User:Gef6

About Me

I am a Biomedical Engineering student who is interested in a range of different things. I am particularly interested about the application of stem cells and am seeking to have a focus in tissue engineering as I study at Duke. I am a participant in Greek Life at Duke, have registered to work in a lab next semester, and am running for club golf president. Overall, I am excited to be at Duke and learning as much as I can.

Things I Love

I love Biology, Golf, Weightlifting, Cracking Jokes, and Cooking.

Heritage

I am a Swedish Citizen as my dad is from Sweden, and I visit Sweden whenever I can. My grandparents on my father's side are Portuguese while my mom's parents are from Eastern Europe making me a rare: Swedish Hispanic Jew that is also 6'4". My grandparents came to America on my mother's side as they were running from the holocaust. My grandfather can even speak Yiddish! My grandparents on my father's side are people I never got to know as they passed before I was born and I discovered a mysterious link between our family and people in Portugal. In fact, they were our family, and we visited and met them all in 2009 when we figured this out.

Favorite Foods

My favorite foods have to include Calzones and Burritos as the top two. The best calzone that I have ever consumed was in New York City, New York at a location called Ray's. The best burrito that I have ever had was at a location in Chester, New Jersey called Aztec.

Grand Engineering Challenge

CRISPR-edited immune cells can be safely given to cancer patients, Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, News-Medical-Life Sciences, Updated 9 February 2020, accessed 18 February 2020