Below are members of the BUGS Jr Classes 2015 – 2022 and topics of their individual research projects as presented at the BUGS Finale Symposium.

 

  • Below are members of the BUGS Jr Class 2022 and topics of their individual research projects as presented at the
    2022 BUGS Finale Symposium.

     

    Andrea Arreortua ● ’22, Palisades Charter High School (CA)
    PI: Fabien Pinaud | Mentors: Anthony Fernandez, Liying Wu
    The Coalition of Sun 1, Sun 2, and Oligo

    Vishnu Ayalasomayajula ● ’24, North Creek High School (WA)
    PI: Dominique Duncan | Mentors: Celine Alba
    Understanding Factors that Lead to the Development of Epileptogenesis by Analyzing Characteristics of its Biomarker: High-Frequency Oscillations

    Aidan Belofsky ● ’23, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (CA)
    PI: Kate White | Mentors: Aneesh Deshmukh
    Investigating Subcellular Organization of Beta Cells using Multiple Imaging Modalities

    Conor Camerer ● ’24, Flintridge Preparatory School (CA)
    PI: Kate White | Mentors: Janielle Cuala, Colleen O’Halloran
    Developing VR Interaction and Data Integration

    Ella Chang ● ’24, West Career & Technical Academy (NV)
    PI: Kimberly Gokoffski | Mentors: Vivian Wu
    RCGs and Me

    Evan Chang ● ’23, Troy High School (CA)
    PI: Dong Song | Mentors: Huijing Xu
    Mechanical Testing of Biodegradable Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Braces Used to Stiffen Flexible Penetrating Neural Probes

    Ellie Choi ● ’24, Flintridge Preparatory School (CA)
    PI: Young-Kwon Hong | Mentors: Joshua Choi
    Mapping the Human Meningeal Lymphatic System

    Anika Laurie Chung ● ’24, Gorman Learning Center (CA)
    PI: Young-Kwon Hong | Mentors: Joshua Choi
    Mapping Lymphatic Uterus

    Zachary Chung ● ’24, Arcadia High School (CA)
    PI: Leonardo Morsut |
    Mentors: Zoe Shappell, Thijs Makaske, Davide Carra, Christian Chung
    Development of Drug-Resistant Piggyback Vectors for Pluripotent Stem Cell Transfection

    Christopher Deng ● ’24, San Marino High School (CA)
    PI: Kate White | Mentors: Janielle Cuala, Tvisha Singh
    Utilizing Multimodal Microscopy to Study Beta Cell Heterogeneity

    Lindsey Dinh ● ’23, La Quinta High School (CA)
    PI: Thai Truong | Mentors: Anna Nadtochiy
    Measuring the Cellular Temperature of Zebrafish Brain with
    the Fluorescent Dye Rhodamine B

    Isabella Faccio ● ’23, Mater Dei High School (CA)
    PI: Dong Song | Mentors: Huijing Xu
    Mechanical Testing of Biodegradable Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Braces Used to Stiffen Flexible Penetrating Neural Probes

    Kian Ghasemi ● ’23, North Hollywood Highly Gifted Magnet (CA)
    PI: Zhen Zhao | Mentors: Xinyan Liang
    Using the iPSC-Derived Microglia Model to Study Alzheimer’s Disease Associated PLCG2 Variant

    Phoenix Xinyou He ● ’23, Temple City High School (CA)
    PI: Brooke Hjelm | Mentors: Audrey Omidsalar, Shruti Kakan, Daniel Gerke
    Optimization of H&E Staining Procedures and Bioinformatics Quantification of Lymphocytes/Acini in a Mouse Model of Sjogren’s Syndrome

    Kai Herman ● ’23, Polytechnic School (CA)
    PI: Clay Wang | Mentors: Jennifer Shyong
    Characterizing Secondary Metabolites in Genetically Modified Fungi

    Anna Heur ● ’23, La Canada High School (CA)
    PI: Kimberly Gokoffski | Mentors: Phillip Lam
    A Model of Glaucoma Induced by Circumlimbal Suture in Rats

