Tri-I at ABRCMS

November 25, 2025

Gateways Reunion Dinner at ABRCMS — Gateways Alumni (clockwise starting at bottom left): Isaiah Swann (2017), Samuel Hernandez (2018), Ryan Nguyen (2025), Adela Song (2025), Isabella Karabinas (2018, current Tri-I MD-PhD student), Noor Ul Ain (2022), Myla Hudson (2024), Alicia Mercado (2020), Molly Monge (2020, current Tri-I MD-PhD student), and Tri-I Program Manager, Eileen Torres.

This November, the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program was represented at ABRCMS, the American Society for Microbiology's (ASM) conference for multidisciplinary science and workforce development. Tri-I Program Manager, Dr. Eileen Torres, and current students, Isabella Karabinas and Molly Monge, attended to share information about the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD and Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program to attendees from around the country.

The growing community of Gateways was evident this year at ABRCMS: ten Gateways alumni from 2017 to 2025 were in attendance, participating either as representatives for their MD-PhD program or as undergraduate researchers presenting their work. Their presence highlighted the expanding Gateways community and its continued success in preparing students for careers in biomedical research.

ABRCMS Presentation Awards — Presentation winners: Ryan Nguyen (left) and Adela Song (right).

Two Gateways alumni were also recognized for outstanding research presentations.

Ryan Nguyen won an oral presentation award for his talk titled "Wnt-Pathway Transcription Factor LEF1 Correlates with Non-Canonical Gene Signatures in Driving Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Development." His research was done in Dr. Karuna Ganesh's lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Ryan is currently a junior at Yale University.

Adela Song was awarded for her poster titled "Structures of CFTR in a Native-like Lipid Environment." Her research was performed in the lab of Dr. Jue Chen at The Rockefeller University. Adela is currently a sophomore at Johns Hopkins University.

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