Camp Biomed 2023: Neuroscience

BioMedizone hosted two guest speakers for this event. Sumedha Sengupta, a Biomedical Science Masters student at the University of Dehli, has researched at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. She has completed an internship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of Miami University, a bioinformatics internship at Indraprastha Institution of Information Technology, has been nationally recogized in her field, and has several publications under her name in neurology, organic chemistry, and biology. Anna Mazurenko, a Behavioral Neurosciece major with honors and distinction from the University of British Columbia, is certified in various aspects of wet lab and rodent work. Morgan Prather has completed a study on biomarkers and learning abilities, is a Teaching Assistant for the International Youth Neuroscience Association, and is mentored by a neuroscience professional. She aims for a Neuroscience graduate degree. These three esteemed speakers spoke to a group of 15-20 students on neuroscience and their experiences in the field.