    Mason Hong ● ’26, La Salle College Preparatory High School (CA)
    PI: Francesco Cutrale | Mentors: Jason Junge
    Spectral Autofluorescence: Toward Quantitative Pathology

    Hengrui (Henry) Hu ● ’25, Fay School (CA)
    PI: Clay Wang | Mentor: Christian Rabot
    Comparative Genetics Reveals Secondary Metabolic Diversity in Aspergillus spp

    Riya Jadeja ● ’23, Flower Mound High School (TX)
    PI: Dominique Duncan |
    Mentors: Celine Alba, Alexis Bennet, Serena Ramde
    Detection of High Frequency Oscillations in Electroencephalographs to Identify Biomarkers for Epilepsy in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

    Zoe Judkins ● ’24, South Pasadena High School (CA)
    PI: Jennifer Cotter | Mentors: Monica Mendez
    Digitization of Teaching Slides

    Alexandra Kim ● ’24, Polytechnic School (CA)
    PI: Thai Truong | Mentors: Anna Nadtochiy
    Building a Deep Learning Neuron Detector From Uncertain Human Annotations

    Daniel Kim ● ’24, Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School (CA)
    PI: Camelia Danilov | Mentors: Steve Swenson
    Evaluation of Intranasal Delivery Route of MicroRNA-133b From the Nose to the Injured Spinal Cord in Mice

    Gio Kim ● ’24, Troy High School (CA)
    PI: Gage Crump | Mentors: Tuo Shi
    Investigating the Requirement of atoh1a Enhancers for Zebrafish Inner Ear Hair Cell Regeneration Using CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing

    Joseph Kim ● ’24, Granada Hills Charter High School
    PI: Uttam Sinha |
    Mentors: Benjamin Ziman, Dechen Lin, Chehyun Nam
    The Role of “Transcription Factor A” as a Metastatic Potential in Head and Neck Cancer

    Rachel Kim ● ’24, Portola High School (CA)
    PI: Young-Kwon Hong | Mentors: Luping Zhao
    Morphology and Distribution of Lymphatic Vessels in the Rodent Uterus

    Yalli Koren ● ’24, Windward School (CA)
    PI: Pinchas Cohen | Mentors: Hiroshi Kumagai
    MOTS-c Prevents Immobilization Induced Muscle Atrophy

    Ain Evelyn Lee ● ’24, The Buckley School (CA)
    PI: Gangning Liang |
    Mentors: Yvonne Tsai, Xinyi Zhou, Hongtao Li, Yohei Sekino
    SETD2 Aberrancy Enhanced the Synergetic Anti-tumor Effect of Combination Treatment of DNA Hypomethylating Agent and PARP Inhibitor in Aggressive Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Jaimie Lee ● ’23, Arcadia High School (CA)
    PI: Edward Leung | Mentors: Yi Xiao
    HITting the Spot in Interference Studies

    Rebecca Lee ● ’22, West Ranch High School (CA)
    PI: Lindsey Schier |
    Mentors: Sandrine Chometton, Ahyun Jung, Aracely Ramos
    Effects of Silencing Sweet-sensing TRPM5 Pathway on Expression Levels of Starch-digesting Enzymes in Mouse Saliva

    Jackie Li ● ’23, Temple City High School
    PI: Brooke Hjelm | Mentors: Audrey Omidsalar, Shruti Kakan, Daniel Gerke
    Optimization of H&E Staining Procedures and Bioinformatics Quantification of Lymphocytes/Acini in a Mouse Model of Sjogren’s Syndrome

    Jessie Li ● ’25, Tesoro High School (CA)
    PI: Young-Kwon Hong | Mentors: Luping Zhao
    Morphology of Lymphatics in the Rodent Eyelid

    Faith Ling ● ’23, Temple City High School (CA)
    PI: David McKemy | Mentors: Chenyu Yang, Brian Kim
    Expression Profile of CGRP in TRPM8+ Trigeminal Afferents Innervating Mouse Dura

    Mina Lipets ● ’23, New Mexico Military Institute (NM)
    PI: Vsevolod Katritch | Mentors: Antonina Nazarova
    NMUR1-Obesity Drug Target

