![Talyia Griffin with deer](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2023/09/talyia-griffin.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Talyia Griffin
Mentor: Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: Albany State University/ Cornell University
talyia.griffin00@gmail.com
![Liz Sharkey eating local food](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2023/09/liz-sharkey-lunch.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Liz Sharkey
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
e.sharkey@wustl.edu
![Samantha Yang on hike](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2023/09/sam-yang-hike.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Samantha Yang
Mentor: Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: University of California, Berkeley/Carnegie Mellon University
samanthajyang@cmu.edu
![Edwin Pena Martinez in city in Japan](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2023/09/edwin-pena-martinez-city.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Edwin G. Peña-Martínez
Mentor: Dr. Koichi Kawakami, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
Institution: University of Puerto Rico
edwin.pena1@upr.edu
![Aaron Ortiz by waterfall](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2023/09/aaron-ortiz-waterfall.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Aaron Ortiz
Mentor: Dr. Noriyoshi Sakai, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
Institution: New Mexico Tech
aaron.ortiz@student.nmt.edu
![Emily Kim on hike](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2023/09/emily-kim-hike.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Emily Kim
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University
Institution: Amherst College
ekkim25@amherst.edu
![Ceren Citak](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2022/09/ceren-citak.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Ceren Citak
Mentor: Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: Mt. Holyoke College
citak22c@mtholyoke.edu
![Jay Fonticella](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2022/09/jay-fonticella.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Jay Miguel Fonticella
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University
Institution: Harvard University
![Joanna Lee](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2022/09/joanna-lee.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Joanna Lee
Mentor: Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: Boston University
joclee@bu.edu
![Yamil Negron](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2022/09/yamil-negron.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Yamil Miranda Negron
Mentor: Dr. Koichi Kawakami, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
Institution: University of Puerto Rico
yamil.miranda1@upr.edu
![Luke Nicholson](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2022/09/luke-nicholson.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Luke Nicholson
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University
Institution: Columbia University
lsn2116@columbia.edu
![Paolo Turano](/responsive-media/cache/csam/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2022/09/paolo-turano.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Paolo Turano
Mentor: Dr. Noriyoshi Sakai, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
Institution: Rutgers University
pst34@gsbs.rutgers.edu