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

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

View of Chicago from ground level from the Convention Center

Faculty and Students from left to right: Dr. Jackie Fajardo, Zack Jones, Jen Lawrence, Seung Hong, Nicole Wenzell, Hannah Wastyk, Shelby Roseman, Dominic Snatoleri, Dr. Gary Laverty; In back left to right: Mike Wilson, Dr. Hal White, and Nate Borders.
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

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University of Delaware Undergraduate Students with their Posters

Functional Characterization of Caprin2 in Mouse Eye Development and Its Associated Develomental Defect, Peter's Anomaly Nate 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 S. Jones, Kristen E. DeMeester, Hai Liang, and Catherine Leimkuhler 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 Hannah did not participate in the competition this year. Last year she recieved one of the top four prizes in the ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition.
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 Shelby was recipient of a $400 competitive travel; award from the ASBMB.	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 reflected in the Bean.	Another group from the UD reflected in the Bean
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	Zack instructing in a new card game during the flight delay at the O'Hare Airport
University of Delaware Group at entrance to exhibition floor.	\ Chicago Skyline from the Lake Shore Path along Lake Michigan		Time (11PM) for Chicago deep pan Pizza.

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.