2025 UCI UROP Research Symposium

Congratulations to our amazing undergraduate students Amoli Vanavadiya, Arlyn Malia Fabian, Devin Johnson, Gordon Ko and Tyler Mcmillan for presenting their research at the Undergraduates Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Symposium on May 16, 2025!

Amoli presenting her research on “Engineering a stable HEK cell line with optogenetically modulated WNT pathway”

Aryln presenting her research on “Optogenetic control of WNT signaling for precise crypt villi patterning in colorectal cancer cells”.

Devin presenting his research on “Development of a novel 2D tunable hydrogel model to study liver fibrosis”.

Gordon presenting is research on “Placenta-on-a-chip: Physiological microfluidic model for angiogenesis in extravillous trophoblasts”.

Tyler presenting his research on “Investigating the role of YAP on placental trophoblast differentiation”.