Profiles

Kalani Ratnasiri - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2025

Home Department: Immunology
Faculty Advisors: Catherine Blish and Purvesh Khatri
Talk Title: Single-cell multi-omic profiling of human influenza challenge uncovers dynamic peripheral innate responses modulated by disease severity and viral shedding
Event: Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) 2025 - Kalani received a FOCIS Research Award at the event.

Awarded in 2022

Talk Title: Non-human primates replicate conserved human responses to RNA viral infections, with viral family-associated differences in response dynamics
Event: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting 2022
Kalli Kappel - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2017

Home Department: Biophysics
Faculty Advisor: Rhiju Das
Talk Title: Computational modeling of missing RNA coordinates into density maps of ribonucleoprotein machines
Event: 4th International Conference on Protein and RNA Structure Prediction
Karen Dubbin - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2016

Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Self-Assembling Bio-inks for 3D printing of Cellular Constructs
Event: 2016 World Biomaterials Congress
Karen Mruk - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2017

Home Department: Chemical & Systems Biology
Faculty Advisor: James Chen
Talk Title: Optical control of neural ablation in zebrafish as a model for secondary injury mechanisms
Event: Society for Neuroscience – Neuroscience 2017
Supported by The Matthew Frank Family
Karin Straley - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2007

Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Engineered Proteins with Controllable Properties for Use in Spinal Cord Nerve Regeneration
Event: American Chemical Society National Meeting 2007
Karl Axel Strang - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2009

Home Department: Aeronautics and Astronautics
Faculty Advisor: Margot Gerritson
Talk Title: Efficient flight of pterosaurs—an unsteady aerodynamic approach
Event: 47th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting
Kate (Kathryn) Montgomery - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2011

Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Scott Delp
Talk Title: Tactile cueing as a gravitational substitute for spatial navigation during parabolic flight
Event: 8th Symposium on the Role of the Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration
Katerina Blazek - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2011

Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Thomas Andriacchir
Talk Title: BMI, body volume distribution, and sagittal plane gait parameters
Event: American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting 2011
Katherine Rostkowski - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2011

Home Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Craig Criddle
Talk Title: Bioplastic production from biogas methane: Laboratory-scale operation and life cycle assessment
Event: ISIE 2011 Conference: Science, Systems, and Sustainability

Awarded in 2010
Talk Title: Bioplastic production from biogas methane: Laboratory-scale operation and life cycle assessment
Event: International Symposium on Biopolymers 2010
Katherine Sharp - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2014

Home Department: Pathology
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Axelrod
Talk Title: Prickle/Spiny-legs isoforms control the polarity of the apical microtubule network in PCP
Event: Annual Drosophila Research Conference 2014

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