{"id":120,"date":"2019-08-28T14:14:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sb2\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:26:03","slug":"trainees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sb2\/trainees\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cohort of 2025\u20132027<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/erica-anton-170814199\/\">Erica Anton<\/a>\u00a0(Wilson Wong&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/susie-black-4097891a0\/\">Susie Black<\/a>\u00a0(Zeba Wunderlich\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cristianadeagazio\/\">Cristiana DeAgazio<\/a> (Samagya Banskota&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/myousryelsadec\/\">Mohamed Yousry ElSadec<\/a> (Juan Fuxman Bass&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a 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left;\">Cohort of 2023\u20132025<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nery-arevalos-b0153a204\/\"><span>Nery<\/span> Arevalos<\/a> (Alex Green\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/audreyvanheest\/\">Audrey Van Heest<\/a> (Liang Hao\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/florence-guerina\/\">Tori Guerina<\/a> (Meg Younger\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lorangliford\/\">Loran Gliford<\/a> (Erica Pratt\u2019s laboratory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cohort of 2022\u20132024<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maryam-dashtiahangar-a9113b15b\/\">Maryam Dashtiahangar<\/a> (Trevor Siggers&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juan-jos%C3%A9-jaramillo-montezco-355b428a\/\">Juan Jaramillo Montezco<\/a> (Alex Green&#8217;s laboratory)<\/li>\n<li><a 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