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The NIBIB-sponsored Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP) is for undergraduate biomedical engineering students who have completed their junior year of college. The 10-week program, under the guidance of Dr. Robert Lutz, BESIP Program Director, allows rising senior bioengineering students to participate in cutting-edge biomedical research projects under the mentorship of world-class scientists in NIH laboratories in Bethesda, MD.
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Automation of radioactive cell labeling using microfluidic acoustophoresis
Intern Name: Emma Stevenson
Adler – Sato - Choyke - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/adler-sato-choyke
Design and build an improved time-of-flight PET photodetector device
Adler - Seidel - Green - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/adler-seidel-green
Use of MRI for Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Sciences
BETA Intern Name: Yem Nguimbous
Basser – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/basser
Augmented Reality Interactive Enhancements for Scientific Data Visualization and Manipulation
Basser - Freidlin - Pohida – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/basser-freidlin-pohida-2023
Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Exoskeleton-Mediated Gait Training in Children
Intern Name: Elizabeth Barski
Bulea – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/bulea
Use of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and mathematical modeling to understand the mechanobiology of cells and tissue
Intern Name: Adia Drayton
BETA Intern Name: Ike Keku
Cartagena-Rivera – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/rivera-2023
Evaluating brain activity during functional tasks using noninvasive neuroimaging in healthy individuals and individuals with cerebral palsy
Damiano – Kline - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/damiano-kline
Biofabrication of engineered 3D tissues for disease modeling and drug discovery
Intern Name: Nolan Murphy-Genao
Ferrer – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/ferrer
The molecular and cellular effects of Therapeutic and Focused Ultrasound on tissue microenvironment
Intern Name: Rohey Colley
Frank – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/frank-2023
Self-Collection Homebased Biosensor for Monitoring and Tracking Suspected COVID-19 Patients
Intern Name: Varun Gunda
Gandjbakhche - Pursley - Pohida – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/gandjbakhche-pursley-pohida-2023
Optimization of Prolonged Normothermic Ex Vivo Animation of Human Tumor-bearing Liver Segments
BETA Intern Name: Joseph Editone III
Hernandez - Kakareka - Morgan - Pohida - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/hernandez-kakareka-morgan-pohida-2023
Atomic Force Microscopy and Structure of Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein and Lipid Rafts
Intern Name: Olivia Ernst
Jin - Narum – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/jin-narum-2023
Application of Artificial Intelligence Methods to Predict Subcellular Locations of Proteins
Intern Name: Ryan Hsu
Knepper – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/knepper-2023
Ultrafast laser microscopy to study proteins and DNA. Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging: Approaches and Applications
Intern Name: Adam Zuchowski
Knutson – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/knutson-2023
Genetic Engineering of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells with CRISPR-Cas9: The Role of Innate Immunity
Larochelle – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/larochelle-2023
Characterizing Spontaneous Movements During Early Development of Mice
Lee – Krynitsky – Pohida – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/lee-krynitsky-pohida-2023
Uncertainty characterization and propagation for emerging Nuclear Medicine targeted therapy
Maas-Moreno – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/maas-moreno-2023
Programming and advanced data analytic techniques in magnetoencephalography imaging
Nugent - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/nugent-2023
Magnetic Resonance Angiography to Assess Sickle Cell Disease Mediated Carotid and Cerebral Artery Damage
BETA Intern Name: Kingsley Garrett
BETA Intern Name: Jarrod Burns
Platt - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/platt-2023
Use of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and mathematical modeling to understand the mechanobiology of cells and tissues
Rivera - 2023
Microfabricated PDMS Vessel Mimetics for Cancer Cell Culture
Intern Name: Aasim Hawa
Robey - Morgan - Gottesman - Pohida 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/robey-morgan-gottesman-pohida-2023
Role of innate immunity in medical device implantation and regenerative therapeutics
Intern Name: Paige Rudy
Sadtler – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/sadtler-2023
Deciphering the chemo-mechanical properties of myosin-6 using scattering and fluorescence single molecule techniques
Sellers - Takagi - Billington - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/sellers-takagi-billington
Video Monitoring System for Automated Detection of Pain- and Itch- Related Behaviors in Mice
Simonds – Salem – Pohida - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/simonds-salem-pohida-2023
Deep learning to analyze anasarca in patients with major organ failure or cancer
Summers – Liu – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/summers-liu-2023
Project #1 – Identifying Bone Metastasis in CT scans
Project #2 - Quantification of Renal Structural Findings on CT/MRI
Summers – Mathai – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/summers-mathai-2023
Imaging Biomarkers for Diabetes Medications
Summers – Mukherjee – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/summers-mukherjee-2023
Measure the viscoelastic properties of zerbafish brain using frequency optical tweezers to understand how the micro -mechanical properties of tissue affect metastatic tumor outgrowth
Tanner - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/tanner-2023
Cancer Studies Using a Novel 3D Printed Zebrafish Intubation Chamber for Longitudinal Imaging
Tanner – Krynitsky – Pohida – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/tanner-krynitsky-pohida-2023
Targeting Eph Tyrosine Kinase Receptors in Colorectal Cancer
Intern Name: Kevin Gery
Tosato – DiPrima – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/tosato-diprima-2023
Study of the contribution of endothelial cells to adult hematopoiesis
BETA Intern Name: Madeline Giner
Tosato – Feng – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/tosato-feng-2023
Development of biomedical optics technologies that non-invasively characterize tissue hemodynamics and translate them to a point-of-care setting
Intern Name: Emily Yu
Tromberg - Quang - Hill - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/tromberg-quang-hill-2023
Developing an improved transurethral resection (TUR) device for bladder tumors
Intern Name: Emily Herbert
Valera - Romero – Ahdoot - Garmendia – Pohida – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/valera-romero-ahdoot-garmendia-pohida-2023
Characterization of immunotherapy-loaded drug-eluting microspheres and gels for transarterial embolization of liver tumors
Intern Name: Mahid Qureshi
Wood - Mikhail - Negussie - 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/wood-mikhail-negussie-2023
Applying artificial intelligence in medical imaging
Wood - Mikhail - Xu – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/wood-mikhail-xu-2023
Engineering approaches involving computational and signal to develop insights into the neural code of the human brain
Intern Name: William Noll
Zaghloul – 2023 internal:/labs-at-nibib/besip/besip-projects-2023/zaghloul-2023