Joyce

Joyce
North Quincy High School
North Quincy, MA

Mentors: 
Anthony Fazio and Emily Reeves
PRISM 
 

In her BSSP application, Joyce stated, “Through the immersive experience at the Broad Summer Scholars Program, I am really interested in having the opportunity to expand my knowledge about genomic medicine and the development of therapeutics with real-world applications.” She gained hands-on experience in therapeutic development by working with the PRISM lab, which performs rapid viability screening on a wide variety of drugs across more than 900 cancer cell lines to generate sensitivity profiles. This process involves producing drug-containing source plates using drug printer instruments. Cynthia and her partner compared the Tecan D300e and Hamilton Star drug printers, evaluating their performance by measuring cell viability with the Cell Titer Glo assay. Their results indicated some variability in cell viability between the two printers, suggesting that further analysis is needed to determine the source of this variation. After completing her work in the PRISM lab, Joyce was thankful to BSSP “for providing me the opportunity for remarkable personal growth within the lab, scientific community, and beyond – one that left the final lesson to always value curiosity, resilience, and passion.”