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Research Program Mentors

Polygence mentors are selected based on their exceptional academic background, teaching experience, and unique ability to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers and industry leaders.

Cancer
Austin

Austin

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Protein Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Cancer Biology, Biomedical Device Ideation

Grace

Grace

PhD candidate

Expertise

cancer biology, single-cell RNA sequencing analysis in R

Carly

Carly

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Biochemistry, Structural Biology, and Cell culture

Dominique

Dominique

PhD

Expertise

Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Chemistry, Biology, Microscopes, Immuology

Micayla

Micayla

MD candidate

Expertise

Medicine, Noncommunicable Diseases (e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes), Nutrition, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Community Health, Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, Healthcare Advocacy

Marc

Marc

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biotechnology, Healthcare, Biology, Business of Science, Biomedicine

Will

Will

MD candidate

Expertise

I love helping students conduct medical research. My passions are cardiology and gastroenterology, and I have helped students perform research across many fields!

Christina

Christina

PhD

Expertise

Cancer biology, molecular biology, drug resistance mechanisms, immunology

Zsofia

Zsofia

PhD

Expertise

Molecular Oncology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Pathology

Taylor

Taylor

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer biology, cell signaling, systems biology, cancer cell heterogeneity, biomedical engineering

Amy

Amy

PhD

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Molecular/Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, Science Communication, Immunology, Medicine, Biochemistry, Cell Death, Metabolism

Ashley

Ashley

PhD candidate

Expertise

Designing, engineering, and testing cancer immunotherapies, biological and bioengineering research

Emily

Emily

PhD candidate

Expertise

Microbiology, Virology, Lipid metabolism, obesity research, Cancer Biology, Animal models for research, Biology, Microbiome, Gut Brain Axis, Metabolism

Josh

Josh

MD/PhD

Expertise

Cardiovascular biology, immunology, cell and molecular biology, cancer biology, epigenetics, cancer, clinical medicine, public health, epidemiology

Abrar

Abrar

PhD

Expertise

Cancer biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics/Genetics, Medicine/Health, Scientific writing

Thomas

Thomas

PhD

Expertise

Cell biology, pharmacology, cell migration, GPCR signaling and function

Xanne

Xanne

PhD

Expertise

Immunology, brain tumor; T cell exhaustion; immunotherary; clinical trials; CRISPR technology, gene therapy, immune cell recovery following bone marrow transplant

Karly

Karly

PhD candidate

Expertise

Structural biochemistry

Jacob

Jacob

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Structural Biology, Cryo-EM, Cryo-ET, Ligand Docking, Chemical Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, In Silico Screening

Samuel

Samuel

PhD

Expertise

Evolution, Zoology, Genetics, Genomics, Cancer, Computational Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Marine Biology, Microbiology