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Isaac MacLean


Summerside, Prince Edward Island
2024 Loran Scholar
Three Oaks Senior High School

Isaac is enrolled in a bachelor of science at Dalhousie University, where he is researching the development of multi-layered tumour models using ATPS bioprinting and optimized extracellular matrix components. He also applies machine learning to analyze these tumour structures. As a student researcher at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto during his 2025 Loran summer, Isaac worked to stabilize the prefusion conformation of Epstein-Barr Virus glycoprotein B to support the development of optimized immunogens for vaccines and therapeutics. He is also the founder of an organization that developed rehabilitation technology and assistive educational software for students with cortical visual impairments and motor neuron diseases.