Laura is a rising sophomore at Duke University, 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 is grateful to be here as part of the Brain and Biological Sciences SURF program. Outside of her studies, Laura enjoys gymnastics, […]
Olivia Amodeo is a Duke-PRIME Cancer Research Program Scholar in the 2024 cohort and is returning as a Peer Mentor helping support the success of the next cohort. Olivia is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut studying Molecular and Cell Biology in the Honors Program. She is actively involved in cancer research […]
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 […]