Gates Summer Internship Program Celebrates the Class of 2023

This summer marked the ninth year of the Gates Summer Internship Program (GSIP), which has become a hallmark of Gates Institute’s collective efforts to inspire outstanding college undergraduates to pursue careers in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. GSIP combines lab work, seminars focused on science and medicine, workshops on ethics and professional development, as well as outside activities that allow the interns to experience Colorado beyond the  University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Since its inception, 185 participants from all over the country and world have participated in the program. The class of 2023 comprised 25 outstanding undergrads -- the largest cohort to date. Each intern was assigned to a Gates Institute member’s lab at CU Anschutz for mentorship. The program culminated with each participant presenting at a poster contest.

We'd like to congratulate the class of 2023 interns and their CU Anschutz mentors; please scroll below for slide show:

• Blake Barron, Davidson College; mentor, Ram Nagaraj, PhD
• Catherine Bates, CU Boulder; mentor, Russell Marians, PhD
• Ilana Baum, Occidental College; mentor, Michael Alberti, MD, PhD
• Yifei Chen, Johns Hopkins University; mentor, Ronald Vagnozzi, PhD
• Amelia Grosskopf, Middlebury College; mentor, Maria Natalia Vergara, PhD
• Mary Howell, Davidson College; mentor, Lori Sussel, PhD
• Kanita Hrustanovic, Colorado State University; mentor, Mi-Hyun Nam, PhD
• Leia Jiang, University of Texas at Austin; mentor, Miguel Flores-Bellver, PhD
• Julia Johnson, Middlebury College; mentor, Daniel Sherbenou, MD, PhD
• Oreoluwa Ladele, Berea College; mentor, Xiying Fan, PhD
• Taylor LaValley, Miami University; mentor, Kristen Boyle, PhD
• Bailey Leaphart, Davidson College; mentor, Lori Walker, PhD
• Andrew Lu, Washington University in St. Louis; mentor, Chelsea Magin, PhD
• Jeevan Mann, University of California, Davis; mentor, Ganna Bilousova, PhD
• Amanda Morris, CU Denver; mentor, Bruce Appel, PhD
• Anna Pocsi, CU Boulder; mentor, Jeffrey Jacot, PhD
• McKinley Rump, CU Boulder; mentor, Eric Pietras, PhD
• Aiman Sabaawy, Cornell University; mentor, Santos Franco, PhD
• Haley Sax, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; mentor, Jennifer Richer, PhD
• Ananya Talanki, Emory University; mentor, Gana "Dash" Batt, PhD
• Zebulon Trovinger, CU Boulder; mentor, Joseph Brzezinski, PhD
• Emily Xie, University of California, Berkeley; Karin Payne, PhD
• Jennan "Jeny" Lahamer, Berea College
• Aikhan Tugambekova, Berea College

See slide show below, and follow us on Instagram to view more pictures!