Adree Songco-Aguas

Proudest Moment: I was very proud when our manuscript on rod-cone retinal signals was approved for publication in Annual Reviews. It will be my first scientific paper.

In 2014, UW Honors welcomed me with the Betty Eberharter Scholarship. Since then I joined Dr. Fred Rieke’s lab and became particularly interested in the retinal computations behind human vision. The combined generosity of Fred’s lab, Honors, UW GenOM, and UW Computational Neuroscience has yielded many amazing opportunities I would’ve thought impossible with my EOP status: including studying surrealism in France, presenting work at several conferences, and teaching a lab skills class to incoming freshmen.

In the coming year, I will further develop my research, and I hope one day to see our models implemented in prosthetics that restore vision for many people.

I cannot thank those who have stuck with me this whole journey enough. I know who I am because of you - nung malayug ing talakad tamu iti pauli ning makatalakad tamu karing dakal a pago ding nunu tamu.