2024 ISCRM Fellows - Office of Connected Learning

Congratulations to the 2024 ISCRM fellows: Christian, Asmaa, and Sophia. The UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM) is a competitive fellowship intended to enhance the educational experience of an undergraduate student while they are engaged in research guided by UW ISCRM faculty. The Bothell students receive a summer research stipend, which is partially funded by the Founders Fellow Endowment, managed by the Office of Connected Learning.

Christian Paulos

Working with the great faculty members at ISCRM was an amazing opportunity to engage with lab-based science and understand what it’s like to be a researcher!

2024 Bothell Fellow, Sniadecki and Qu Lab (Bioengineering, Mechanobiology, Tendon)
As an ISCRM-Bothell Fellow, Christian Paulos conducted research with the Sniadecki and Qu Labs, where he worked on developing engineered human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived tendon constructs as an in vitro strategy for studying tendon mechanobiology and physiology. His work involved applying an established protocol for tenogenic differentiation using biological morphogens and embedding the differentiated cells into 3D collagen hydrogels suspended between flexible PDMS posts.

Asmaa Abdalla

2024 Bothell Fellow

Sophia Gillis

My time learning the intricacy and aspirations of regenerative medicinal research is knowledge that I will never forget

2024 Bothell Fellow