Abstracts
Poster Guidelines
All students who attend the conference will be required to present a scientific poster. Students should print their posters locally, and travel with them. Poster boards are made of a fabric material, therefore adhesive tape will not work. Pushpins will be available to adhere posters to the poster boards.
abstracts
Student Abstracts
Jannah Abdullah Poster #001 Mentors: Marney Granados, B.S and Senta Georgia, PhD Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Jessica Adjoyi Poster #002 Mentors: Jason Perez; Meaghan McCoy; Anna Kamitakahara, PhD Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Crystal Aghanya Poster #003 Mentors: Pranabananda Dutta, PhD; PI: Pranabananda Dutta, PhD Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Kristen Agsaoay Poster #004 Mentor: Fiona Wong, MBChB and Monique Cheung, MBChB; PI: Chengbiao Wu, PhD University of California, San Diego
Meriam Alyassiry Poster #005 Mentors: Dr. Georgios Batsios, PhD (Mentor), Dr. Pavithra Viswanath, MD, PhD (PI) UCSF
Carlos Arevalo Poster #006 Mentors: Thu Pham, BS (PhD Candidate – Mentor), Dr. Yin Shen, PhD (PI) UCSF
Flo Avalos Poster #008 Mentors: Jason Perez and Meaghan McCoy; Anna Kamitakahara, PhD Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Lizbeth Ayala Leon Poster #009 Mentors: Bita Sahaf Ph.D., Reena Thomas M.D., PhD., David Miklos, M.D., PhD. Stanford University
Balqees Barre Poster #010 Mentors: Sheldon Morris, MD, MPH, Talyn Hughes, Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator, Julissa Gonzalez, Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator University of California, San Diego
Marcus Bautista Poster #011 Mentors: Dr. Tanzila Mukhtar, PhD (Postdoc Mentor), Dr. Arnold Kriegstein, MD. PhD (PI) UCSF
Prakruti Bhatt Poster #012 Mentors: Anagha Deshpande, PhD , Marlenne Perales MSc ; Aniruddha J Deshpande, PhD Sanford Burnham Prebys
Irys Casey Poster #014 Mentors: Thomas Lozito, PhD; PI: Thomas Lozito, PhD Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Sofia Casillas-Holowatz Poster #015 Mentors: Zach Molander, Ashley Taepakdee, MS and Chung-Hao Lee, PhD University of California Riverside
Kylie Chau Poster #017 Mentors: Vanessa Borges, PhD and Alexander Ljubimov, PhD Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Lucas Chen Poster #018 Mentors: Bita Sahaf Ph.D., Reena Thomas M.D., Ph.D., David Miklos, M.D., Ph.D. Stanford University
Rachna Chinya Poster #020 Mentors: Rajalekshmy Padmakumari, Ph.D, P.I.: Sasha Shafikhani, Ph.D UC Davis California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Melanie Cruz Villanueva Poster #021 Mentors: Lilian Gomes De Olivera, PhD (Mentor), Arnold R. Kriegstein, MD, PhD (PI) UCSF
Lucero Diaz Poster #024 Mentors: Jason Perez and Meaghan McCoy; PI: Anna Kamitakahara, PhD Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Ian Do Poster #025 Mentors: Sonali Chaturvedi, PhD and Yash Chaudhary, PhD University of California, Riverside
Hazel Eigen Poster #026 Mentors: Daxian Zha, PhD; PI: Mehrnoosh Ghiam, PhD Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Myla Estrada-Wu Poster #028 Mentors: Hailey Adney; PI: Brian Dias, PhD Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Cinna Fessahaye Poster #029 Mentors: Hailey Adney; PI: Brian Dias, PhD Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Sebastian Gaytan D’Amico Poster #030 Mentors: Denise Al Alam, PhD and Najibe Abou Antoun, MS; PI: Denise Al Alam, PhD Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Ethan Gomez Poster #032 Mentors: Dr. Bryan Ryder, PhD (Postdoc Mentor), Dr. Jason Gestwicki, PhD (PI) UCSF
Lilian Gu Poster #033 Mentors: Keqiang Zhang, Associate Research Professor and Yuanyuan Gao, Scientific/Research Fellow City of Hope
Risha Guha Poster #034 Mentors: Win Ning Chen and Timothy Huang, PhD Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Miles Jackson Poster #040 Mentors: Carlotta Ronda, PhD; Patricia Santana, PhD; Minjoo Kim, PhD UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Valeria Jaimes Cruz Poster #041 Mentors: Marney Granados, B.S.; PI: Senta Georgia, PhD Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Meriem Kabir Poster #044 Mentors: Meaghan McCoy and Jason Perez; PI: Anna Kamitakahara, PhD Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Shawn Kim Poster #046 Mentors: Barun Das, PhD; PI: Debanjan Dhar, PhD Sanford Burnham Prebys Institute
Hansika Kolli Poster #048 Mentor: Dr. Alessia Morato, Ph.D.; PI: Dr. Gabriela Loots, Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Leilani LaFrance Poster #049 PI: Kathleen Fisch, PhD, Lab Mentor: Hector Chavez, B.S. University of California, San Diego
Bettina Lee Poster #050 Mentors: Sonali Chaturvedi, PhD and Yash Chaudhary, PhD University of California Riverside