    Rayhan Mahamed ● ’25, Arcadia High School (CA)
    PI: Lindsey Schier |
    Mentors: Sandrine Chometton, Ahyun Jung, Aracely Ramos
    The Role of the Digestive Enzyme Maltase-glucoamylase in the Hedonic Appeal of Maltose Taste in Sweet Subsensitive Mice

    Ria Mandal ● ’23, La Canada High School (CA)
    PI: James Boedicker | Mentors: Adam Krieger, Joshua Montion, Luke Peach
    Array Expansion and Contraction with CRISPR

    Simeon Mathew ● ’23, Oak Park High School (CA)
    PI: Ravi Bansal | Mentors: Siddhani Sawardekar
    The Effects of Concussion on Functional Brain Connectivity in High School Football Players

    Mihir Mehta ● ’23, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (CA)
    PI: Unmesh Jadhav | Mentors: Eric Sanchez, Sweta Sharma
    Role of Sox17 in Early Colorectal Cancer Progression

    Trisha Mehta ● ’24, Troy High School (CA)
    PI: Arnold Tsai | Mentors: Seth Politano
    Neuropsychiatric Complications from COVID 19

    Krish Pai ● ’25, Canyon Crest Academy (CA)
    PI: Dominique Duncan |
    Mentors: Celine Alba, Alexis Bennett, Serena Ramde
    Detecting High Frequency Oscillations by Electroencephalography as an Indicator of Biomarkers for Post Traumatic Epilepsy

    Suhan Rapaka ● ’26, Wakeland High School (TX)
    PI: Thai Truong | Mentors: Anna Nadtochiy
    Effects of Temperature on Zebrafish Brain Activity Patterns

    Japit Shelat ● ’23, Artesia High School (CA)
    PI: Hussein Yassine | Mentors: Yi Sun, Bilal Kerman
    The Effect of Cytosolic Phospholipases A2 (CPLA2) Inhibitor on the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) in APOE4 Mice

    Amogh Sukhthankar ● ’23, Monta Vista High School (CA)
    PI: Vsevolod Katritch | Mentors: Jordy Homing Lam
    Structure-based ligand discovery of Neuromedin U Receptor 2 with V-SYNTHES

    Grace Tang ● ’23, Gabrielino High School (CA)
    PI: Lindsey Schier |
    Mentors: Sandrine Chometton, Ahyun Jung, Aracely Ramos
    The Relative Contributions of Glucokinase to Sugar Taste in Mice

    Annabel Tiong ● ’23, Northwood High School (CA)
    PI: Zhen Zhao | Mentors: Shangzhou Xia
    Microvascular Endophenotype in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

    Nathan Vipapan ● ’25, Maranatha High School (CA)
    PI: Clay Wang | Mentors: Shu-Yi Lin
    Purification and Identification of Novel Natural Products from Genetic Engineering Fungi

    Isabelle Whetsel ● ’23, South Pasadena High School (CA)
    PI: Jennifer Dien-Bard |
    Mentors: Samantha Gomez, John Fissel, Lucas Osborn, Pei Ying Alex Chen
    Development of Screening Test to Detect Cefazolin Inoculum Effect in Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

    Christopher Wong ● ’24, South Pasadena High School (CA)
    PI: Paul Seidler | Mentors: Nader Mostowfi
    Characterization of Novel Natural Products and Their Potential Action as Alzheimer’s Therapeutics

    Derek Wu ● ’23, Walnut High School (CA)
    PI: Fabien Pinaud | Mentors: Anthony Fernandez, Liying Wu
    Cloning of SNAP tag SUN2 Fusion Protein for Super Resolution Imaging of Nuclear Membrane Proteins

    Rohum Zaman ● ’24, Thornhill High School (Ontario, Canada)
    PI: Dominique Duncan | Mentors: Alexis Bennett, Celine Alba
    Analyzing Biomarkers of Epileptogenesis Through HFO Detection and Analysis

    Selena Zhang ● ’22, Arcadia High School (CA)
    PI: Brian Lee Mentor: Roberto Martin Del Campo Vera
    Neuromodulatory Analysis of Stereo-EEG Power During Reaching Arm Movement

    Sonia Zhang ● ’22, Arcadia High School (CA)
    PI: Zhen Zhao | Mentor: Shangzhou Sandra Xia
    MaGeCKFlute Computational Analysis on CRISPR-screened Human Pericytes

  • Below are members of the BUGS Jr Class 2021 and topics of their individual research projects as presented at the
    2021 BUGS Finale Symposium.

