April Sayers

April Sayers is a junior in BSE from Front Royal, Virginia pursuing the Biotechnology track as well as minors in Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry. She hopes to go to graduate school for genetics and become a professor somewhere down the road, continuing to pursue genetic research as well as teaching and guiding the next generation of passionate students.

April is a transfer student, bringing a unique experience to the BSE Ambassador program and undergraduate outreach. Talking with BSE Ambassadors is how she originally decided on BSE and Virginia Tech in general.

She spent the Summer of 2023 at the University of Missouri in their Translational Biomedicine REU researching the role of mPGES-1 in arthritis resolution in mice infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.

In her free time, she enjoys hiking, camping, and going on impromptu traveling adventures. She also helps coach and show design for her alma mater high school winterguard team, and on campus, she’s involved in the Virginia Tech chapter of American Society of Biological Engineers. April is looking forward to helping future students find, join, and become involved in the BSE department.