Mona Wang

Undergraduate Student
Department of Bioengineering
Faculty of Engineering

Artificial Intelligence

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Bio

Mona was born and raised in Beijing, China, before moving to eastern Canada. She completed a DEC intégré in Marianopolis College and is now in her fourth year of pursuing a B.Eng in Bioengineering with a computer science minor in McGill University. Mona joined EngerLab as an intern in the summer of 2024 and has been working on an AI-based cell survival colony count model

Current Projects

Automated Cell Colony Survival Counting for Clonogenic Assays
Assessing intrinsic radiosensitivity of different cancer cells is crucial for understanding the mechanisms underlying the efficacy of radiotherapy. The clonogenic assay is known as the gold standard for measuring cell survival post-irradiation. This method involves quantifying cell colonies with 50 or more cells after administering dose and is currently done manually since existing softwares are prone to errors. Artificial Intelligence Image Processing algorithms offer an efficient alternative and are well-suited for this task. This project aims to utilize ML together with high-resolution microscopy images of clonogenic assays, developing a more accurate and efficient protocol for quantifying cell survival.