Grad Slam 2023
Click on the finalist to jump to each talk. Watch the announcement of the winners.
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Shedding light on Alzheimer’s disease
Madison Browne
UC Berkeley
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Grandmas, ghosts and genes
Julia Mouat
UC Davis
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Lights, camera, surgery!
Muhammad Twaha Ibrahim
UC Irvine
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Next generation COVID-19 vaccines
Brandon Tsai
UCLA
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From Pollutant to Fuel & New Products: Recycling carbon dioxide
Aneelman Brar
UC Merced
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“School really isn’t built for some kids”: Piloting an executive function screening system
Elissa Monteiro
UC Riverside
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Soliloquizing: A self-practice towards better foreign language speaking fluency
Shang-En (Sean) Huang
UC San Diego
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Learning without a brain
Deepa Rajan
UCSF
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Turning on the tap
Annette Hilton
UC Santa Barbara
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Silence in Paradise: Fighting extinction and infectious disease in Hawaiian birds
Christa Seidl
UC Santa Cruz