Science Events in Seattle
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UW Science Now With Maya Singh, Deja Monet, and AJ Mallory
Hear from UW students about research on HIV medication, prenatal hydrocephalus, and how getting a good night’s sleep can help people learn new movements.
A Simple Way to Measure Long-Term HIV Medication Levels
Maya Singh
People taking HIV medication, either for prevention or treatment, have to take medication every single day, preventing the spread of HIV. However, factors outside of their control, such as resistance, age, sex, and location in the world, can prevent the medication from working well. My work focuses on the development of a rapid and low-cost test that can measure HIV medication levels in 30 minutes, telling someone if they have enough medication in their system.
Maya Singh is a third-year PhD student in bioengineering at the University of Washington, where she focuses on creating low-cost tests to measure long-term HIV medication levels. She is passionate about being at the intersection of global health, engineering, and public policy to understand the impact of her work on people living with HIV.
A Study of Prenatal Hydrocephalus
Deja Monet
This talk will cover the cellular and genetic basis of developmental brain disorders. The developing brain is like traffic in an efficient city, closely following and adapting to different signals. In this talk, I’ll cover how brain development changes when these signals go awry.
Deja Monet is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Washington. In addition to researching brain development, she also applies her training in science, technology, and society studies to exploring public health and science accessibility.
Learning to Move: How Your Brain Handles the Unexpected
AJ Mallory
Moving your body through the world is one of the most important jobs of your brain. Your brain is amazing at learning and adapting, whether it’s a baby taking their first steps or an adult staying upright on slippery ice. Learn about the different strategies your brain uses for adapting and learning new skills. We will start with well-understood learning behaviors and connect them to cutting-edge neuroscience of neural dynamics and brain-computer interfaces.
AJ Mallory is a Bioengineering Graduate Student at the University of Washington studying Neural Engineering in the Orsborn lab. She is particularly interested in the neural dynamics underlying motor learning and brain-computer interfaces. When not in the lab, she enjoys reading comic books with her kids and taking her dogs for long walks in the rain.
