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Pace Students Take Home Biology Awards at William Paterson University Undergraduate Research Symposium
Three ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ students earned awards for their work at the in late April.
Sam Kurtin ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ™24, Biology, won a first-place award in the category "Cell and Molecular Biology (Group B)" for his poster "The Role of The Unfolded Protein Response in the Malfunction of a Human PQ-Type Calcium Channel." KurtinÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ™s research was done under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Biology Zafir Buraei, PhD.
Zoubeida (Zouzou) Fliesen ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ™24, Biology, also with faculty sponsor Buraei, took home first place in the category "Cell and Molecular Biology (Group C)" for his poster "Optimizing In Vitro Transcription to Study PQ Channel Mutations Implicated in Epilepsy."
Wenkai (Kevin) Huang ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ™25, Childhood Education (School of Education) won a pair of second-place awards: one in the category "Physiology, Behavior & Toxicology" for his poster "Analysis of Shoot Circumnutation Developmental Profile in Arabidopsis Thaliana" under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Biology Eric Brenner, PhD, and one in the category "Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Science" for his poster "The Bacterial Symbionts of the Parasitic Plant RafflesiaÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ” Microscopic Partners For Conserving The WorldÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ™s Largest Flowers?" with Sara Musovic and Associate Professor of Biology Jeanmarie Molina, PhD.
ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓƵ was one of 32 institutions from the Northeast region represented at the symposium, including Princeton, Columbia, Barnard, and Stevens Institute of Technology.
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