View of Chicago form 10,000 feet.
Can you find the Convention Center?

EB2017
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY MEETINGS
Chicago, Illinois   APRIL 21-25, 2017







For the past 18 years, the University of Delaware Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Undergraduate Science Education Program has sent undergraduate students to the Experimental Biology Meetings to present their research. As part of this conference, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) sponsored its 21st Undergraduate Poster Competition in which 7 UD students participated. Since 2001, students from the University have received more awards in this competition than students from any other college or university. 

The University of Delaware group included four faculty and 8 undergraduates.




Students from left to right;
Prof. Jacqueline Fajardo, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Prof. Seung Hong, Biological Sciences
Prof. Gary Laverty, Biological Sciences
Prof. Hal White, Chemistry & Biochemistry, retired
 Nathan Borders, Biology
Zachary Jones, Chem and Biochem
Jennifer Lawrence, Neuroscience
Shelby Roseman, Chemistry
 Dominic Santoleri, Biochemistry
+Hannah Wastyk, Biochemistry
Nicole Wenzell, Biochemistry
Michael Wilson, Biology



University of Delaware Undergraduate Students with their Posters
Functional Characterization of Caprin2 in Mouse Eye Development and Its Associated Develomental Defect, Peter's Anomaly

Nathan C. Borders and Salil Lachke		 Creating Peptide Hydazides via Intein Splicing for Native Chemical Ligation and Protein Labeling

Dominic Santoleri, J Liu, O. Ekanayake, and Sharon Rozovsky
Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Bioorthogonal Peptidylglycan Derivatives:
Tools to Remodel Bacterial Cell Walls.

Zachary Jones and Catherine Grimes
 Identification of a Pharmaeutical Therapeutic for NOD2, a Protein Mutated in Crohn's Disese, through Development of a Screen Using Split GFP Complementation

Hannah C. Wastyk, C. Hou, and Catherine Grimes
An Investigation of Sex Difference in Microglia Morphology and Function

Jennifer Lawrence, A. Turano, and J. Schwarz
 Understanding a Fundamental Force in Protein Folding:
Tuning the n-->π* Interaction in Designing Peptides

Nicole Wenzell, H. Ganguly, A. Pandey, G. A. P. Yap, and Neal J. Zondlo
AF4-AF9 Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitor:
Synthesis and Biological Function

Shelby Roseman, W. Bao, and John Koh
 Puringeric Signalling in Bone as a Potential Mechanism in Prostate Cancer Proliferation
and Cancer-Induced Bone Pain

Michael Wilson, R. Duncan., and Mary Boggs







Entrance to the Exhibits and Posters EB2017, Chicago


Dinner at an Italian Restaurant
Can you find the photographer's reflection in the bean?

Five from the UD Group reflectyed in the Bean.
Zack instructing in a new card game
during the flight delay at O'Hare Airport.

Faculty at EB2017
Left to right: Jackie Fajardo, Trevor Anderson (Purdue University),
Hal White, Nancy Palaez (Purdue University),
Seung Hong, and Gary Laverty.
Sue, the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
at the Chicago Field Museum
Elephants at the Chicago Field Museum
 



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Chicago Skyline from the Lake Shore Path along Lake Michigan








The trip to the Experimental Biology 2017 Meetings in Chicago was organized by a legacy from the University of Delaware HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program with additional support from travel grants from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Links to previous EB Meetings:
2001 in Orlando
 2002 in New Orleans 2003 in San Diego
 2004 in Boston
 2005 in San Diego
2006 in San Francisco 2007 in Washington, DC 2008 in San Diego 2009 in New Orleans 2010 in Anaheim
2011 in Washington, DC 2012 in San Diego 2013 in Boston 2014 in San Diego
 2015 in Boston
2016 in San Diego



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Created 28 April 2017,  Last revised 28 April 2017 by Hal White [halwhite at udel.edu]
Copyright  2017 Harold B. White, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware