At the Erickson Undergraduate Research Conference on May 15, 2015, several Biology students took home awards for their presentations. Among the Biology oral presentations, Erin Apple and Quinton Ouellete were recognized as the Best Oral Presentation for their talk, "Thermoregulation variation in women during different phases of the menstrual cycle." They were mentored by Dr. Cara Wall-Scheffler.
Two posters were awarded Best Poster Presentation: Jann Michael Macarulary and Kathryn Ushimaru won for their poster, "GIMO: Creation of transgenic P. berghei parasites expressing P. falciparum gene of interest ortholog for the prevention of liver stage development" (mentored by Dr. Ashley Vaughan at Seattle Biomed, and Dr. Elena Brezynski). Haley Vincent won for her poster, "The indirect effects of sea star wasting syndrome on Mytilus edulis" (mentored by Dr. Ryan Ferrer).
Congratulations to our awardees, and to all of our students who demonstrated their outstanding research at this year's conference!
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2015