Funded Projects
Xenos Therapeutics: Novel antifungal treatment
Team Members:
Charlotte Bravo, Alexandra Lee, Andrew Yang, Martin Hoberman
Anaerobiome: Novel chronic constipation treatments
Team Members:
Scott Buzard, Arvie Violette, Flynn Traeger, Henry Stewart
Sphingx Therapeutics
Team Members:
Ryan Brennan, Joshua Chan, Streya Garg
Tremsara: Novel treatment for ovarian cancer
Team Members:
Cesar Armas, Karen Chen, Philip Ipock
Entrepreneurial undergrads tackle ovarian cancer
Raptor Therapeutics: Novel treatment for degenerative retinal disease
Team Members:
Harshu Musunuri, Susanna Bradbury, Catherine Wang
Vyro: Novel treatment for HPV
Team Members
Yong-hun Kim (B.S. Computer Science, 2019; M.S. Biomedical Informatics, 2020), Christine Yang (B.S. Mathematical and Computations Science, 2021), Maria Surez-Nieto (B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2021)
Team of undergraduates wins grant to develop a new path toward HPV treatment
Students in the Sarafan ChEM-H undergraduate entrepreneurship program have been awarded a grant to pursue their idea for a new biotechnology company.
Boronix: Novel cancer therapuetic
Team Members
Steven Cheng (B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2019), Persiana Saffari (B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2019), Taylor Sihavong (B.S. Engineering Product Design, 2018), Benjamin Yeh (B.S. Bionegineering, 2018)
Synthecin: Novel antibiotic for drug-resistant bacteria
Team Members
Michael Becich (B.S. Bioengineering, 2018), Alicia D'Souza (B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2019), Javarcia Ivory (B.S. Biology, 2019), Natalie Ng (B.S. Applied and Engineering Physics, 2018)
Ubiquina: Novel treatment for proteopathic diseases
Team Members
Michaela Hinks (B.S. Bioengineering, 2017), Luciano Santollani (B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2018), Kirsten Thompson (B.S. Bioengineering, 2017; M.S. Biology, 2018)
Lyseia: Novel antibiotic for drug-resistant bacteria
Team Members
Christian Choe (B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2017; M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2017), Maria Filsinger Interrante (B.S. Bioengineering, 2016), Zachary Rosenthal (B.S. Chemistry, 2017), Catherynn Vuong (B.S. Biology, 2016)
Stanford undergrads win Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for work combating antibiotic resistance
A team of Sarafan ChEM-H undergraduates won a national prize for their work developing a new antibiotic to combat the growing threat of multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Stanford undergrads cook up a biotech startup to develop new antibiotics for drug-resistant superbugs
Stanford undergraduates receive a grant from ChEM-H to develop and test new antibiotics.
Young Inventors Work On Secret Proteins To Thwart Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
NPR interviewed ChEM-H undergraduate students who have started a company to tackle antibiotic resistant bacteria.