Grad Slam 2019
Click on the finalist to jump to each talk. Watch the announcement of the winners.
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Microbes in the Arctic
Nancy Freitas
UC Berkeley
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Feeling sick: How corn makes its own medicine
Katie Murphy
UC Davis
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Superbug kryptonite: Tiny solution to a huge threat
Rachel Rosenzweig
UC Irvine
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At the heart of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Nyasha Maforo
UCLA
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To clear or not to clear: a Valley Fever Mystery
Anh Diep
UC Merced
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Self help: the Vietnamese battle of ideas
Kevin Pham
UC Riverside
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RNA regulation: the tail wagging the dogma
Angela Nicholson
UC San Diego
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A blood test to uncover concussion
David Wu
UCSF
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Healing muscles with mussels
George Degen
UC Santa Barbara
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Tiny carbon eaters of the deep sea
Rachel Harbeitner
UC Santa Cruz