SRTP 2025 Research Symposium

Each year, the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs’ Summer Research Training Program (SRTP) welcomes outstanding undergraduate students to UCSF to work with faculty members on graduate-level research projects.

All are welcome to join us as this year's 48 students conclude their 10-week experience with 3 days of oral and poster presentations. This is a great opportunity to support our scholars' work and to learn about the range of research projects they have engaged in at UCSF's research labs. 

Symposium Schedule 

Schedule at a Glance

Monday, August 4 | Oral Presentations at Mission Bay

ActivityTimeLocationDetails
Breakfast, Welcome 
& Opening Remarks 		8 AM - 9 AMMH 1401/1402Only for SRTP
 Students & Staff
Oral Presentation Session 1A 9 AM - 12 PMMH 1406 
Oral Presentation Session 1B 9 AM - 12 PMMH 1407 
Lunch12 PM  - 1 PMMH 1401/1402Only for SRTP 
Students & Staff
Oral Presentation Session 2A1 PM - 3 PMMH 1406 
Oral Presentation Session 2B1 PM - 3 PMMH 1407 

Tuesday, August 5 | Oral Presentations at Parnassus

ActivityTimeLocationDetails
Breakfast8 AM - 9 AMHSW 300/302 AtriumOnly for SRTP 
Students & Staff
Oral Presentation 3A9 AM - 12 PMHSW 300 
Oral Presentations 3B 9 AM - 12 PMHSW 302 
Lunch12 PM - 1PMHSW 300/302 AtriumOnly for SRTP 
Students & Staff

Wednesday, August 6 | Poster Presentations at Mission Bay

ActivityTimeLocationDetails
Breakfast & Poster Set Up8 AM - 9 AMGenentech Atrium 
& Byers Auditorium 		Only for SRTP 
Students & Staff
Research Poster Session 19 AM - 10:30 AMGenentech Atrium 
Research Poster Session 211 AM - 12:30 PMGenentech Atrium 
Lunch12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Only for SRTP 
Students & Staff
Research Poster Session 31:30 - 3 PMGenentech Atrium 
Group Photo3 PM - 3:30 PMGenentech Hall StepsOnly for SRTP 
Students & Staff
Awards & Closing Ceremony  3:30 PM - 4:30 PMByers Auditorium 
Farewell Dinner4 PM - 5:30 PMSF KebabOnly for SRTP 
Students & Staff

Oral Presentations | Monday, August 4 & Tuesday, August 5

Details 

Join In-Person or via Live Zoom Webinar

Participants may attend in person or remotely via Zoom. Remote attendees can submit questions through the chat feature. Please note that only presentations from individuals with pre-authorization from research labs will be available on Zoom and recorded. Sessions will be recorded for internal purposes only and shared with students and SRTP staff. 

Timing

Each student session will begin promptly at the time listed in the schedule. If breaks occur between sessions, we will pause and resume at the next scheduled time.
Each student will have a total of 15 minutes:

  • Presentation: 10–12 minutes
    Q&A: 3–5 minutes

Judging 

Presentations will be evaluated by graduate student judges. The top three presenters will be recognized during the Awards Ceremony on Wednesday.

Monday, August 4 Presentations

Session 1A 

Monday, August 4
Mission Hall 1406 | 9 AM - 12 PM

Zoom Information

TimeNameTitle
9AMBenét SingletonInvestigating the maturation of Alzheimer’s tau tangles across the lifespan of individuals with Down Syndrome
9:20 AMClaire SchleicherDesignability of dynamic multi-state proteins for use in chemically induced dimerization systems
9:40AMKareem AlbaDissecting Type III Interferon Function Using a Dual shRNA Vector
10AMSimoun RagaEffects of Inverted Terminal Repeats on Viral Performance
10:20AMAlisa Xie Mechanism of activation of the bacterial immune system II-A CBASS in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
10:40AMMaria SneedTesting the Causal Role of Basal Ganglia Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Dystonia
11AMLia SorrellInvestigating the Impact of KRAS Expression on Chromatin Accessibility and Epigenetic Plasticity
11:20AMDiego Suchenski LoustaunauIndel mutations expand functional and mechanistic diversity of antiviral proteins  
11:40AMDean RamosCharacterizing the Spatial and Temporal Progression of Tau Aggregation and Cell Death in Mouse Models of Tauopathy
Session 1B 

Monday, August 4
Mission Hall 1407 | 9 AM - 12 PM

Zoom Information

TimeNameTitle
9AMSonali Feeley 
9:20 AMYeison Samayoa Hernandez 
9:40AMMarie Li 
10AMLinh Nguyen 
10:20AMKatrina Sameth 
10:40AMJhaydine Bandola 
11AMMark Norrell 
11:20AMCara Susilo 
11:40AMAlicia Naylor Guerrero 
Session 2A 

