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The Bio-X Travel Awards Program gives graduate students and postdocs the opportunity to develop their public speaking skills, to travel and network with like-minded peers, and to learn new ideas that could potentially and positively affect their research.

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Headshot portrait of Pamela Cai - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Pamela Cai - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Andrew Spakowitz and Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Linking molecular structure to macroscopic rheology of dynamically associating polymer networks
Event: American Physical Society's March 2023 Meeting - Pamela was invited as a Padden Award finalist and spoke in the Padden Award session, which honors graduate excellence in polymer research. Pamela won the Padden Award out of 11 finalists.

Headshot portrait of Betty Cai - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Betty Cai - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: 3D bioprinting of perfusable networks using an interfacial diffusant strategy
Event: International Conference on Biofabrication 2023 - Betty receive a second-place Oral Presentation Award for her talk.

Headshot portrait of Michael Burroughs - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Michael Burroughs - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Danielle Mai
Talk Title: Gelation dynamics and reversibility of photocrosslinkable polymer nanocomposite hydrogels
Event: American Chemical Society Fall Meeting 2023 - Michael was selected as one of the 2023 ACS Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering Future Faculty Honorees, and Michael’s talk was part of a special symposium for fellow Future Faculty Honorees.

Headshot portrait of Neil Baugh - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Neil Baugh - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Engineering lipid mobility to enhance stress relaxation in hyaluronic acid hydrogels
Event: 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society

Headshot portrait of Lucia Brunel - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Lucia Brunel - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: 3D bioprinting of corneal cell-laden Iinks as bioengineered corneal substitutes
Event: European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) 2023

Headshot portrait of Jingxun Chen - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Jingxun Chen - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Department: Genetics
Faculty Advisor: Anne Brunet
Talk Title: A short-lived killifish model for studying the interaction between aging and reproduction
Event: Biology of Aging - Gordon Research Seminar and Conference

Headshot portrait of Jason Miklas - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Jason Miklas - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Department: Genetics
Faculty Advisor: Anne Brunet
Talk Title: Identifying the aging intestine secretome and its role in lifespan regulation
Event: International C. elegans Conference 2023

Headshot portrait of Biplabendu Das - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Biplabendu Das - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Department: Biology
Faculty Advisor: Deborah Gordon
Talk Title: Colony variation in the relation between tempo of foraging and waste removal in harvester ant colonies
Event: Animal Behavior Society Meeting 2023

Headshot portrait of Paloma Navarro Negredo - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Paloma Navarro Negredo - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Department: Genetics
Faculty Advisor: Anne Brunet
Talk Title: Manipulating neuro-immune interactions in the aging brain
Event: Gordon Research Conference Evolving Concepts of Organismal Aging

Headshot portrait of Lucy Xu - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Lucy Xu - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2023

Home Departments: Genetics and Biology
Faculty Advisor: Anne Brunet
Talk Title: Single-cell transcriptomics reveals restoration of neuronal progenitors in the old neurogenic niche by partial reprogramming
Event: Biology of Aging - Gordon Research Seminar and Conference

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