2024 Summer Interns

New York Blood Center Enterprises LFKRI 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research interns:

  • Ann Thanh Phan, Mentors: Hong Van Tieu, Jorge Soler, Project: “Evaluating HIV vaccine research knowledge and improving HIV vaccine research messaging in community engagement event in New York City”
  • Mindy Chin, Mentor: Ying Liang, Project: “Investigating the Relationship between Latexin and CPA3 in siRNA-Treated Latexin Knockout Cells”
  • Deepesh Aggarwal, Mentor: Venkat Magupalli, Project: “Novel Insights into Activation Mechanisms and High-Throughput Detection of Pyroptosis”
  • Nava Lippman, Mentor: Sara Lustigman, Project: “The Influence of rASP-1 on Cell Mediated Immunity”
  • Aaron Yan, Mentor: Xiuli An, Project: “Macrophage-Expressed EpoR’s Supporting Function in Erythropoiesis”
  • Christopher Alexander, Mentor: Larry Luchsinger, Project: “Exploring the Interaction of Bcl2 and IP3R to Inhibit Intracellular Calcium Signaling in HSCs”
  • Samantha Sestak, Mentor, Hui Zhong, Project: “Detecting protein phosphorylation levels following PKC pathway activation through flow cytometry”
  • Anduena Toci, Mentor: Avital Mendelson, Project: “Mesenchymal Stem Cell regulation of Megakaryocyte function and Platelet activation”
  • Kaely Tornek, Mentor: Larry Luchsinger, Project: “Quantification of extracellular vesicles in CML cell lines and blood donor plasma”
  • Steven Fu, Mentor: Bojing Shao, Project: “Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) Binding to Platelets in Vascular Pathogenesis”