Monday, August 4
Mission Hall 1406 | 1 PM - 3:30 PM

Zoom Information

TimeNameTitle
1PMJocelyn Cantero Synthesis of Active Site Fragment Hits Targeting the EVD68 RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
1:20PMDaniel Santos  
1:40PMToluwanimi AdepojuCharacterizing Neural Progenitor Cells for In-Vitro Ependymoma Mouse Models
2PMGwen McKayEvaluating Substrate Susceptibility to Ubiquitin-Independent Proteasomal Degradation
2:20PMJanine MedranoRegional specialization of proliferation and cytoarchitecture in the caudal ganglionic eminence
2:40PMTrent CamposEngineered Tregs Sustain FOXP3 and Compete with synSuppressors in Antigen-Restricted Immune Control
3PMHannah StewartSystematic Identification of Ligand-Binding Human Transcription Factors
Session 2B  

Monday, August 4
Mission Hall 1407 | 1 PM - 3:30 PM

Zoom Information

TimeNameTitle
1PMJoseph Knudsen Validating protein biomarkers for pancreatic cyst malignancy potential
1:20PMJohn FanRainBar - A new method of CRISPR-based pooled screening
1:40PMIsabella IbalioDistribution of histone modifi cations throughout regeneration in Stentor coeruleus
2PMKrishna AjjarapuIdentifying Genetic Modifiers of Neuronal Survival in Tauopathy Mice
2:20PMTeija SuhasAssay Development for a Deep Mutation Scan of Polycystin-1 Variants
2:40PMLandon BattinDistribution of Inhibitory Neurons in the SCN2A+/- Mouse Model
3PMJohn CollingeElucidating the bile salt transport mechanism of NTCP

Tuesday, August 5 Presentations

Session 3A 

Tuesday, August 5
Health Science West 300 | 9 AM - 12 PM

Zoom Information

TimeNameTitle
9AMEmilio GarciaFrequency of Cyclic Mechanical Loading as a Mechanism of Particle Transport in Pore-Channel Microfluidic Networks
9:20 AMJuliette JacquesInvestigating TM4SF1 as a Tumor-Selective CAR-T Target in Cholangiocarcinoma
9:40AMSigne Begalske Expression of ORFeome-Derived Proteins Tagged with circRNA Barcodes at the Cell Membrane
10AMTrey LawrenceCharacterization of phage resistance in prevalent gut bacterial species Eggerthella lenta
10:20AMBreak 
10:40AMAbigail Lee TM4SF1 Targeted Bispecific T Cell Engagers Demonstrate Therapeutic Potential in Prostate Cancer
11AMAbigail Tramell 
11:20AMAvi GuptaFine-mapping STAT6 3’ UTR Cis Regulatory Elements
11:40AMKatrina CulmanDifferential signaling profiles of B cell-confinement receptor P2RY8 missense variants
Session 3B 

Tuesday, August 5
Health Science West 302 | 9 AM - 12 PM

Zoom Information

TimeNameTitle
9AMSnit Welde 
9:20 AMEmilie Petit 
9:40AMZoe ZhangTranscriptomic Insights into Multiplex Base Editing for Therapeutic Enhancement of Erythropoiesis
10AMSerena FindleyInvestigating JMJD3-Mediated Immune Mechanisms in Macrophages During Periodontitis 
10:20AMBreak 
10:40AMMariah Smith 
11AMAndy Moran 
11:20AMMatthew MezaFAM83H-Notch1 Interplay Regulates Epithelial Architecture and Cell-Cell Adhesion
11:40AMCameron Ponton 

Research Poster Presentations
Wednesday, August 6 | Genentech Atrium

Light beverages and snacks will be provided during poster sessions.

Poster Session 1:  9 - 10:30 a.m. 
Poster NumberStudent NameTitle
1Toluwanimi AdepojuCharacterizing Neural Progenitor Cells for In-Vitro Ependymoma Mouse Models
2Krishna AjjarapuIdentifying Genetic Modifiers of Neuronal Survival in Tauopathy Mice
3Trent CamposEngineered Tregs Sustain FOXP3 and Compete with synSuppressors in Antigen-Restricted Immune Control
4Jocelyn CanteroSynthesis of Active Site Fragment Hits Targeting the EVD68 RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
5Gwen McKayEvaluating Substrate Susceptibility to Ubiquitin-Independent Proteasomal Degradation
6Janine MedranoRegional specialization of proliferation and cytoarchitecture in the caudal ganglionic eminence
7Daniel Santos 
8Hannah StewartSystematic Identification of Ligand-Binding Human Transcription Factors
9Kareem AlbaDissecting Type III Interferon Function Using a Dual shRNA Vector
10Simoun RagaEffects of Inverted Terminal Repeats on Viral Performance
11Dean RamosCharacterizing the Spatial and Temporal Progression of Tau Aggregation and Cell Death in Mouse Models of Tauopathy
12Claire SchleicherDesignability of dynamic multi-state proteins for use in chemically induced dimerization systems
13Benét SingletonInvestigating the maturation of Alzheimer’s tau tangles across the lifespan of individuals with Down Syndrome
14Maria SneedTesting the Causal Role of Basal Ganglia Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Dystonia
15Lia SorrellInvestigating the Impact of KRAS Expression on Chromatin Accessibility and Epigenetic Plasticity
16Diego Suchenski LoustaunauIndel mutations expand functional and mechanistic diversity of antiviral proteins  
17Alisa XieMechanism of activation of the bacterial immune system II-A CBASS in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 

