Dwani Patel
G2 Student
Locations
- Medical Scientist Training Program
Contact Information
Biography
Education
BS, Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
Faculty Advisor
Daniel Lipinski, MSc, DPhil, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy; located at the Eye Institute
Research Interests
Immune therapy
Research Experience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011-2015
Advisor: Dr. Rohit Bhargava
Project: Our group focused on the development of novel chemical imaging technology and structures that can be employed to detect, diagnose, and understand tissue structure and cancer pathology
Washington University, St. Louis, summer 2014
Advisor: Dr. Carlos Cruchaga
Project: Our research interests were focused on the identification and characterization of coding variants implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson's Disease (PD), stroke recovery and other neurodegenerative diseases
Washington University, St. Louis, summer 2013
Advisor: Dr. Alison Goate
Project: Dr. Goates lab uses genetic (GWAS) and genomic (sequencing) strategies to identify rare and common alleles predisposing to neuropsychiatric diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
Publications
Observation of molecular diffusion in polyelectrolyte-wrapped SERS nanoprobes
TREM2 is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer's disease in African Americans
Observation of Molecular Diffusion in Polyelectrolyte-Wrapped SERS Nanoprobes, Langmuir, 2014
TREM2 is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease in African Americans, Molecular Degeneration, 2015
General Interests
Painting, traveling, and spending time with the family