Laura is studying Chemistry and Neuroscience. She is super interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms behind cancer development and hopes to pursue research as a career. She was part of the Brain and Biological Sciences SURF 2025 summer program and she is continuing to work in the lab part time. Outside of her studies, Laura […]
Elise is a Duke undergraduate student studying Computer Science and Bioinformatics. She is currently working on modeling tumor-immune interactions in cancer immunotherapy, developing mathematical models to simulate how tumor cells and the immune system respond to treatments like PD-1 inhibitors and cellular therapies. Her research involves integrating clinical trial data with mathematical models that use […]
Maya is majoring in Neuroscience and Computer Science with a minor in Sociology. She has trained in flowcytometry, working with in vivo models and developed skills in immunological assays in the context of brain tumors. She is also learning to analyze whole genome and RNA sequencing data.
Eugene Cho is an undergraduate student at Duke studying biology and sociology. She completed a research project in her junior year using cell culture and flowcytometry techniques to study fibroblasts in the context of gliomas and metastasis. She is working on a second project in her senior year to study the microbiome in glioma animal […]
Anna is an undergraduate student studying Statistical Science and Biology. She is training to analyze Xenium spatial transcriptomics data using established and new pipelines that she is developing. She aspires to work in cancer research and plan to enroll in a data science PhD program. In her free time, she enjoys running, hiking, and doing […]