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We're trying to make Biology Research at WashU more easy, more accessible, and more fun for Undergrads. Feel free to reach out to our emails below if you have any questions about research, school, or anything at all! Remember, there's no such thing as a dumb question.

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Vinayak Nair

Year: Junior

Major: Computational Biology and Genomics

Hometown: Princeton Junction, NJ

Long-term Plan: Med School, Emergency Medicine

Current Area of Research: Transmission of Anxiety from Parents to Children

Current/Future Research Interests: Social Media & Behavioral Addiction, Using AR/VR in Health Contexts

Favorite Food, Animal, and Hobby: Anything Thai, Penguin, and Creating Media that solves problems

Email: vinayak.nair@wustl.edu

Angel Lu

Year: Junior

Major: Biology

Hometown: Toronto, CA

Long-term Plan: Med School

Current Area of Research: Immune System in the Lung

Current/Future Research Interests: The role that complement C3 and it's proteolytic products have in reducing cell death/lung injury

Favorite Food, Animal, and Hobby: Alfredo Pasta, Flamingo, and Doing Puzzles

Email: angel.l@wustl.edu

Amanda Yang

Year: Junior

Major: Computational Biology and Genomics

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Long-term Plan: Med School

Current Area of Research: Aging-related diseases, Embryogenesis.

Current/Future Research Interests: Using stem-cell derived trophoblast organoids in modeling placental development.

Favorite Food, Animal, and Hobby: A Good Breakfast Burrito, Beluga Whale, Any outdoor activity

Email: amanda.yang@wustl.edu

Julia Trost

Year: Sophomore

Major: Biology

Hometown: Columbia, MD

Long-term Plan: Med School

Current Area of Research: Biochemistry

Current/Future Research Interests: Understanding factors that affect a novel ubiquitin-dependent signaling pathway involved in repairing DNA damage induced by alkylation

Favorite Food, Animal, and Hobby: French fries, Cats, Playing the Piano

Email: j.d.trost@wustl.edu

Yoon Shin

Year: Sophomore

Major: Neuroscience

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Long-term Plan: Med School

Current Area of Research: Glioblastomas

Current/Future Research Interests: Investigating the genes hijacked during glioblastoma oncogenesis. Identifying cancer types through DNA methylation patterns.

Favorite Food, Animal, and Hobby: Tteokbokki, Hedgehog, Sketching

Email: s.yoon-cheol@wustl.edu