Finalists
Check back to see which finalist from each campus will compete for the UC-wide championship!
Christian Gerard Capuno
UCLA
Mind over matter: Understanding sleep disruptions in myotonic dystrophy
Tahirah Williams
UC Merced
More than slime: When mucus meets the Valley Fever invader
Maya McElfish
UC Santa Cruz
Senses in the seascape
Cameron Geller
UC Irvine
Can we close cancer’s escape routes?
Brandon Courteau
UC San Francisco
Protein ‘Love Island’: How recoupling HER3 could reveal new breast cancer therapeutics
Jack Goon
UC Davis
Analyzing the cancer battlefield
Carla Bassil
UC Berkeley
Machine learning-assisted gas sensor chip for food safety applications
David Nikom
UC Riverside
Leveling the game: A new script for Alzheimer’s in women
Kaylee Laub
UC Santa Barbara
Reimagining climate solutions through speculative designs
Joanna Eckhardt
UC San Diego
The early bird gets the worm: How physical activity influences sleep and brain health