The 2018 Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference was held on June 8th at the Georgia Aquarium, and the theme this year was “Precision Medicine.” Many researchers came from all over to present their groundbreaking research in pediatric research. The Buckley Lab was represented very well at the conference by our postdoc, Paul. He presented his poster on a non-invasive bedside monitoring method for sickle cell patients. He won 2nd place in the poster competition- congratulations, Paul!
We’d like to welcome two new undergraduate students to our lab- Wesley Matingou and Amy Patel!
Wesley is a biomedical engineering major at Morehouse College, and Amy is a neuroscience major at Georgia Tech. On another note, Peter Lee (who was in our lab before) has decided to come back to our lab after finishing his first year as a computer science major at Tech. Welcome back, Peter!
We also are having two students who are joining us for the summer!
Michella Obialor is a high school student who is a part of the Atlanta Sickle Cell Summer Research Training Program, and Nguyen Nguyen is a computer science and physics major at Mount Holyoke College, who is a part of the Pediatric Engineering Research Summer Experience (PERSE) program.
We’re super excited to work with everyone!
Bharat has been with the Buckley Lab for the past 2 years, and he has been essential in keeping the lab running, with all the work he has done as lab manager. But sadly, today was his last day in lab, so we had a farewell lunch for him at Sotolero. He was accepted at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta! He will be leaving to go travel around the world for a month before he starts medical school in the fall. We’re sad because he’s leaving us, but happy that he is following his dreams. We will definitely miss him, but best of luck, future Dr. Sanders. You’ll make a great physician!
On a brighter note, Peter Lee is coming back to our lab after finishing up his freshman year at Georgia Tech. He will be working full time this summer. Welcome back, Peter!
