Rudy is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying bioengineering at  UIC and concluding his undergraduate studies at the end of the Spring  2021 semester. Over the last three years, Rudy has developed his research skills through a variety of opportunities including in Dr. Esmailbeigi's Wearable Technology and Sensory Enhancement Laboratory and with Dr. Gentile. Rudy was not just a member of the L@s GANAS Research Fellowship, but also Medicinas Scholars. Rudy will begin working with The Clorox Company this summer to apply and expand his research skills in the Research & Development field.

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Catarina works in Dr. Donald Morrison's lab. She is a senior studying Biological Sciences. She is also an international student. In Dr. Morrison's laboratory she studies bacterial transformation and developed her project "Competence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Encapsulated within  Aqueous Micro-Droplets." She presented a poster at the 2020 SACNAS Conference. Catarina is also a Peer Leader for BIOS222. 

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Naomi is an aspiring veterinarian working with Dr. Mary Ashley on the CIM²AS project. They are investigating reasons for the decline of monarch butterflies by testing habitat utilization by monarch butterflies in the Chicago region. Research activities include experimental milkweed plantings and field sampling. CIM²AS aims to attract more Latinx students to science by weaving culturally relevant connections into science courses.

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Episode 18: Marissa is a member of Dr. Barbara McFarlin's laboratory where they study the microstructure of the cervix early in pregnancy in search of a methods to detect pre-term birth that provides enough time for improved interventions. Their research was not only shut down due to COVID-19's risk to lab members, but their research is clinically-based, meaning they needed access to patients. Marissa contributed to a published paper with Dr. McFarlin. Marissa's goals include attending naturopathic medical school, writing a book, and communicating her work to a wide audience. 

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Sciencing from Home episode 17 introduces us to Eddie, a member of Dr. Swetha Gowrishankar's lab. In Dr. Gowrishankar's lab he investigates lysosome formation using mice as the model. Lysosome function is associated with Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders. Eddie graduated from UIC in Fall 2020 and will begin pharmacy school in Fall 2021. 

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Lillian Perez, PhD, worked in the Alfonso lab during graduate school and served as the teaching assistant for the L@s GANAS fellowship. Lillian and Veronica discuss how the professional development arm of the fellowship evolved under Lillian's leadership. She is currently a postdoc in the UIC Department of Pathology. 

Recent publication: The Conserved ASCL1/MASH-1 Ortholog HLH-3 Specifies Sex-Specific Ventral Cord Motor Neuron Fate in Caenorhabditis elegans.  

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Episode 15 brings us the journey of Itzel who worked in the Dr. Laura Sanchez lab studying the microbes in cheese rinds. Itzel spent a summer in Dr. Paul Jensen's lab. 

As of the publication of this podcast Dr. Sanchez has moved her lab to UC Santa Cruz. 

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Arianna is a member of Dr. Sangeetha Madhavan's Brain Plasticity Lab. She is per-physical therapy. In this episode she discusses her road to physical therapy and how while she wants to be a hands-on physical therapist, the draw to research is strong. 

Arianna is an author on a recent publication:

Brice T. Cleland, Arianna Perez-Ortiz, Sangeetha Madhavan, Walking test procedures influence speed measurements in individuals with chronic stroke, Clinical Biomechanics, Volume 80, 2020, 105197, ISSN 0268-0033,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2020.105197.

(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268003320303168)

Joanna and Jeanette work with Dr. Molina on increasing Latinas' awareness of breast cancer and breaking down myths on treatment. They found their research placement through the UIC Hispanic Center of Excellence program, Medicina Scholars.