     

    Conor Camerer ● ’24, Flintridge Preparatory School
    PI: Kate White | Mentors: Janielle Cuala, Colleen O’Halloran
    The World in a Cell

    Camille Dang ● ’22, Gretchen Whitney High School
    PI: Raymond Goldsworthy |
    Mentors: Julianne Papadopoulos, Andres Camarena, Susan Bissmeyer
    Examining Various Aspects of Timbre Perception for Cochlear Implant Users

    Ashyah Hewage ● ’23, Geffen Academy
    PI: Scott Kanoski | Mentors: Léa Décarie-Spain, Alyssa Cortella
    TRAPing Food Responsive Neurons of the Hippocampus

    Hengrui (Henry) Hu ● ’25, Fay School
    PI: Clay Wang | Mentor: Christian Rabot
    Comparative Genomics Reveals Secondary Metabolic Diversity in Trichophyton spp

    William Huang ● ’23, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
    PI: Mark Humayun | Mentors: Pei-An Lo, Tiange Dong
    Construction of the CRISPR-Cas9 System for Genome Editing in Mammalian Cells

    Stephen Ma ● ’23, Temple City High School
    PI: Fabien Pinaud | Mentor: Yunke Zhao
    Nanoscale Modulation of Presynaptic Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels
    During Neurotransmission

    Neo Phuchane ● ’23, Reseda Charter High School
    PI: Leonardo Morsut | Mentor: Christian Chung
    Computational Manipulation of Multicellular Monodirectional Elongation Structures

    Takeru Saito ● ’22, La Cañada High School
    PI: James Ou | Mentor: Jiyoung Lee
    Constructing a SARS-Cov-2 Subgenomic Replicon

    Annabel Tiong ● ’23, Northwood High School
    PI: Takeshi Saito | Mentor: Yuji Ishida
    Characterizing HBV Viral Particles Propagated by 5 Different Host Methods

    Tyler Wang ● ’25, St. Paul’s School
    PI: Jennica Zaro | Mentors: Benazir Oluoch, Jiaqi Cheng
    Transformation, Purification, and Sequencing of Plasmid DNA Encoding Recombinant Proinsulin-Transferrin Fusion Protein

    William Wang ● ’22, Polytechnic School
    PI: Andrea Armani |
    Mentors: Raymond Yu, KylieTrettner, Jinghan He
    Stretchable Optical Diffraction Grating from Poly(acrylic acid)/
    Polyethylene Oxide Stereocomplex

    Isabelle Whetsel ● ’23, South Pasadena High School
    PI: Moh El Naggar | Mentors: Karla Abuyen, Josh Atkinson
    Comparison of Different Environments’ Natural Electrochemical Bacteria Populations

    Selena Zhang ● ’22, Arcadia High School
    PI: Alexandre Bonnin | Mentors: Weiye Dai, Quiying Zhao
    How Maternal Immune Activations During Pregnancy Affect Fetal Neurodevelopment

    Sonia Zhang ● ’22, Arcadia High School
    PI: Zhen Zhao | Mentors: Sandra Xia, Talia Ge, Xinyan Liang
    The Contribution of Traumatic Brain Injuries to Alzheimer’s Disease

    Ruiyang (Bobby) Zhu ● ’22, Diamond Bar High School
    PI: Dong Song | Mentor: Huijing Xu
    The Application of Novel Environments in the Study of Hippocampal Functions

  • Below are members of the BUGS Jr Class 2019 and topics of their individual research projects as presented at the
    2019 BUGS Finale Symposium.

