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What is the Summer Undergrate Neuroscience program at the Neuroscience Center of Excellence?

Application for SUN Program

2027 Download application in PDF format (0.532 MB).

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SUN Program c/o Zevenaar Flowers Davis
LSUHSC Neuroscience Center of Excellence SUN Program
2020 Gravier Street, 8th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112

Applications open on November 30, 2026

Deadline to submit applications is March 1, 2027

2026 SUN Students and Mentors

Large group portrait of approximately 35–40 people wearing white lab coats, arranged in three rows in a conference or lecture room. The front row is seated on chairs while the middle and back rows stand behind them. A large projection screen fills the center background, with modern ceiling light fixtures and mounted projectors overhead. The room has neutral-colored walls and patterned carpet flooring. The group faces the camera for a formal team or program photo.

A presenter stands at the front of a conference room beside a large projection screen displaying a slide about age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The slide includes a labeled diagram of the retina identifying the macula, fovea, and drusen, along with key facts about vision loss in adults over age 50 and the prevalence of AMD. Framed portraits hang on the wall near a lectern in the background, while tables and seating are visible in the foreground. The photo captures an academic or scientific presentation in progress.

A presenter stands beside a large projection screen in a conference room, delivering a research presentation. The slide displays multiple panels of purple line-tracing plots labeled “AD Yeh” and “AD ELV,” likely illustrating visual or eye-tracking data comparisons. The presenter wears a microphone and stands near the front of the room, while the screen dominates the right side of the image. Light-colored wall panels, a lectern, and framed wall portraits are visible in the background, creating a formal academic setting.


2025 SUN Students and Mentors

group

From Left to Right

Seating Dean and Mentors: Drs. Pranab Mukherjee, Surjyadipta Bhattacharjee, Minghao Jin, Haydee E.P. Bazan, Richard DiCarlo (Dean, LSU School of Medicine), Nicolas G. Bazan (Professor and Director, Neuroscience Center of Excellence), Ludmila Belayev, Hamilton Farris, and Marie-Audrey Kautzmann.

Second Row: Avery Dunbar (Junior, Baylor University, Waco, TX), Dr. Danielle Allen (Mentor), Amaia Ottley (Sophomore, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN), Amelia Stein (Senior, Academy of Sacred Heart, New Orleans, LA), Marcia A. Gonzalez (Freshman, LSU Baton Rouge, LA), Irene Ha (Junior, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA), Valeria Gaffney Rauda (Freshman, Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies, New Orleans, LA), Chiara Bazan (SUN Student of Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, Graduated from Academy of Sacred Heart/Freshman, U.C. Berkeley, CA), Natalie Devraj (Sophomore, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA), Juliette Lemoine (2nd year Medical Student, LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA), Nikhita Kanagala (Junior, LSU Baton Rouge, LA), Olivia Kelly (Sophomore, LSU Baton Rouge, LA), and Dr. Chunlai Wu (Mentor)

Third Row: Grayson Evans Wise (top student Jesuit High School/Freshman, Georgetown University, Washington, DC), Jeff Ji (Mentor), Daniel Lee (Sophomore, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ), Ben Sheline (Senior, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL), Brian Giles (Mentor), Landon Montano (Sophomore, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI), Henri Noel (Sophomore, LSU Baton Rouge, LA), Aleksander Cognevich (Sophomore, University of Texas in Austin), Terrance Vincent (Sophomore, Washington College, Chestertown, MD), and Zevenaar Flowers Davis (Coordinator of SUN Program).

2023 SUN Students and Mentors

2023 SUN Program Group Picture

 

2021 SUN Students and Mentors

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2020 SUN Students and Mentors

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Standing (from Left to Right):

Vicente Bermudez, Postdoctoral  Fellow, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca Institute for Biochemical Research, Argentina

Sophie Marathonitis, LSU Health New Orleans, IDP Graduate Program

Alexander Murphy,  De La Salle High school, (Senior-HS)

Parker Byers, Vanderbilt University, (Junior-Neuroscience)

Connor Polk, University of Notre Dame, IN

Neehar Desai, Brown University, Providence, RI  

Ellen Terry, Tulane University, Junior (pre-med)

Sitting:

Dr. Jeffrey Erickson

Victoria Hart, Tulane University, Junior (pre-med)  

Dr. Nicolas G. Bazan

Twila L. Gaston, LSU Medical Student

Surjyadipta Bhattacharjee