Outreach+

We took part


The scope to Teach and Train young individuals motivate us. We hope to pass on the enthusiasm that keeps us going.

⇣ Teaching

⇣ Training

      ⇣ Summer 2024/ IINSPIRE-LSAMP Stem Alliance


      → Brisa Lopez Calderon (DMACC, Major: Biology) is trained on a project to understand how sequence of an enzyme dictates its catalytic rate parameters.
      Brisa GIF

      ⇣ Immune Invaders Edu-Game Development

      → Interactive gameplay to defeat flu variants by taking command of the human immune system.
      → 15 levels of gameplay on the web.
      → For K-12 education about biology of the body.

      Development Team

      Dylan Topic

      Freshman, COMS
      Ideation, Logic Flow, Text, & Buttons

      Davis Schmidt

      Freshman, CBE
      Game design & Illustration

      Adam Lee

      Freshman, COMS
      Inputs, Sound effects, & Enemy behavior

      Tanisha Magikar

      Freshman, COMS
      Ideation, User score, & Leaderboard


      ⇣ Mentees

      Brooklyn Mills, Summer 23, (BioMAP REU) // Protein variant prediction and design
      Jack Sloyan, Summer 23, (Major: CBE) // Protein-metal interactions
      Kaelie Hainlin, Spring 23, CHE 490 (Major: CBE) // Hydrolase structure function mapping
      Sophie Faga, Spring 23, FHP (Major: CBE) // Functional fragmentation of long proteins
      Naomi Mauss, Spring 23, FHP (Major: Software Engg) // Minimal therapeutic peptide design
      Julia Young, Fall 22 + Spring 23, FHP (Major: Software Engg) // Protein-metal interactions; cyclic peptides
      Jack Girton, Fall 22 + Spring 23 (Major: CBE) // Image processing, Nanoparticle dynamics