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Research at Duke University

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Figure. The website author with his parents, Dawn Lorio and Dr. Keith Lorio, at the Duke Symposium.
 Photo by Noah Campbell.

In the summer of 2025, I was selected to participate in the Amgen Scholars Program at Duke University, a highly selective international program funded by Amgen to support undergraduate research at leading biomedical and drug-discovery institutions.

Amgen Scholars Program

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Figure. Duke Amgen Scholars cohort at the Amgen North American Symposium on the UCLA campus; the website author is pictured at the far right. 
Photo by Dr. Jessica Sawyer.

Spatial Immune Profiling Using CODEX Multiplexed Imaging

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Figure. Overview of the CODEX multiplexed imaging workflow, illustrating marker selection, tissue staining, and high-dimensional spatial immune cell analysis.
Immunofluorescently stained kidney section visualized in QuPath; schematic created using BioRender.

Organ Modification Platform to Support Improved Transplantation Outcomes

Manuscript in preparation for submission

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Figure. Schematic of organ modification in a murine model, illustrating fluorescent labeling of the kidney to enable visualization and assessment following transplantation. 
Created in BioRender.

Murine Skin Graft Healing Model

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Figure. Schematic illustrating differential murine skin graft outcomes following syngeneic, MHC-matched, and antigen-incompatible transplantation.
Obtained from BioRender.

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