     

    Rose Abarbanel ● ‘20, Brentwood School
    PI: Prof. Ray Stevens | Mentors: Mahta Barekatain & Zhongying Wang
    Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) within Pancreatic Cells and Islets

    Maya Beeri-Feldman ● ‘20, Palisades Charter High School
    PI: Prof. Lindsey Schier
    Glucosamine Disrupts Normal Taste-guided Licking For Fructose, But Not Glucose, in Mice

    Marianne Bishai ● ‘21, Viewpoint School
    PI: Prof. Peter Kuhn & Prof. James Hicks | Mentor: Lisa Welter
    Genetic and Morphometric Analysis of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Line MCF 7

    Gwen Bradforth ● ‘20, Polytechnic School
    PI: Prof. Thai V. Truong | Mentors: Anna Nadtochiy & Peter Luu
    Neurobiology of Numerosity: First Steps

    Hayley Chang ● ‘21, Alhambra High School
    PI: Prof. Fabien Pinaud | Mentors: Anthony Fernandez, Yunke Zhao, & Markville Bautista
    A Study of Focal Adhesion in Cav+/+ and Cav-/- Fibroblast Cells

    Alyssa Eamranond ● ‘20, Arcadia High School
    PI: Prof. Steve Kay | Mentor: Dr. Shi Yu
    Phosphorylation of Core Clock Proteins CCA1 and LHY Mostly Do Not Affect Their Subcellular Localization

    Samantha Escobar ● ‘20, Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School
    PI: Prof. Fabien Pinaud | Mentors: Anthony Fernandez, Yunke Zhao, & Markville Bautista

    Sana Hamid ● ‘23, Northwood High School
    PI: Prof. Fabien Pinaud | Mentor: Anthony Fernandez, Yunke Zhao, & Markville Bautista

    Nyah Harrison ● ‘20, Brentwood School
    PI: Prof. Stacey Finley | Mentor: Qianhui (Jess) Wu
    Computational Model to Simulate the Enhancement of Basal Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase

    Amy Huang ● ‘21, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
    PI: Prof. Pinchas Cohen | Mentor: Dr. Su-Jeong Kim
    The Effect of Mitochondrial-derived Peptide MENTSH on Beige Fat Cell Induction

    Valerie Katritch ● ‘21, Orange County School of the Arts
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser  | Mentor: Mahta Barekatain, Zhongying Wang, & Peiyu Wang
    Metabolic Imaging of Zebrafish Pancreas on High Glucose Diet with FLIM

    Elisa Kim ● ‘20, Palisades Charter High School
    PI: Prof. Eun Ji Chung | Mentor: Noah Trac
    Dual-peptide Amphiphile Micelles towards Cancer Immunotherapy

    Hannah Kim ● ‘20, Archer School for Girls
    PI: Prof. Ray Stevens | Mentor: Zhongying Wang & Jitin Singla
    Autoencoder Approach for Dimensionality Reduction-based Clustering of Subvolumes from Cryo-Electron Tomograms

    Kendall Kirio ● ‘20, West High School (Torrance)
    PI: Prof. Hongwei Dong | Mentor: Laura Korobkova
    Revealing neuronal morphology in mouse brain subiculum using computational modeling with two-photon microscopy data

    Rongxuan (Ryan) Li ● ‘19, Troy High School
    PI: Prof. Dong Song | Mentor: Sahar Elyahoodayan
    An Implantable Multi-channel Wireless Neuro-Stimulation and Recording System for use in Rats

    Ningrui (Renee) Liang ● ‘20, Northwood High School
    PI: Prof. Steve Kay | Mentor: Dr. Meng Qu & Alexander Vu

    Victoria Mora ● ‘20, Notre Dame Academy
    PI: Prof. Matthew Pratt | Mentor: Stuart Moon
    Development of a simplified 
    𝜶-synuclein expression protocol to apply in secondary education

    Anish Nagareddy ● ‘19, Skyline High School
    PI: Prof. John Tower
    Tracking Retinal Fluorescence of Drosophila Melanogaster coincident with Death

    Sarah Nakama ● ‘21, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Clay Wang | Mentor: Dr. Ming Shian Lee
    Secondary metabolite biosynthesis in P. variotii using the OSMAC approach

    Tobias Scott ● ‘20, Palisades Charter High School
    PI: Prof. Andrea Armani | Mentor: Rene Zeto
    Functionalization of Zinc Shell Nanoparticles

