Jalen Cai

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164 items across the site are still waiting for a photo, a document, a link, or a paragraph. This page is generated from the content files, so it is always current.

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Research

Can Gut Bacteria Change the Brain? 11

  • Add a lead image for the gut-brain project (bench photo, figure, or pipeline diagram)
  • Add project poster
  • Add science-fair photographs
  • Add wet-lab images
  • Add project poster PDF
  • Add manuscript/publication information when public
  • Confirm which mentors/labs can be named publicly
  • Teaching an AI to Search for Probiotics: Add a pipeline diagram or screenshot
  • Taking the Gut-Brain Project to the LA County Science Fair: Add the project board / poster used at the fair
  • Taking the Gut-Brain Project to the LA County Science Fair: Add 2026 LA County Science Fair photographs
  • We've Come Full Circle: From Computer Predictions to the Wet Lab: Add validation-experiment images or figures

CAI-Vax: Designing Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccines 8

  • Add a CAI-Vax lead image (workflow diagram, screenshot, or team photo)
  • Add workflow diagram
  • Add interface/analysis screenshots
  • Add experimental validation images
  • Add public documentation once it exists
  • Add team roster/credits if the team is happy to be listed
  • Confirm which mentor/lab can be named publicly
  • Experimental validation: Add validation plan and results when they can be shared

Four Summers at USC 1

  • Add a USC lab photograph or a composite of project figures

Publishing Sympify's Diagnostic-Equity Research 10

  • Add the proceedings link so the paper is actually reachable
  • Add a figure from the Sympify research paper (system diagram or results figure)
  • Add the 2024 USC Moving Targets Sympify poster
  • Add system diagram
  • Add proceedings URL
  • Add DOI if applicable
  • Add paper PDF if appropriate
  • Sympify poster at USC Moving Targets: Add poster and session photographs
  • 7th International Conference on Big Data and Machine Learning: Add proceedings URL
  • 7th International Conference on Big Data and Machine Learning: Add DOI if applicable

Astrobees, Algorithms, and a Summer at MIT 4

  • Add an MIT photograph or an Astrobee simulator screenshot
  • Add MIT photographs
  • Add simulator screenshots
  • Add project documentation

My First Summer in the Lab: Social Isolation, DHM, and the Brain 7

  • Add a figure or lab photo from the DHM social isolation study
  • Add the LA Moving Targets 2023 poster
  • Add photographs from the 2023 poster session
  • Add the poster PDF
  • LA Moving Targets poster presentation: Add poster session photographs
  • Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics — 21st Annual World Congress: Recover the SBMT poster number and board number
  • Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics — 21st Annual World Congress: Recover the exact session date and session time

From Wet Lab to Machine Learning: Predicting Sepsis Mortality 5

  • Confirm which specific models and evaluation metrics can be described publicly
  • Add a figure from the sepsis mortality project
  • Add poster
  • Add project figures
  • Add exact presentation and publication links

My First Peer-Reviewed Paper: Autism, Paternal Age, and Maternal Stress 6

  • Confirm the exact citation format and add a link
  • Add a cover image or figure for the publication (journal cover, figure, or first page)
  • Add DOI/publication URL
  • Add paper PDF if permitted by the journal
  • Add DOI or publication URL
  • Published: Add DOI/publication URL

Modeling Post-LASIK Pain — and Winning Best Poster 5

  • Add the Moving Targets 2025 team photograph
  • Add poster
  • Add 2025 Moving Targets team photo
  • Add model figures
  • 2025 USC Moving Targets Symposium: Add photographs from the symposium

Studying Alcohol, the Liver, and the Brain 7

  • Verify exact conference-presentation details before claiming attendance or presentation at a particular Research Society on Alcohol meeting
  • Add a figure or lab image from the alcohol/liver project
  • Add poster if one exists
  • Add project figures
  • Add the abstract URL or DOI
  • Add a one-line description of Jalen's specific contribution
  • Verify exact conference-presentation details before claiming attendance

Community & Impact

Sympify 22

  • Add a lead image for Sympify (team photo, event photo, or product screenshot)
  • Add health awareness event photographs
  • Add chapter/team photographs
  • Add international chapter photographs
  • Confirm the current product/app URL before adding this button
  • Confirm which partner organisations can be named publicly
  • Building the First Sympify Prototype: Add early screenshots or mockups
  • Taking Sympify to the Congressional App Challenge: Add competition photographs
  • Taking Sympify to the Congressional App Challenge: Add the official announcement link
  • Health Awareness Events: From an App to Actual Conversations: Add individual event names
  • Health Awareness Events: From an App to Actual Conversations: Add photographs
  • Growing Sympify Beyond One School: Add a chapter map or list once chapter names are approved for public use
  • Working with Hospitals and Clinics: Add approved organisation/partner names and links (not listed on the sympify.org landing page)
  • Raising $55,000 for the Mission: Add the major fundraising channels
  • Raising $55,000 for the Mission: Note whether any portion was restricted for specific programmes
  • Raising $55,000 for the Mission: Add a public-safe breakdown of how the funds were used
  • 8,520+ Hours, but What Were We Actually Doing?: Add an approximate breakdown by category if one exists
  • 8,520+ Hours, but What Were We Actually Doing?: Confirm whether all technical/research hours qualify as volunteer service under the same accounting method
  • Sympify Goes International: Add approved chapter and city names
  • Sympify Goes International: Add event names
  • Sympify Goes International: Add international chapter photographs and captions
  • Sympify Goes International: Add current international impact figures to display

