Camille Van Neste - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow
Supported by: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Mentor: Marius Wernig, Pathology
Home Department: Immunology
Faculty Advisor: Nima Aghaeepour
Talk Title: Multiomics modeling of preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries
Event: 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation - Camilo received an Underrepresented Minority Registration Award by the SRI board.
Home Department: Immunology
Faculty Advisor: Michael Angelo
Talk Title: Multi-dimensional longitudinal spatial profiling reveals dynamic ART-linked lymphoid tissue remodeling in SIV infection
Event: 2025 Keystone Symposia - HIV Cure: Antiretroviral Therapy-Free Control of HIV Infection
Dr. Cansu Karakas is an Assistant Professor, with subspecialty expertise in Breast Pathology. Her academic career spans notable institutions such as MD Anderson Cancer Center and (2010–2017) and NYU (2017-2018). She is passionate about research with a focus on HER2-driven breast cancers, artificial intelligence (AI) applications in breast cancer and identifying resistance mechanisms to guide novel, personalized therapeutic strategies in breast cancer.
Home Department: Earth Systems
Mentor: Ayelet Voskoboynik (Biology)
Home Department: Bioengineering
Mentor: Philip Beachy (Urology and Developmental Biology)
Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Engineering a fallopian tube model for mechanistic studies of hydrosalpinx
Event: GRS/GRC Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2025
Awarded in 2024
Talk Title: Engineered matrices reveal stiffness-mediated chemoresistance In patient-derived pancreatic cancer organoids
Event: TERMIS World Conference 2024