    Christina Wu ● ‘20, Walnut High School
    PI: Prof. Qi-Long Ying | Mentor:  Xi Chen
    Characterization of Chick Epiblast Stem Cells by Producing Chimeric Models

    Eileen Zhao ● ‘20, Troy High School
    PI: Prof. Julie Lang | Mentor: Dr. Pushpinder Bains
    Sanger validation of next-generation sequencing variants identified from circulating tumor cells and metastatic tissues in breast cancer

    Alexis Zukovski ● ‘19, Ivy Academia
    PI: Prof. Peter Kuhn & Prof. James Hicks | Mentor: Lisa Welter
    Genetic and Morphometric Analysis of SubClonal Diversity in Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Line MDA MB 231

  • Below are members of the BUGS Jr Class 2018 and topics of their individual research projects as presented at the
    2018 BUGS Finale Symposium.

     

    Idalis Amezcua • ’19, Warren High School
    PI: Prof. Ray Stevens | Mentor: Kyle McClary

    Martand Bhagavatula • ’21, Fairmont Prep Academy
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser | Mentor: Dr. Cosimo Arnesano
    Metabolic Imaging of Tumor Heterogeneity by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)

    Kary Cabrera • ’20, Lennox Math, Sci & Tech Academy
    PI: Prof. Fabien Pinaud

    Ellen Cao • ’19, Henry Gunn High School
    PI: Prof. Chao Zhang
    Cloning, Expression and Purification of Human ALDH1A3

    Kevin Chang • ’19, Northview High School
    PI: Prof. Clay Wang | Mentor: Michelle Grau
    Cocultivation of radiotrophic fungi with Candida albicans to discover new antifungals

    Suseong Cho • ’19, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser | Mentor: Dr. Jason Junge
    Conversion of GFP to BFP through Cas9 endonuclease fusion protein transfection

    Sarah Damico • ’20, Harvard Westlake
    PI: Prof. Andrea Armani | Mentor: Dr. Victoria Sun

    Claire Gantan • ’19, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser | Mentor: Dr. Daniel Holland
    Development of an OCT Instrument for Medical Diagnostics

    Paris Iniguez • ’19, Downey High School
    PI: Prof. Ray Stevens | Mentor: Kyle McClary
    Pancreatic Beta Cell Proteomics

    Logan Liu • ’19, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser | Mentor: Dr. Jason Junge
    Conversion of GFP to BFP through Cas9 endonuclease fusion protein transfection

    Rebecca Lizarde • ’20, Saint Monica Academy
    PI: Prof. Jorge Nieva | Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Mason
    Correlating patient movement speed with future health events via off the shelf technology

    Victoria Mora • ’20, Notre Dame Academy
    PI: Prof. Matthew Pratt | Mentor: Ana Galesic
    Synthesis of Site-Specific O-GlcNAc Modified alpha-Synuclein

    Justin Nakama • ’19, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Terry Takahashi
    Analyzing Amino Acid Preferences of Antibody-Mimetic Fibronectin Using mRNA Display

    Thomas Nguyen • ’19, Troy High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser | Mentor: Dr. Jason Junge

    Wendy Rodriguez • ’19, Foshay Learning Center
    PI: Prof. Fabien Pinaud

    Sophia Stevens • ’21, Archer School for Girls
    PI: Prof. Ray Stevens | Mentor: Jeffrey Velasquez
    The Cloning, Expressing & Purifying of Green Fluorescent Protein from Aequorea Victoria

    Gracey Wyles • ’21, Archer School For Girls
    PI: Prof. Ray  Stevens | Mentor: Zhongying Wang
    Using CRISPR and Florescent Tagging to Label VAMP2 in the Pancreatic Beta Cell

    Kevin Xu • ’19, South Pasadena High School
    PI: Prof. James Hicks | Mentor: Lisa Welter
    Determination of Ploidy in Circulating Tumor Cells by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH) and Digital Image Processing

    Chelsey Yang • ’19, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Lin Chen  | Mentor: Dr. Yi Kou
    Photo Crosslinking Tethered Chromosome Conformation Capture

  • Below are members of the BUGS Jr Class 2017

     

