human tauopathies using humanized rat models
Intern: Judith Zhang Liaoo
Internship Lab: Carnevale Lab, UCSF
Internship Mentor: Peixin (Amy) Chen
Poster: Cas12a system: A system that can enhance CAR-T function by gene knockout
Intern: Kara Powell
Internship Lab: Thompson Lab, Joint BioEnergy Institute
Internship Mentors: Dr. Mitchell Thompson & Liam Kirkpatrick
Poster: Optimizing Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation: From Mechanical Delivery to Genetic Regulation
Intern: Leo Ouyang
Internship: Myriad Genetics
Internship Mentors: Jose Sevilla & Justin Dela Cruz
Poster: Automated Genomic DNA Extraction and Quantification Workflows in a CLIA-Regulated Clinical Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Intern: Sami Abdelazim
Internship Lab: DeGrado and Condello Lab, UCSF
Internship Mentors: Dr. Henry Pan & Haoyu Fan
Poster: Asymmetric Reduction of a Ketone with De Novo Designed Catalysts
Intern: Willow Hodson
Internship Lab: Bender Lab, UCSF
Internship Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Salvati
Poster: Do Computers Dream of Electric Mice? Training a DeepLabCut mode to help assess behavioral differences in Scn2a LoF mice
Stem Cell Interns have spent 9 months full time in an internship at a local SF Bay Area lab. Prior to their internships each student completed the CCSF Stem Cell Technology Certificate.
Intern: Bianca Gonzalez
Internship Lab: Kampmann Lab, UCSF
Poster: Investigating the Effects of Methylation on Regulators of Interferon-Responsive Microglia
Intern: Chelsie Shiraishi
Internship Lab: Zholudeva Lab, Gladstone Institutes
Poster: Chemogenic Control of Human Spinal Interneurons
Intern: Clara Dey
Internship Lab: Ullian Lab, UCSF
Poster: Reduction in HSPG Sulfation Improves Lysosomal Abnormalities in a Human Model of FTD
Intern: Adrian Jimenez Monroy
Internship Lab: Finkbeiner Lab, Gladstone Institutes
Poster: Comparative Dynamics of TDP-43 Clearance and Survival in Sporadic versus Familial ALS Motor Neuron Models
Intern: Shabnam Fazlalizadeh
Internship Lab: Muench Lab, Vitalant Research Institute
Poster: From Stem Cells to Neutrophils: Advancing Ex Vivo Neutrophil Precursor Expansion
Intern: Bhoomika Shivaraj
Internship Lab: Alexanian Lab, Gladstone Institutes
Poster: BET Inhibition in Myocardial Infarction Induces Neutrophil-Associated Programs in Macrophages Without Altering Phagocytosis
Intern: Miguel Padilla Gomez
Internship Lab: Robinson Lab, UCSF
Poster: Effects of Endometriosis-Associated Chemicals on Human Endometrial Stromal Fibroblasts
Intern: Gosia Pachocki
Internship Lab: Barcena Lab/Fisher Lab, UCSF
Poster: Mapping the Conversation: Characterization of the Immune Cells at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
For more information about the BioSymposium: Dr. Karen Leung