Stanford Bio-XFellows Symp�ium

OCTOBER 6, 202010:00AM-11:30AM

10:00AMIntroduction by Carla ShatzSapp Family Provostial Professor, Professor of Biology and Neurobiology, and David Starr Jordan Director of Stanford Bio-X

10:10AM Katy Keenan, Stanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, 2006-2009currently Quantitative MRI Project Leader at NISTMentors: Scott Delp (Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering), Garry Gold (Radiology), and Gary Beaupré (Mechanical Engineering)Abstract: Kathryn Keenan, PhD was a BioX fellow from 2006-2009, working with Drs. Gary Beaupré, Scott Delp, and Garry Gold to assess cartilage health using a relationship between quantitative MRI and mechanical properties. Currently, Dr. Keenan is the Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Project Leader at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO where she works to improve the repeatability and reliability of MRI. Dr. Keenan started at NIST as an NRC post-doctoral scholar and created an MRI reference object (phantom) for assessing the accuracy and comparability of breast cancer imaging methods. Currently, she is developing methods to validate advanced quantitative MRI techniques. In 2019, Dr. Keenan won a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and, in 2016, along with her colleagues, she won a Department of Commerce Gold Medal as well as the inaugural Department of Commerce Ron Brown Award for Excellence in Innovation. When she’s not in the “office”, you can find her enjoying the mountains near Boulder, CO, running trails or hiking, biking and skiing with her family. Find her @katykeenan on Twitter.

10:40AMTwo-Minute Introductions and Talks by New Stanford Bio-X Fellows

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CARLA SHATZ

KATY KEENAN

Introducing the 2020Stanford Bio-X Fellows

LAURA AMAYA HERNANDEZStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, Stem Cell Biology & Regenera-tive MedicineMentors: Howard Chang (Dermatology and Genetics) and Bali Pulendran (Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology)“In vitro Transcription of Circular RNAs with Dual Antigen/Ad-juvant Capacity for Vaccine Development”

CHIEN-YI CHANGStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, Electrical EngineeringMentors: Fei-Fei Li (Computer Science) and Yang Hu (Ophthalmol-ogy)“Cellular in vivo Neurodegeneration Prediction Using Deep Neural Networks”

ZONGHE CHUALubert Stryer Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow, Stanford Bio-X SIGF, Mechanical EngineeringMentors: Allison Okamura (Mechanical Engineering), Sherry Wren (Surgery – General Surgery), Jeannette Bohg (Computer Science), and Dorsa Sadigh (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)“Feeling through Seeing: Vision-Based Force Estimation in Robot-Assisted Surgery”

MADELINE COOPERLavidge and McKinley Interdisciplinary Fellow, Stanford Bio-X SIGF, Biophysics and MedicineMentors: Brad Zuchero (Neurosurgery) and Alexander Dunn (Chemical Engineering)“Oligodendrocyte Regulation of the Axon Cytoskeleton During Myelination”

YUHANG FANEnlight Foundation Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow, Stanford Bio-X SIGF, BioengineeringMentors: Bo Wang (Bioengineering) and James Ferrell (Chemical & Systems Biology and Biochemistry)“Wound-Induced Trigger Waves to Coordinate Tissue-Wide Regeneration Response”

YUKUN (ALEX) HAOStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, BioengineeringMentors: Thomas Clandinin (Neurobiology), Michael Lin (Neurobi-ology and Bioengineering), and Surya Ganguli (Applied Physics)“Using Novel Imaging Tools to Dissect the Neuronal Mech-anisms Underpinning Multisensory Integration”

YOUNGJU JOStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, Applied PhysicsMentors: Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences), Surya Ganguli (Applied Physics), and David Sussillo (Electrical Engineering)“Optimal Optogenetic Control of Neural Dynamical Systems”

BENJAMIN KNAPPColella Family Fellow, Stanford Bio-X SIGF, BiophysicsMentors: Kerwyn Casey Huang (Bioengineering and Microbiology & Immunology) and Elizabeth Sattely (Chemical Engineering)“Regulation of Bacterial Growth in Fluctuating Temperatures”

