Sheila Atieno is a second-year Graduate student pursuing her Master’s in Biomedical Engineering at NYU Tandon after her undergraduate in Biophysical Sciences at Regent University, VA. Her previous research involved Microbiome Resistance-mutation on the Gut microbiome concerning the gut-brain system – in relation to the effects of glyphosate residues, Designing a Yeast plasmid DNA involving Gene prime editing, and making competent cells to carry out yeast transformations.
Throughout her previous and current journey of Cancer and microbiome research, Sheila explored DNA extractions, DNA Quantification strategies, science communications, and DNA extractions for the microbial zine project “intimacy,” the Elisa test, microbiome mutation, Crispr Cas 9 applications, Carcinogens in relation to gene editing, qPCR, and Machine learning applications.
Sheila is currently co-developing a DNA Extraction Pilot method for the Bee project, as well as working on the Zine microbial project “intimacy.” Her hobbies include traveling, hiking, baking, and basketball, & she loves spending time with her family and friends.
Sheila’s Projects
| Title | Type | Venue | Date | People | Topics | Projects | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conference PresentationExhibit | 2023 BioDesign Challenge | June 22, 2023 → June 23, 2023 | Sheila Atieno Diedre Brown Tori Coleman Ands Sanchez Anshika Srivastava | Holobiont Interactions Microbiomes and the Anthropocene Biological Metrics and Design | |||
Award | Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY | June 23, 2023 | Ands Sanchez Sheila Atieno Tori Coleman Diedre Brown Anshika Srivastava | ||||
PressTeaching | NYU | August 17, 2023 |
