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- Researching the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF) project, co-advised by Elin Larsson and Richard M. Murray, titled "Building DNA part library for entomopathogenic nematode symbiont Xenorhabdus griffiniae"- Assembling DNA constructs with various promoters in parallel using 3G assembly created for E. coli and transformed E. coli, amplifying the constructs with PCR.- Inserting engineered DNA constructed into X. griffinae genome by conjugation- Measuring red fluorescent protein (RFP) expression for the following DNA constructs to screen for varying promoter and RBS strengths in X. griffiniae, comparing them to trends in E. coli- Final goal: visualize expression of DNA constructs and RFP in vivo, while X. griffiniae is inside its host, S. hermaphrodite

- Checked patients in by taking patient info and insurance- Conducted preliminary tests: checking eye pressure, eyesight, Optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans of retina.

- Pilot Harvard-Westlake research course in collaboration with Seung Kim Lab at Stanford- Recording mutations in Drosophila fly to understand organ development key in organ diseases like pancreatic disease- Crossing different genotypes of Drosophila to manipulate SX4 p-element from Seung Kim Lab with transposase- Dissecting fly larvae for GFP brain imaging

- Conducting synthetic cell research at Professor Richard M. Murray's lab working with liposomes filled with bacteria extract with transcription-translation (TXTL) machinery- Researching cell-penetrating peptides and their ability to export or import proteins, mRNA, etc, under the guidance of Caltech graduate students Zoila Jurado and Alex Johnson- Collaborating with Caltech undergraduates in joint projects: import mRNA input for seesaw circuit, export split GFP expressed due to controlled feedback system in synthetic cells