Paris Pippen
Paris worked in the Bifano Lab in the summer of 2021. She measured wavelengths from a spectrometer to see how light projects from a prism. Learn more about Paris and her work below!
Francisco Sanchez Morales
Francisco Sanchez Morales worked with CELL-MET for two summers. First, he worked in the Forrest Lab at the University of Michigan with the pattering of parelyn to eventually use it in the pattering of cells. The following summer, he worked at the Bifano Lab at Boston University developing a setup to measure the effects of […]
Addianette Segarra
In 2021, Addianette Segarra worked in the Ekinci Lab researching with a device that shows antibiotic susceptibility testing. She using electrical signals to measure the bacterial growth in microfluidic channels. Learn more about Addianette and her work below!
Colette Towles
Colette worked in the Bishop Lab getting acquainted with CAD software by building a 3D printer. She also used Python to code a temperature sensor for one of the labs in the photonics center. Learn more about Colette and her work below!
Jonathan Urquia
Jonathan worked in the Lejeune lab and was mentored by Hiba Kobiessi. He created an accessible Python and Jupyter Notebook software that allows them to distribute strains from cardiac microtissue. He enjoyed seeing his programs functioning properly after constantly working on the code. Hear more about Jonathan’s REU experience!
Genevieve Vega
Genevieve worked on “Assessment of culture substrate functionalization in an inducible border zone culture platform” in the Tissue Microfabrication Lab under PI Christopher Chen. The project focused on understanding communications between border zone cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts; and improving upon the integration of cardiomyocytes engraftments.
Jourdan Watson
Under the supervision of Helen Fawcett, Jourdan worked with Gabriel Hubbard on building and programming a robotic hand. In addition to coding the behavior, Jourdan helped developed robotic hand-focused curriculum for use in middle and high school classrooms. Learn more about Jourdan and his work below!
Jack Zamen
In the summer of 2021, Jack Zamen joined the Bifano Lab. As part of his research experience, he designed and implemented a system to electrically stimulate and pace engineered heart tissue. This pacing is important to maturing the cells. Learn more about Jack and his work below!