Grad Slam 2022
Click on the finalist to jump to each talk. Watch the announcement of the winners.
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Jamming the SARS-CoV-2 copy machine
Justin Lee
UC Berkeley
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Cooling Down with the New Hot Air: The future of drying in agriculture
Alice Dien
UC Davis
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Curing cancer with math
Rachel Sousa
UC Irvine
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The Fluid Dynamics of Smell: A stingray’s perspective
Kelsi Rutledge
UCLA
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CBD: Wonder drug or dud?
Jessica Wilson
UC Merced
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Finishing off food fungus for good
Claire Whitaker
UC Riverside
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GERMTIME: How germline variants can make a difference in cancer immunity
Meghana Pagadala
UC San Diego
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Uncovering the sweet secrets of fruit-eating mammals
Wei Gordon
UCSF
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The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese
Geoff Meyerhof
UC Santa Barbara
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The Tale of Two Galaxies: Studying how galaxies change over time
Amanda Quirk
UC Santa Cruz