Kacy Bautista is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, majoring in Integrative Biology with a minor in Chemistry. She previously conducted research on motor control in nematodes. In the Won Lab, Kacy’s work focuses on developing heart-specific regulatory T cells in mouse models of autoimmune-induced myocarditis.
Maxwell Straus is an undergraduate student in his senior year in the integrative biology honors program. In the lab, he works on research projects investigating the effects of fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (FLT3L), a major dendritic cell growth factor, on macrophage gene expression. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, learning about immunology, and spending time with family and friends. Max is a pre-med student and hopes to apply what he learns from his research in practice as a physician in the future.