Francis Lee Poster #051 Mentors: Aras N. Mattis, MD PhD and Shahrbanoo Keshavarz Aziziraftar, PhD UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Aidan Lim Poster #052 Mentors: Zach Molander, Ashley Taepakdee MS, Maedeh Makki MS; PI: Chung-Hao Lee Ph.D. UC Riverside
Jaila Magee Poster #054 Mentors: Rajan Singh, PhD; PI: Rajan Singh, PhD Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Samantha Mendez Poster #056 Mentors: Pranabananda Dutta, PhD; PI: Pranabananda Dutta, PhD Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Amaan Mohammed Poster #057 Mentors: Marisa Medina, PhD and Yuanyuan Qin, PhD UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Dayana Moncada Poster #058 Mentors: Adriana Guajardo, PhD candidate (Mentor), David Booth, PhD (PI) UCSF
Lina Nguyen Position #063 Mentors: Shahrbanoo Keshavarz Aziziraftar, PhD and Aras N. Mattis, MD, PhD UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Ann Nguyen Poster #062 Mentors: PI: Jamieson Catriona, M.D., Ph.D. Lab Mentors: Jessica Pham, Kendale Wirtjes University of California, San Diego
Camille Nuriyev Poster #064 Mentors: Ramizah Syahirah, PhD and Helen Goodridge, PhD Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ogbu Okpan Poster #065 Mentors: Soula Danopoulos, PhD and Antony Hoarau, PhD; PI: Soula Danopoulos, PhD Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Michelle Oppong Poster #067 Mentors: Edward Novinbahkt, Celine E. Riera, PhD Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Isela Ordonez Poster #068 Mentors: Alessandra Cecchini, PhD; Alessandra Sacco, PhD Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Eshika Pallapotu Poster #110 Mentors: Sanju Sinha, MD and Anamika Yadav Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Aarya Patel Poster #069 Mentors: Allison Sander (Grad Student), Karla Rodriguez Pequeno (Grad Student); PI: Huinan Liu, PhD University of California, Riverside
Walter Pena Poster #071 Mentors: Shehla Pervin, PhD; PI: Shehla Pervin, PhD Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Light Philips Poster #072 Mentors: Hana Horackova, PhD; Yilin Liu, Cenk Akiz, Jennifer Alvarez, PI: Alexander, Bonnin Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Nysha Prasad Poster #073 Mentors: Alba Sansa Zaragoza, PhD and Clive Svendsen, PhD Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Zoe Primosch Poster #074 Mentors: Cray Minor, BS and Kevin Tharp, PhD Sanford Burnham Prebys Institute
Emmanuel Pudussery Poster #075 Mentors: Changcheng Zhou, PhD; Seunghyun Park, PhD; Jianfei Pan, PhD University of California, Riverside
Oliver Quintanar Poster #077 Mentors: Ashley Taepakdee, MD and Chung-Hao Lee, PhD University of California, Riverside
Abigail Rivera-Gu Poster #079 Mentors: Peter Colias, Da Zu, PhD and James Nuñez, PhD UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Shriya Roy Poster #080 Mentors: Allison Sander, MS and Karla Rodriguez Pequeno, PhD Candidate; Huinan Liu, PhD University of California, Riverside
Kylie Shing Poster #085 Mentors: Allison Sander (Grad Student), Karla Rodriguez Pequeno (Grad Student), PI: Huinan Liu PhD University of California, Riverside
Natalie Sosa Poster #088 Mentors: Leila Bahmani, PhD & Dr. Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA)
Eli Suboc Poster #089 Mentors: Christian Wong-Valenica, PhD; Robert Barrett, PhD Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Aliyah Tasim Poster #090 Mentors: Lilian Gomes de Oliveira, PhD (Postdoc Mentor), Arnold R Kriegstein MD, PhD (PI) UCSF
Amy Thi Poster #091 Mentors: Katherine Rothamel, PhD, Lab member: Maya Steever University of California, San Diego
Aanika Tipirneni Poster #092 Mentors: Evan Y. Snyder, MD, PhD and Kartik S. Sundaram, BA, BS Sanford Burnham Prebys
Katrina Tran Poster #096 Mentors: Rida Rehman, Dr. rer. Nat., Marius Wernig, M.D. Ph.D. Stanford University
Tina Tran Poster #095 Mentors: Manas Kinra, PhD and Edward Zagha, MD PhD University of California, Riverside
Huey Tran Poster #094 Mentors: Ke Wu, MD, PhD; PI: Piwen Wang, PhD Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Thomas Tran Poster #093 Mentors: Kevin Dalsania, Grad Student & Prince Okoro, Grad Student PI: Dr. Iman Noshadi UCR
Jeanelle Tweneboah Poster #: 098 Mentors: Shehla Pervin, PhD; PI: Shehla Pervin, PhD Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Selina Wen Poster #: 101 Mentors: Rida Rehman Dr. rer. Nat.; Marius Wernig M.D. Ph.D. Stanford University
Michelle Zelaya Poster #: 108 Mentors: Ghimkin Hassan, PhD (Mentor), Valerie M. Weaver, PhD (PI) UCSF
Submit Your Abstract
With the help of your mentor(s), please craft a scientific abstract based on the work you have been doing this summer. The abstract must be turned into your program staff by Friday, July 18th. This is a firm deadline. Your abstract will not be included online if received after this deadline.