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Jacob Dairaghi – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: Establishment and Characterization of Confined Endothelial Cell Migration within Lung Recellularization Model

Date: May 27, 2025 Time: 11:00am Location: SLU Brotman N409B

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Jasmine Zhou – Ph.D. Final Exam

Exam Title: Targeted electrical and optogenetic stimulation for neuroprotection and neuroplasticity

Date: May 27, 2025 Time: 3:00pm Location: Foege N130 and Zoom

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Taylor Billings – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: Impact of pathologic cardiac hypertrophy on the regulation of the mitochondrial RNase P splicing complex

Date: May 28, 2025 Time: 10:00am Location: Foege N130 and Zoom

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Shu-Yi Yeh – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: Machine Learning Framework for Early Prediction of Ventricular Tachycardia Using Single-Lead Electrocardiogram Signals

Date: May 28, 2025 Time: 12:00pm Location: Foege N403

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Dorice Goune – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: 3D characterization of Human liver for accurate bioprinting. From Microscopy to Computational Models

Date: May 29, 2025 Time: 9:30am Location: Foege N230 and Zoom

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Nicole Gregorio – Ph.D. Final Exam

Exam Title: Engineered Proteins as Building Blocks for Responsive Biomaterials

Date: May 29, 2025 Time: 11:30am Location: Allen Auditorium, Allen Library and Zoom

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Sabrina Gim – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: PIXUL: Designing a High-Throughput Single Nuclei Isolation Protocol for Gene Sequencing Using a Multi-Sample Sonicator

Date: May 29, 2025 Time: 1:00pm Location: Foege N510H

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Olaf Baumeister Warren Holmes Corning – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: Characterizing slc8a4b as an Osteoblast Marker in Danio rerio

Date: May 29, 2025 Time: 1:30pm Location: Foege N410H

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Abbas Idris – Ph.D. General Exam

Exam Title: Development of Tools and Methods for the Dynamic Control of Protein Nanoparticles

Date: May 29, 2025 Time: 2:00pm Location: Foege N130 and Zoom

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Yu-Tzu Kuo – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: Machine Learning Approaches for Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Using MRI Radiomics Features

Date: May 29, 2025 Time: 2:00pm Location: Foege N230

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Karam Khateeb – Ph.D. Final Exam

Exam Title: Engaging multiple mechanisms of plasticity to drive functional recovery after neural injury

Date: May 30, 2025 Time: 1:00pm Location: Foege N130 and zoom

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Wenhui Xie – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: High-Throughput Nephron Tracking for Comprehensive 3D Kidney Mapping

Date: June 2, 2025 Time: 10:30am Location: CHB 439

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Yuto Koga – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: 3D-Printed Multi-Channel Scaffolds for Investigating the Foreign Body Response

Date: June 2, 2025 Time: 12:00pm Location: Foege N303 and Zoom

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Rhutuja Patil – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: OSmini: A Microfluidic Platform for Multiplexed, Gradient-Based Drug Delivery on Intact Tumor Slices

Date: June 3, 2025 Time: 12:00pm Location: Foege N130

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Rachel Iritani – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: Developing Non-invasive Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease

Date: June 4, 2025 Time: 9:00am Location: Foege N230

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Yaping Shi – Ph.D. Final Exam

Exam Title: Development and Application of High-Speed Wide-Field Functional Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography

Date: June 4, 2025 Time: 11:00am Location: Foege N403 and Zoom

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Ethan Staats – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: Development, optimization, and validation of quantitative lateral flow assays for accessible, at-home biomarker monitoring

Date: June 4, 2025 Time: 1:00pm Location: Foege N230 and Zoom

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Rebecca Wu – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: Understanding how pMHC affinity tune CD8+ T cells effector program and commit to a terminal exhausted state

Date: June 5, 2025 Time: 12:00pm Location: Foege N303 and Zoom

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Yahia Saad – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: Nanopore technology for sequencing non-canonical nucleic acid bases and studying molecular motor kinetics

Date: June 5, 2025 Time: 3:00pm Location: Foege N130

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Peiqiao Cai – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: Characterizing the Effect of Mitochondria Uptake on Macrophages

Date: June 6, 2025 Time: 11:30am Location: Brotman Auditorium, 850 Republican St

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Aditi Prabhala – M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: The Dilated Cardiomyopathy-Associated MYH7 Mutation R369Q Displays Different Phenotypes Across a Multiscale Study of Contraction

Date: June 6, 2025 Time: 12:00pm Location: SLU E201

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Teng Liu – Ph.D. Final Exam

Exam Title: Optoretinography for the Functional Assessment of the Human Retina in Health and Disease

Date: June 9, 2025 Time: 12:00pm Location: Foege N130 and zoom