Cindy Nguyen - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow
Supported by: Anonymous Donor
Mentor: Lei Stanley Qi, Bioengineering and Chemical & Systems Biology
Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Dionne
Talk Title: Mechanosensitive polymer-upconverting nanoparticle composites with biologically-relevant compliances
Event: SHIFT2025
Awarded in 2023
Talk Title: In situ optical mechanical force sensors of gastrointestinal peristalsis based on polymer-embedded lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles
Event: 2023 International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies
Home Department: Medicine - Immunology
Faculty Advisor: Jörg Goronzy
Talk Title: Differentiation- and Age-Related MicroRNA Profiling Reveals Two Dimensions of CD8 T Cell Aging
Event: Keystone Symposium: Aging, Inflammation and Immunity
Supported by Mr. Matthew Frank
Dr. Claudia Petritsch's lab studies the involvement of stem and progenitor cells in gliomagenesis and novel therapeutic approaches for glioma using their own new in vivo models for pediatric and adult brain tumors for preclinical testing.