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WHEN WE SAY THE OPTIONS ARE NEARLY ENDLESS, WE AREN’T KIDDING!
Here’s a snapshot of a few of the research topics CBS undergrads worked on in recent years.
Mitochondrial maturation in the heart
Butterfly tolerance to heavy metal pollution
Effects of warming and drought
Ethanol metabolism
Motor proteins’ correlation with tumor invasiveness Effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure
Key clinical complications of sickle cell disease SARS-CoV-2 protease mutations for resistance Computational models for Parkinson’s disease
Native bee and plant abundance in prairie remnants Neurodevelopment in the context of complex critical care Therapeutic ketosis for right ventricular failure
Gene targeting in rice
Antibodies involved in Type 1 Diabetes
Menopause and blood pressure reactivity to exercise Snow algae response to nutrient enrichment
Antifungal drug resistance
And much more!
“Doing research doesn’t feel like work. I’m always learning and it’s fun to find results that may end up helping people.”
Chino Nwakama (B.S. Neuroscience, ’23) is now an M.D.-Ph.D. student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.