2024 BIOS PostBac and Graduate Student Research Poster Competition winners
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The second annual PostBac and Graduate Student Research Poster Competition was held in the SELE Oasis on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. There were 35 entries from 21 labs. It was a great display of the research being done in our department. A huge thank you to Dr. Kate Warpeha for organizing this event.
Below are the winners:
PostBac student division of 2024 PostBac and Graduate Student Research Poster Competition
1st place. Presenting author: Mantra (Faith) George Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chieh Chang
Title of Poster: “Determining Whether the Novel BEN Domain Containing F53A2.3 is a New Heterochronic Gene that Affects the Timing of Neuronal Differentiation”
2nd place. Presenting author: Mayumi Pascual Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Poretsky
Title of Poster: “Validation of PCR-based genotyping approach for SARS-CoV-2 variant detection in Illinois wastewater”
3rd Place. Presenting author: Amber Domanus Faculty Advisor: Dr. Emily Minor
Title of Poster: “Assessing the Causes of Variation in Biodiversity Within Urban Community Gardens”
4th place/Hon Mention. Presenting author, Kai Clane Belonio Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joseph Zak
Title of Poster: “Inducing a depressive/anxious state in mice through unpredictable chronic mild stressors (UCMS)”
Graduate student Division of 2024 PostBac and Graduate Student Research Poster Competition
1st place. Presenting author: Jessica Montoya Faculty Advisor: Dr. Angeles (Angie) Salles
Title of poster: “Social Preference of Female Carollia perspicillata Bats”
2nd place. Presenting author (tie): Sam Fischer Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kevin Drew
Title of poster: “Stability-DIFFRAC: Assessing the Stability of 1000’s of Protein Complexes”
2nd place. Presenting author (tie): Ben Killam Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yury Polikanov
Title of poster: “Structural basis for progressive neurological disorders caused by mutations in the human selenium transferase, SEPSECS”
2nd place. Presenting author (tie): Phong Lai Faculty Advisor: Dr. Janet Richmond
Title of poster: “Analysis of the endolysosomal pathway in coelomocytes of C. elegans vps-39 mutant”
3rd Place. Presenting author: Madhura Paranjpe Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yury Polikanov
Title of poster: “Insights into the molecular mechanism of translation inhibition by the ribosome-targeting antibiotic thermorubin”
Mantra George also won the Award for Excellence in Teaching.