Summer Research Program
We host a paid 10-week research program designed to provide community college students a structured and mentored research experience. Students work in teams to solve a biological question using a microfluidic device. Our program pairs you with expert mentors from biosciences and microfluidics, guiding you through interdisciplinary teamwork. You will learn how to build your own microfludic device and use it to gather experience with experimental design and troubleshooting, data acquisition and analysis. In addition, you will participate in career development programing including workshops on how to communicate your science effectively, ensuring you're equipped with skills for success in any scientific endeavor. Social events with other interns and Stanford researchers will expose you to other research and help build your scientific network! At the end of the program, you will be able to celebrate and present your progress at a research symposium. 2023 Summer Research Program Interns
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Hector Baltazar
Major: Computer Science
Mission College
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Daisy Espinoza
Major: Biology
Mission College
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Drake Gonzales
Major: Civil Engineering
College of San Mateo
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Evan Jimenez
Major: Civil Engineering
College of San Mateo → UC Irvine
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Manny Sanchez
Major: Physics
Foothill College
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Raymond Yum
Major: Physics
Foothill College → UC Berkeley
Determining the Effect of Compression on Mutant C. elegans Through Long Term Imaging
Team Worms: Daisy, Evan and Raymond
Mentor: Lauren Cote, Feldman Lab
This project was a continuation of a BIOE301D project in which students designed and optimized worm traps to successfully immobilize L1 mutant C. elegans to aid in the visualization of their gut repair over multiple days. The interns designed, fabricated and tested these devices to confirm worms remained alive and to investigate whether or not the width of the traps (which led to various levels of compression) had an effect on the repair process. These devices are currently being used by the collaborators to continue with long-term imaging experiments.
In this project, our interns were interested in using a microfluidic droplet generator to generate beads to selectively remove pollutants from wastewater. Since the composition of these beads required novel polymers that hadn’t been used to make beads before, they developed a systematic pipeline to narrow down the formulations that could be successful at creating beads on-chip. In addition, they redesigned the microfluidic devices to increase their device production by 400%. During the summer, they screened 38 novel formulations and found 3 that generated stable beads. The beads are currently being tested by their collaborators to assess their functionality.
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Fieldtrip with SMF-SRP, NeuroCC and CCOP interns
Social mixer SMF-SRP & NeuroCC
Social mixer SMF-SRP & NeuroCC
Team Beads Poster Session - Aug 4
Team Worms Poster Session - Aug 4
Team Beads Poster Session - Aug 17
Team Worms Poster Session - Aug 17
Team Beads Final Talk
Team Worms Final Talk
2023 Interns
Raymond and Evan inspecting their devices in the cleanroom
