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Willow Chernoske – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: An Enzymatic Assay for Rapid and Minimally Instrumented Ganciclovir Triphosphate Monitoring

Date: April 28, 2026 Time: 9:00am Location: NanoES 291 and Zoom

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Tristan Wasley -Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: TBA

Date: May 4, 2026 Time: 3:00pm Location: Foege N130 and Zoom

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Rita Kamenetskiy – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: Development of a photoactivatable collagen-based hydrogel to support colon crypt formation and stiffness modulation

Date: May 4, 2026 Time: 3:30pm Location: Loew 355 and Zoom

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Wenhui Xie – Ph.D. General Exam

Exam Title: High-throughput, Organ-scale 3D Reconstruction and Analysis of Kidney Tissue

Date: May 7, 2026 Time: 12:00pm Location: BAG 464

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Ike Keku – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: Using AI/ML Models to Predict Cross-Family Ligand Binding to VEGFR

Date: May 13, 2026 Time: 11:00am Location: Foege N130 and Zoom

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Makayla M. Wilson Schmidt -Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: Point-of-Care Seminal Fluid Citrate Biosensor for Prostate Cancer Screening with Specificity Superior to PSA

Date: May 21, 2026 Time: 1:00pm Location: NanoES 291

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Christopher Olson – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: TBD

Date: May 28, 2026 Time: 1:00pm Location: Foege N230

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Ariana Frey – Ph.D. Final Exam

Exam Title: Perfusable Engineered Heart Tissues as Models of Vascular-Myocardial Interaction and Cardiac Repair

Date: June 23, 2026 Time: 10:00am Location: SLU, Building E, Room 130 and Zoom