Current Members
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Aleksander Bogoniewski
Aleks graduated from California State University, Northridge with a B.S. in Biotechnology. During his time in university, he was selected for the UCLA CIRM Bridges to Stem Cell Research fellowship under the guidance of Dr. Harley Kornblum. During his time in the fellowship, his research centered around cerebral organoid development and analysis from patients with the heterozygous PTEN mutation and control lines. His interests lie in using stem cell or organoid models in an in-vitro or in-vivo system. His aim for graduate school is to refine his scientific toolbox, especially bioinformatic analysis of patient samples, and to assist in developing effective applications and therapies using stem cell derived systems.
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Nandhana Vivek
Nandhana is a Boettcher Scholar and undergraduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder majoring in Integrative Physiology with minors in Biochemistry and Business. Her research experience spans neuroscience, cancer biology, lung disease, clinical outcomes research, and bioinformatic analysis. She is currently working on neuroscience research in the Donaldson Lab at CU Boulder examining neural mechanisms underlying selective partner-seeking behavior, and clinical outcomes research with Neurosurgical and Spine Associates of Boulder focused on spine surgery and sports-related concussion. In previous work in the Vladar Lab at the Anschutz Medical Campus, in collaboration with the Krishnan Lab, and at the Leach Lab at National Jewish Health, in collaboration with the Slansky Lab, she applied bioinformatic approaches to analyze scRNA-seq datasets in lung disease and colorectal cancer models. In collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, she led a study examining cultural and religious influences on organ donation attitudes among Indian American physicians and medical students. Her interests center on integrating computational biology, neuroscience, and translational research to better understand disease mechanisms and improve patient outcomes.