PARTICIPANT HIGHLIGHT – Awa Bakayoka – 2016 PROGRAM

Leidong Mao / November 27, 2016 / Comments Off / 2016 Program, 2016 Projects, Highlights, Participants

“I’ve always been curious about research and with my background in genetics, it’s exciting to work on a project related to breast cancer.”

Awa Bakayoka, a rising senior at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is one of the talented students from across the nation participating in our summer-long Nanotechnology and Biomedicine Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Awa has been working with Dr. Cheryl Gomillion to develop a model for characterizing the metastatic behavior of various types of breast cancer cells.

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The REU program will provide an interdisciplinary research experience at the interface of micro-/nano-technology and biomedicine to undergraduate students from other institutions, leveraging the diverse interdisciplinary expertise, resources, and training opportunities in this area at University of Georgia (UGA).

Students will participate in interdisciplinary research projects that apply micro-/nano-technology to specific biomedical questions. Each REU student will be co-mentored by paired faculty from the nanotechnology and biomedical disciplines on a collaborative research project. In addition to a total-immersion, hands-on research experience, students will participate in enriching activities that will include ethics-in-science workshop; weekly career development seminars; research seminars; educational field trips; participation in conferences in nanotechnology and biomedicine.

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