Shay Nicholl1*, Madelyn Thompson1*, Athra Goshtasbi-Gowharrizi1*, Julia Streit1, Jacob Martin1, Daniel Outmezguine1, Arman Charkhabi1, and Quira Zeidan1§
1First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE), Office of Undergraduate Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
§Correspondence to: Quira Zeidan (qzeidan@umd.edu)
* Authors have equal contribution
Abstract
Description
Methods
Reagents
Acknowledgements
Conflicts of Interest
Funding
Author Contributions
- Shay Nicholl: Investigation, Project administration, Writing - original draft
- Madelyn Thompson: Investigation, Project administration, Writing - original draft
- Athra Goshtasbi-Gowharrizi: Investigation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing
- Julia Streit: Investigation, Visualization
- Jacob Martin: Investigation, Visualization
- Daniel Outmezguine: Investigation
- Arman Charkhabi: Investigation
- Quira Zeidan: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Reviewed By
Danilo Correddu
History
- Received: 12/30/2025
- Revision Received: 5/30/2026
- Accepted: 6/22/2026
- Published Online: 7/9/2026
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