Twenty two undergraduate students from the BCMB department participated in the 21st Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA) that took place on April 17-21, 2017. The top students received ORE Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards that came with cash. Congratulation to all BCMB winners!
ORE Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards
Gold
- Jeremiah Holt Project: Genetic and molecular characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)2; mentor: Albrecht VonArnim
- Emily Miller (pictured above) Project: TMM as a GPI-Anchored protein in stomatal formation; mentor Elena Shpak
Silver
- Madeline Davis Project: Intracellular Transport: The Role of Class XI Myosins in Organelle Movement and Root Hair Growth in Arabidopsis thaliana; mentor: Andreas Nebenfuehr
College of Art and sciences winners
First Place, Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Jeremiah Holt Project: Genetic and molecular characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)2; mentor: Albrecht VonArnim
- Emily Miller Project: TMM as a GPI-Anchored protein in stomatal formation; mentor Elena Shpak
- Avery Sukienik Project: Myosin XI Isoforms: Role in the Plant Cold Response; mentor: Andreas Nebenfuehr
Honorable mention, Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Clayton Nunn Project: Sub-cellular Localization of Arabidopsis thaliana NIP2;1 Major Intrinsic Protein, and its Effects on Hypoxia Induced Survivability; mentor: Daniel Roberts
- Nekiaya Elam Project: Virus-Induced Gene Silencing of TAT1 in Nicotiana benthamiana; mentor: Tessa Burch-Smith
- Carloyn Ware Project: Interactions of Trehalose with Model Folate Compounds; mentor Elizabeth Howell
Honorable mention, Neuroscience
- Sarah Grace and Grace Lebovitz Project: Circadian Rhythms in Matrix Metalloproteinase-2/9 Proteolytic Activity in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus; mentor: Rebecca Prosser
- Izabella Nicole, Nill Gomez, and Ashlee Jo Project: Tannehill Investigating fine motor behavior in female mouse model of Rett Syndrome; mentor: Keerthi Krishnan