When Sympify Took Us to Harvard 6

  • Add symposium photographs, the presentation, and the event link
  • Add Harvard Youth in Public Health Symposium photographs
  • Add symposium photos
  • Add the presentation slides
  • Add invitation/event link
  • Add the presentation

Music

Post-Credits 22

  • Add a Post-Credits band photo or album artwork
  • Add The Cyclist album artwork
  • Add a live performance video
  • Add band/rehearsal photographs
  • The Performance That Started It: South Point Middle School: Add the rest of the set list
  • The Performance That Started It: South Point Middle School: Add eighth-grade promotion performance video
  • Our Own Mini-Concert: Confirm the year — the content packet gives 11 November 2022, the earlier outline said 2023
  • Our Own Mini-Concert: Add the event name, if it had one
  • Our Own Mini-Concert: Add the set list and who was there
  • Our Own Mini-Concert: Add mini-concert video
  • Our Own Mini-Concert: Add mini-concert photographs
  • Playing the Night Markets: Add the individual market/event names, dates and locations
  • Playing the Night Markets: Confirm which performances counted toward community-service hours
  • Playing the Night Markets: Add the organising groups where relevant
  • Playing the Night Markets: Add a night market performance video
  • Playing the Moon Festival for Local Seniors: Add the year and the organising group
  • Playing the Moon Festival for Local Seniors: Add the venue/community
  • Playing the Moon Festival for Local Seniors: Confirm whether service hours were recorded
  • Playing the Moon Festival for Local Seniors: Add Moon Festival performance photographs
  • Making Our First Album: The Cyclist: Add The Cyclist album artwork
  • Behind the Drums: Producing Post-Credits: Add recording or rehearsal footage
  • Behind the Drums: Producing Post-Credits: Add production/studio photographs

Finding My Place in Wind Ensemble 1

  • Add a wind ensemble performance photo

Percussion in the Pit: Playing DBHS Musicals 2

  • Confirm whether any further shows should be listed
  • Add a pit orchestra photo

Performing with the DBHS Performing Arts Academy 1

  • Add a Performing Arts Academy photo

Trying Jazz 1

  • Add a jazz performance photo

Making California All-State 5

  • Verify exact All-State year
  • Add a performance video or recording
  • Add an All-State photo or programme
  • Add the All-State programme
  • Selected for California All-State: Verify exact All-State year

My First SCSBOA All-Southern Symphony Orchestra 4

  • Add a performance video or recording
  • Write the account of the first All-Southern
  • Add a 2024 All-Southern photo or programme
  • Add the 2024 All-Southern programme

Back to All-Southern 4

  • Add a performance video or recording
  • Write the account of the second All-Southern
  • Add a 2025 All-Southern photo or programme
  • Add the 2025 All-Southern programme

Athletics

Chasing the 200 Fly 2

  • Add meet or programme materials if desired
  • Add swim photos

Qualifying for the 2024 SoCal Junior Olympics 4

  • Add the qualifying meet and time
  • Add meet or programme materials if desired
  • Add a photo from the 2024 SoCal Junior Olympics
  • 2024 SoCal Junior Olympics — qualified in the 200 butterfly: Add the qualifying time and meet name

DBHS Water Polo 1

  • Add water polo photos

Side Quests

A Side Quest That Got Slightly Out of Hand 5

  • Add pitch deck, competition photos, and the event URL
  • Add competition photos
  • Add pitch deck
  • Add exact event URL
  • Senior Division Global Champion: Add the announcement or results link

Yes, I Really Like Omori 2

  • Add any specific art or music moments worth naming
  • Add a personal Omori-related image (own screenshot, own art, or own photo — no copyrighted artwork)

Occasionally Falling Down Mountains 3

  • Add specific trips or years worth mentioning
  • Add a memorable story
  • Add snowboarding photos

A Complicated Relationship with Golf 2

  • Add golf photos and text
  • Add golf photos

Things Worth Eating Twice 2

  • Add more favourite restaurants and food discoveries when there is something to say
  • Add food photos (Jalen's own)

Site-wide

Homepage 2

  • Add a lead image for the Research entry tile
  • Add a Sympify event photo for the Community entry tile

Music page — Places music has taken me 6

  • Boston Symphony Hall: add the year and which ensemble/programme
  • Skywalker Ranch: add the year and what the session was
  • California Center for the Arts: add the year and which performance
  • Add a Post-Credits live performance video (reel)
  • Add an ensemble or honor-orchestra performance recording (reel)
  • Add a drum-focused clip — rehearsal, studio, or solo (reel)

Footer & site metadata 3

  • Confirm jpc_930@usc.edu is the preferred public contact address before launch
  • Add a favicon and an Open Graph share image to /public
  • Choose the production domain, then set it in astro.config.mjs and src/data/site.ts