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Arianna McCarty

Arianna McCarty with long hair and a building blurred in the background.

Graduating in May with a BS degree in chemical and biological engineering

Future Plans

Earn a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in biological sciences from the Wellcome Sanger Institute at the University of Cambridge as a Churchill Scholar

Affiliated Lab

Professor Jason Burdick
Burdick Biomaterials and Biofabrication Laboratory

What does receiving an NSF Graduate 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Fellowships award mean to you?

Receiving this award is truly such an honor, as it recognizes not only what I've already accomplished, but my scientific ideas and potential as a researcher. I am deeply grateful to my research mentors, Dr. Jason Burdick (CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó), Dr. Sarah Clark (CU Anschutz), and Dr. Ryan Layer (CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó); without their incredible guidance, I wouldn't be where I am today.


Current 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Focus

In the Burdick Biomaterials and Biofabrication Laboratory, I engineer heart tissues with specific regions of scarring to model what happens to the heart following a heart attack. Using biomaterials and 3D bioprinting techniques, we fabricate these tissues to closely mimic the architecture of a damaged heart and subsequently investigate how specific proteins might be targeted to reverse scarring. I have also contributed to research in the Clark Lab at CU Anschutz, where I investigate how our respiratory microbiome (the collection of bacteria naturally present in our airway) interacts with and protects against pathogens, with implications for how we understand and treat respiratory infections.

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