• Designing and developing a novel conductive hydrogel scaffold to enhance axon regeneration for peripheral nerve repair after traumatic injury.• Operated a four point probe to assess the conductivity of components in hydrogel scaffolds.Principal Investigator: Dr. Kobi Koffler

•Leading a project on nanoparticles with live cell imaging and mammalian cell culture for drug delivery studies connected to Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC).•Maintaining and Analyzing Deuterium Uptake of Origanum Vulgare.•Utilized Stimulated Raman Microscopy and Two-Photon Fluorescence Excitation Microscopy•Utilized MATLAB, ImageJ/Fiji, OriginPro and GraphPad Prism to process and perform statistical analysis tests for Raman imaging data.Principal Investigator: Dr. Lingyan Shi

•Conducted live cell imaging and mammalian cell culture to explore cell functions connected to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)•Utilized Stimulated Raman Microscopy and Two-Photon Fluorescence Excitation Microscopy•Utilized MATLAB, ImageJ/Fiji, OriginPro and GraphPad Prism to process and perform statistical analysis tests for Raman imaging data.Principal Investigator: Dr. Lingyan Shi

• Developed innovative optogenetics-based tools to decode organelle dynamics, functions, and inter-actions under various physiological and pathological conditions.• Conducted DNA transformation, plasmid miniprep, plasmid transfection, and live cell fluores-cence imaging to advance understanding of endoplasmic reticulum dynamic processes.• Utilized Fiji and GraphPad Prism to quantify and process fluorescence imaging data.Principal Investigator: Dr. Liting Duan

•Led collaboration between two faculty laboratories to use machine learning as a way of analyzing the gait of mice under the influence of a neuroprotective agent for extensive studies into cerebellar ataxia.•Maintained C57BL/6 Mice in a vivarium and performed intraperitoneal injections to be captured walking across a CatWalk.•Utilized Visual Gait Lab to optimize efficiency and brought machine learning to biopsychology lab for future use and analysis of gait metrics that were previously unable to be determined with traditional methods.•Utilized GraphPad Prism to perform statistical analysis tests for Gait metric data.Principal Investigator: Dr. Yufeng Jane TsengLead Supervisors: Dr. Da-Zhong Luo and Dr. Ming-Yang Ho