Poster Session 2:  11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Poster NumberStudent NameTitle
1Signe BegalskeExpression of ORFeome-Derived Proteins Tagged with circRNA Barcodes at the Cell Membrane
2Katrina CulmanDifferential signaling profiles of B cell-confinement receptor P2RY8 missense variants
3Emilio GarciaFrequency of Cyclic Mechanical Loading as a Mechanism of Particle Transport in Pore-Channel Microfluidic Networks
4Avi GuptaFine-mapping STAT6 3’ UTR Cis Regulatory Elements
5Juliette Jacques 
6Trey LawrenceCharacterization of phage resistance in prevalent gut bacterial species Eggerthella lenta
7Abigail LeeTM4SF1 Targeted Bispecific T Cell Engagers Demonstrate Therapeutic Potential in Prostate Cancer
8Serena FindleyInvestigating JMJD3-Mediated Immune Mechanisms in Macrophages During Periodontitis 
9Matthew MezaFAM83H-Notch1 Interplay Regulates Epithelial Architecture and Cell-Cell Adhesion
10Andy Moran 
11Emilie Petit 
12Cameron Ponton 
13Mariah Smith 
14Abigail Tramell 
15Snit Welde 
16Zoe ZhangTranscriptomic Insights into Multiplex Base Editing for Therapeutic Enhancement of Erythropoiesis
17Joseph KnudsenValidating protein biomarkers for pancreatic cyst malignancy potential
18Teija SuhasAssay Development for a Deep Mutation Scan of Polycystin-1 Variants
Poster Session 3:  1:30 - 3 p.m.
Poster NumberStudent NameTitle
1Jhaydine Bandola 
2Sonali Feeley 
3Marie Li 
4Alicia Naylor Guerrero 
5Linh Nguyen 
6Mark Norrell 
7Yeison Samayoa Hernandez 
8Katrina Sameth 
9Cara Susilo 
10Landon BattinDistribution of Inhibitory Neurons in the SCN2A+/- Mouse Model
11John CollingeElucidating the bile salt transport mechanism of NTCP
12John FanRainBar - A new method of CRISPR-based pooled screening
13Isabella IbalioDistribution of histone modifi cations throughout regeneration in Stentor coeruleus
14Ritika Putta 
15Lavanya Girish 
16Aliana Tang 
17Max Calcoen 
18Devi Shah 

 

 Schedule by Student Name 

Student by Last Name
Student NameOral PresentationPoster Presentation
Toluwanimi Adepoju2A1
Krishna Ajjarapu2B1
Kareem Alba1A1
Jhaydine Bandola1B3
Landon Battin2B3
Signe Begalske3A2
Trent Campos2A1
Jocelyn Cantero2A1
John Collinge2B3
Katrina Culman3A2
John Fan2B3
Sonali Feeley1B3
Serena Findley3B2
Emilio Garcia3A2
Avi Gupta3A2
Isabella Ibalio2B3
Juliette Jacques3A2
Joseph Knudsen2B2
Trey Lawrence3A2
Abigail Lee3A2
Marie Li1B3
Gwen McKay2A1
Janine Medrano2A1
Matthew Meza3B2
Andy Moran3B2
Alicia Naylor Guerrero1B3
Linh Nguyen1B3
Mark Norrell1B3
Emilie Petit3B2
Cameron Ponton3B2
Simoun Raga1A1
Dean Ramos1A1
Yeison Samayoa Hernandez1B3
Katrina Sameth1B3
Daniel Santos2A1
Claire Schleicher1A1
Benet Singleton1A1
Mariah Smith3B2
Maria Sneed1A1
Lia Sorrell1A1
Hannah Stewart2A1
Diego Suchenski Loustaunau1A1
Teija Suhas2B2
Cara Susilo1B3
Abigail Tramell3A2
Snit Welde3B2
Alisa Xie1A1
Zoe Zhang3B2