Student Success
A core goal of Bridging the Gap 2 is scholarly presentation of students’ research and extension projects. Here we showcase the work from our most recent cohort from summer 2022.
![Adriana Suria ‘24 (CAHNR), working in a research lab in the Advanced Technology Laboratory](https://bridgingthegap-cahnr.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3471/2023/04/Suria-Lab-ATL_CAHNR_2022-10-28-a_004.jpg)
![The Bridging the Gap program leaders, Yangchao Luo and Loneke Blackman Carr, pose with students for a photo outside the Roy E. Jones Building.](https://bridgingthegap-cahnr.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3471/2023/04/Bridging-The-Gap-Group-O-JONS_CAHNR_2022-08-12-a_002.jpg)
![Abigail Interrante works in a lab in the Advanced Technology Laboratory.](https://bridgingthegap-cahnr.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3471/2023/04/Interrante-Lab-ATL_CAHNR_2022-06-06-a_005.jpg)
![Loneke Blackman Carr works with students in her lab](https://bridgingthegap-cahnr.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3471/2023/04/Blackman-Carr-Students-Lab-JONS_CAHNR_2022-11-04-a_005.jpg)
Student name: Emily Radican
Home Institution: University of Connecticut
Title: Evidence Based Approach to Various Aspects of Food Insecurity: From Plant to Consumer
Hosting Lab: Willimantic CLiCK; Department of Nutritional Sciences
Student name: Ressi Miranda
Home institution: Housatonic Community College
Title: Generation of cell-specific gene knockout mice using the Cre-LoxP system
Hosting Lab: NutriPrevention of Obesity, Inflammation & Liver Disease (NP-OILD) Lab, Dr. Ji-Young Lee, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Student name: Adriana Suria Trenche
Home Institution: University of Connecticut
Title of poster: Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity in Eugenol-Loaded Complexes
Hosting Lab: Food Science and Nanotechnology Lab, Dr. Yangchao Luo, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Student name: Julia Owusu
Home Institution: University of Connecticut
Title of poster: Physical Activity Interventions in Black and Hispanic Women
Hosting Lab: Reaching for Equity in Nutrition, Exercise and Weight (RENEW) Lab, Dr. Loneke Blackman Carr, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Student name: Chevenese Mckayle
Home institution: University of Connecticut.
Title of poster: CRISPER Editing & Validation of TLR2 Knockout in CACO/2 cells.
Hosting Lab: Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics Lab; Dr. Sangyong Choi, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Student name: Jonathan Garcia Vazquez
Home institution: University of Connecticut
Title of poster: Comparison of Sociodemographic, Lifestyle, Health, and Dietary Characteristics among Latino Adults Residing in Northeastern Connecticut According to their Cultural Background
Hosting Lab: Dr. Ock Chun and Dr. Michael Puglisi, Department of Nutritional Sciences