I am pursuing a PhD in the Biomedical Engineering Department of the University of Minnesota in the lab of Professor Kyoko Yoshida. I am interested in modeling and characterizing uterine artery mechanics, function, and material properties at multiple length scales during pregnancy. Many arteries in the maternal body grow, dilate, and soften to... Read more
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Minnesota. I work in the lab of Lana Yarosh, Evan Suma Rosenberg. I have B.S. in Computer Science from University of Chicago and a M.S. in Computer Science from National Tsing Hua University.
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. I work in the lab of Thomas Bastian. I have A.A. from Fullerton Community College, a B.S. from California State University, Fullerton, and a Master in Biological Sciences (MBS) from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Bernlohr is the Distinguished McKnight Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics (BMBB). He also holds the Cargill Chair in Systems Biology of Human Metabolism, serves as a precept for in the Combined MD/PhD Training Program for Medical Scientists, and is part of the... Read more
Judee Sharon is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics at the University of Minnesota. She works with Dr. Katarzyna Adamala on research relating to synthetic cell systems and biological computing. She was drawn to this work in synthetic biology because of its potential in... Read more
Mariah Dorner grew up in Hugo, MN and completed her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Mariah received her Ph.D. from the department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering (CEGE) at the University of Minnesota. She is working at the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council as... Read more
Orla (they/them) is a 4th year PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. They complete research in both the Human Machine Design Lab under Dr. William Durfee and in the Medical Robotics and Devices Lab under Dr. Timothy Kowalewski. Orla’s thesis work focuses on determining if there... Read more
Fathima is an MD/PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota enrolled in the Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology graduate program.
She earned her B.S. in Biology and B.A in English from Hamline University. She is currently working in the laboratory of Dr. Bruce Blazar studying chronic graft versus host disease.... Read more
Judee Sharon scholar, scientist, entrepreneur – is leading the charge on cancer detection through a new method of biocomputing. It is called TRUMPET (Transcriptional RNA Universal Multi-Purpose gate platform). TRUMPET combines the simplicity and robustness of in vitro biocomputing methods and adds signal amplification and programmability. The result is the potential to review an... Read more
Virtual and augmented reality are more than tools for a fun video game experience. This revolutionary technology is now used for training in medical fields and workforces. But there’s only one problem: about fifty percent of the world’s population gets motion sickness. Women who use VR are more... Read more
