OLUREMI AKINDELE
BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
PI: Bryan Bryson
PhD Student
Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering, Stanford University, 2021
Remi Akindele is a Ph.D. student in Biological Engineering at MIT. Her research focuses on elucidating host-pathogen interactions through altered metabolic pathways during infection using systems biology approaches. She is also an Alfred P. Sloan 2021-2022 Scholar. Remi received her Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering from Stanford University. Outside of the lab, she has spent time advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the university level, mentoring high school and undergraduate students interested in careers in STEM, and has volunteered in a number of roles promoting healthcare advocacy, and she hopes to continue this work throughout her Ph.D. and beyond.
PRESENTATIONS:
- Needle Delivery Tool to Facilitate Transvaginal Injection of the Trigone for Overactive Bladdar
(OAB) and Interstitial Cystitis / Bladdar Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) - SUFU 2022 Winter Meeting
Society National Conference, February 2022 - Needle Delivery Tool to Facilitate Transvaginal Injection of Medication to the Bladder - Biomedical
Engineering Society National Conference, October 2021 - Needle Delivery Tool to Facilitate Transvaginal Injection of Medication to the Bladder - Stanford Biodesign
Virtual Health Technology Showcase, June 2021 - Implementation of a Virtual Social Needs Screening Program for Emergency Department Visits
During the COVID19 Epidemic - SAEM Innovations Oral Presentation, May 2021 - Integrating Social Determinants of Health into Undergraduate Education Using An Emergency
Department Help Desk - SAEM Innovations Oral Presentation, May 2020 - Determining the Molecular Basis for Common Hallmarks of Neurodegeneration in Lysosomal Storage
Disorders and Age-Associated Neurodegenerative Diseases - Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer
Research Oral Presentation August 2020 - High-throughput Human Proteome-wide Screen For Proteins That Can Transition to a Prion-
Like Conformer Resistant to Proteasomal Degradation - Symposium for Undergraduate Research and
Public Service Stanford University, October 2019 (Poster Presentation) - High-throughput Human Proteome-wide Screen For Proteins That Can Transition to a Prion-Like
Conformer Resistant to Proteasomal Degradation - Stanford ChEM-H Undergraduate Scholars Research
Poster Symposium October 2019 - IKK expression fine-tunes NF-kappaB expression in response to cytokines - Science 2016 Game
Changers Conference, Poster Symposium, University of Pittsburgh, October 2016 - IKK expression fine-tunes NF-kappaB expression in response to cytokines - University of Pittsburgh
Cancer Institute Summer Research Poster Symposium, June 2016
HONORS & AWARDS:
- Alfred P. Sloan Scholar, MIT UCEM Award (September 2021)
- 2016 University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Scholar
- Dean's Award for Academic Excellence (consecutively from Fall 2017 - Spring 2021)
- 2019 ChEM-H Undergraduate Scholar
- 2020 Undergraduate Bio-X Summer Research Grant Award
- Tau Beta Pi (Spring 2021)
- Stanford Biodesign NEXT Grant Award (Spring 2021)
- Most Promising Solution, Stanford Biodesign 2021 Healthtech Showcase
- Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Departmental Award, Stanford Bioengineering (Spring 2021)
- VentureWell Design Excellence Prize, NIH Debut Challenge (August 2021)