CATHERINE MEISWilliam and Lynda Steere Fellow, Stanford Bio-X SIGF, Materials Science & EngineeringMentors: Eric Appel (Materials Science & Engineering) and Peter Kim (Biochemistry)“Injectable Supramolecular Hydrogels for Sustained Delivery of Antibodies against HIV”

SEDONA MURPHYStanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow (Anonymous Donor), Stanford Bio-X SIGF, GeneticsMentors: Alistair Boettiger (Developmental Biology) and Andrew Spakowitz (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering) “Linking Structure to Function: How Polycomb-Mediated DNA Folding Acts as a Novel Layer of Transcription Regulation”

DANIA NANES SARFATIStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, BiologyMentors: Bo Wang (Bioengineering) and Stephen Palumbi (Biology)“Regeneration with Symbiosis: Handling Stress with a Partner”

LUCERO ROGEL-HERNANDEZStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, Molecular & Cellular PhysiologyMentors: Miriam Goodman (Molecular & Cellular Physiology), Elizabeth Sattely (Chemical Engineering), Sue Rhee (Carnegie Institution for Science), and Andrew Fire (Pathology and Genetics)“Determining the Molecular Targets of Valerian Root Secondary Metabolites and Valproate Using Caenorhabditis elegans”

JACK SILBERSTEINStanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow (Anonymous Donor), Stanford Bio-X SIGF, ImmunologyMentors: Jennifer Cochran (Bioengineering) and Ronald Levy (Medicine – Oncology) “Engineering a Designer Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor as a Novel Cancer Therapeutic”

JON STINGELPaul Berg Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Fellow, Stanford Bio-X SIGF, Mechanical EngineeringMentors: Scott Delp (Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering) and Maarten Lansberg (Neurology & Neurological Sciences)“Elucidating Energy Expenditure During Human Movement”

ELLA THOMSONStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, Electrical EngineeringMentors: Ada Poon (Electrical Engineering), Justin Annes (Medi-cine – Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism), and Joseph Wu (Medicine – Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology)“An Implantable Artificial Pancreas Using Direct Electrical Depolarization of Beta Cells to Control Insulin Release”

VICTOR TIEUStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, BioengineeringMentors: Lei Stanley Qi (Bioengineering and Chemical & Systems Biology) and Crystal Mackall (Pediatrics – Hematology & Oncology and Medicine – Blood & Marrow Transplantation)“Reprogramming CAR-T Cells to Deliver CRISPR Payloads for Targeted Gene Therapy”

DAVID WANGStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, Biology and MedicineMentors: Liqun Luo (Biology) and Jun Ding (Neurosurgery and Neurology & Neurological Sciences)“The Role of Embryonic Neuronal Activity in the Development of Neural Circuits and Behavior”

LUCY WANGStanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow, Mechanical EngineeringMentors: Ellen Kuhl (Mechanical Engineering) and Miriam Goodman (Molecular & Cellular Physiology)“Predicting Failure Thresholds in Traumatic Brain Injury Using Anatomically Accurate, Ultrahigh Resolution Axon Models”

PUMIAO YANSeth A. Ritch Graduate Fellow, Stanford Bio-X SIGF, Electrical EngineeringMentors: Boris Murmann (Electrical Engineering), Krishna Shenoy (Electrical Engineering), and Jaimie Henderson (Neurosurgery)“Efficient Machine Learning Implementations for Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces”

ERIC ZHAODonna Schweers and Thomas Geiser Fellow, Stanford Bio-X SIGF, Chemical EngineeringMentors: Nicholas Melosh (Materials Science & Engineering) and Geoffrey Gurtner (Sugery – Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)“Development of Next Generation Peripheral Nerve Interfaces”

BIYAO ZOUCity Hill Foundation Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow, Stanford Bio-X SIGF, Epidemiology Mentors: Mindie Nguyen (Medicine – Gastroenterology & Hepatolo-gy) and Shan Xiang Wang (Materials Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering)“Development and Validation of a Methylated Cell-Free DNA Biomarker Screening Panel for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Early Detection in a Multicenter Cohort”