Graduate Student Researcher
University of California Davis
Davis, California, United States
Tanner Henson is a Ph.D. Graduate Student Researcher for the Cheemeng Tan and Aijun Wang labs at the University of California Davis. Tanner earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E) in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University. At the start of his Sophomore year, he joined Prof. David Brafman’s lab which specializes in neurodegenerative diseases, pluripotent stem cells, and biomanufacturing. In his senior year, he completed an honors thesis, which was focused on optimizing a bioreactor system and cryopreservation protocol for human neural progenitor cells. His current research is focused on the use of artificial extracellular vesicles and protein engineering to develop a platform for testing potentially theraputically relevent proteins.
Precise and Robust Cell-free Synthesis of Artificial Extracellular Vesicles
Friday, October 13, 2023
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT