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of Delaware had 18 Participants in the 2008 UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium. |
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200 students from 44
East Coast colleges
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of Delaware had 18 Participants in the 2008 UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium. |
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| University
of Delaware First and Second Prize Winners in the 2008 UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium. |
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| Left to Right: Katy Teixeira, (Biology Sr. working with Dr. Deni Galileo) received first Place in Biological Sciences 4 for her poster presentation, Quantitative Analysis of Breast Cancer Metastasis to Brain. Laura Sloofman, (Quantitative Biology Sr. working with Dr. Catherine Kirn-Safran) received second place in Biological Sciences 5 for her poster presentation, Effects of Diminished Protein Synthesis on Bone Anabolic Response to Load in RPL29-deficient Mice. Tyler Bazzoli, (Biochemistry Jr. working with Dr. Steven Brown) received first place in Chemical Sciences 6 for his poster presentation, Identifying Biomarkers of the MHC Gene to Investigate Chemosensory Discrimination. Stephanie Myrick, Biochemistry Sr. working with Dr. Millicent Sullivan) received first place in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1 for her poster presenation, Design of a Cell-Responsive De-PEGylation DNA Delivery System. Stephen
Tereniak, (Chemistry Sr. working with Dr. Charles Riordan)
received first place in Chemical Sciences 7 for his poster
presentation, Synthesis
and Characterization of a New ‘PSiPr2’
Ligand and
[PSiPr2NiCl]BPh4
for Coordination
Chemistry and
Bioinorganic Modeling. |
Yianna
Antonopoulos (Biochemistry Sr. working with Dr. Andrew
Teplyakov) received second place in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology 2 for her poster presentation, "Interfacing
Shape-restricted DNA Molecules With Semiconductors for
Future Biosensing Applications and for Single Molecule Investigations" Tejal Naik, (Biology Soph. working with Dr. Patricia Martin-DeLeon) received first place in Biological Sciences 3 for his poster presentation, "Identification and Characterization of the Role of HYAL2 in Mammalian Reproduction." Dineice Barran (Biology working with Dr. Patricia Martin-DeLeon ) received second place in Biological Sciences 6 for her poster presentation, "Acid-active Hyaluronidases in Mouse and Human Sperm." Obinna Mmagu (Biology Sr. working with Dr. Daniel Carson) received second place in Biological Sciences 3 for his poster presentation, Modulation of MUC1 Protein Expression by PPARgamma in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Patricia Timothee (Biology Sr. working with Dr. Randal Duncan) received first place in Biological Sciences 5 for her poster, Protein Kinase C Mediates Purinergic Receptor Induced Contraction in MC3T3-E1 Osteoblasts. Sohil Golwala (Medical Technology working with Dr. Michelle Parent) received first place in Biological Sciences 1 for his poster presentation, Characterization of Protective Convalescent Serum generated from Yersinia-infected Mice. |
 Ann Benavidez |
 Diniece Barran |
 Greg Blasdel |
 Patricia Timothee |
 Katy Teixeira |
 Megan Fisher |
 Obinna Mmagu |
 Jachin Spencer |
 Sam Linton |
 Sohil Golwala |
 Stephanie Myrick |
 Steve Tereniak |
 Tejal Naik |
 Tyler Bazzoli |
 Yianna Antonopoulos |
 Yianna and Ann |
 Dineice and Obi |
 Mike, Steve, Katy, and Dineice |
 Steph, Dineice, Tejal, Jachin, Obi, and Sohil |
 UD Participants near and far |
 Participants accompanied by Dr. Ulhas Naik and Ms Jacqueline Aldridge. (Samual Linton, Dr. Michelle Parent, and Dr. Brian Bahnson not shown.) |
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