Sofia Barbosa '20 and Lance Murphy '18 attended the International Seminar for Engineering Leaders, held at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile from September 24-30, 2017. They are two of three engineering undergraduates representing Columbia University at the conference, which was attended by 800 students from around the globe.
Sofia (mentored by Andrea Tan) and Lance (mentored by Eben Estell) gave an oral presentation on their lab research examining the effects of cell synchronization on cellular mechanotransduction and biosynthetic output in tissue engineered cartilage.
Check out their introductory video, explaining their motivations for research and representing Columbia at the conference!