    Allie Abbott • ’20, Westview High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Jason Junge

    Bethany Cheng •‘18, South Pasadena High School
    PI/Mentor: Prof. Clay Wang

    Mario Cortes • ’18, South East High School
    PI/Mentor: Prof. Fabien Pinaud

    Yilei Dong • ’18, West Torrance High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Thai Truong

    Claire Gantan • ’19, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Dan Holland

    Sophie Kay • ’18, High Tech High
    PI: Prof. Peter Kuhn; Mentor: Sabrina Barbas

    Brian Li • ’18, Diamond Bar High School
    PI/Mentor: Prof. Dong Song

    Atticus Moats • ’18, J Marshall Fundamental Sec School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Andrey Andreev

    Justin Nakama • ’19, Crescenta Valley High
    PI/Mentor: Prof. Clay Wang

    Quan Nguyen • ’18, Troy High School
    PI: Prof. Peter Kuhn; Mentor: Thuy Truong

    Nicole Zhang • ’18, Arcadia High School
    PI/Mentor: Prof. Hongwei Dong

  • Below are members of the BUGS Jr Class 2016 and topics of their individual research projects as presented at the
    2016 BUGS Finale Symposium.

     

    Bernard Chen • ‘17 Diamond Bar High School
    PI: Prof. Andrea Armani; Mentor: Alexa Hudnut
    A novel proprietary device utilizing magneto-optical technology to provide accurate, early-stage malaria diagnoses

    Bethany Chen •‘18, South Pasadena High School
    PI: Prof. Clay Wang; Mentor: Johannes van Dijk
    A Comparison of Secondary Metabolite Production Between Two Aspergillus nidulans Strains in Different Environments

    Xizhon Clare •’17, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Dr. Dan Holland
    Principal component analysis approach to unmix fluorescence data images

    Claire Gantan • ’19, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Dr. Dan Holland
    Confocal Line Detection in Light Sheet Microscopy

    Asma Karim • ’17, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Dr. Jason Junge

    Ashley Kim •’17, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Dr. Jason Junge
    Genome Editing of FMR1 in Zebrafish

    Ada Li • ’18, Westridge School
    PI: Prof. Clay Wang; Mentor: Michelle Grau

    Emily Baytalsky • ’18, Brentwood High School
    PI: Prof. Peter Kuhn; Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Mason
    Spatiotemporal Pathways of Metastatic Breast Cancer

    Hannah Huapaya • ’18, Alhambra High School
    PI: Prof. Fabien Pinaud
    Our Experience in Nano Biophotonics and Molecular Cloning Research at USC

    Jason Mares • ’16, Foshay Learning Center
    PI: Prof. Fabien Pinaud
    Our Experience in Nano Biophotonics and Molecular Cloning Research at USC

    Shaunak Shah •’17, Walnut High School
    PI: Prof. Valery Fokin
    Returning the Byproduct into the Polysulfate Synthesis Reaction

    Emie Tremblay • ’17, Hollywood Senior High
    PI: Prof. Fabien Pinaud
    Our Experience in Nano Biophotonics and Molecular Cloning Research at USC

    Gregory Valtierra IV • ’17, Brentwood High School
    PI: Prof. Ray Stevens; Mentor: Dr. Martin Audet
    Probing Prostanoid Receptor Function

  • Below are members of the BUGS Jr Class 2015 and topics of their individual research projects as presented at the
    2015 BUGS Finale Symposium.

     

    Alyssa Kim • ’16, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Jason Junge
    Immunostaining Mouse Cartilage

    Ashley Kim • ’17, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Jason Junge
    Genome editing of fmr1 in Zebrafish

    Kyu Eun (Christine) Kim • ’16, Crescenta Valley High School
    PI: Prof. Scott Fraser; Mentor: Jason Junge
    Genome Editing nAChR-a6 in Zebrafish

    Lona Tehrani • ’16, Brentwood School
    PI: Prof. Ray Stevens; Mentor: Martin Audet
    Isolation and purification of the EP3 receptor

    Alexander Deary • ’17, Brentwood School
    PI: Prof. Ray Stevens, Mentor: Matt Eddy
    GPCR Biology

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