The School of MCB is proud to recognize research and academic achievements of its undergraduate students.
The following December 2022 graduates earned Highest Distinction for Research in the School of MCB:
- Emma Ibanez, PI: Dr. Justin Rhodes
The following students earned Distinction for Research in MCB:
- Jared Butts, P.I.: Dr. Patrick Sweeney
- Mohammed Kadiri, P.I.: Dr. Erik Nelson
- Mingyi Ma, PI: Xinzhu Yu
- Thomas Maher, PI: Dr. Martin Burke
- Faaiza Saif, P.I.: Dr. Joe Qiao
The following students earned Academic Distinction in MCB:
- Abid Anwar
- Emma Ibanez
- Kaitlyn Ortgiesen
- Mathew Reji
- Arman Sandhu
- Brian Yoon
Students who achieve a major GPA of 3.90 or higher in the MCB major (biology, chemistry, physics, statistics, and math courses for the MCB major) at the end of their penultimate semester are eligible for academic distinction.
All of the students listed above for their achievements will be invited to the School of MCB Awards Ceremony, scheduled for Thursday, May 4, 2023.
MCB Undergraduate Research Symposium Awards
The following students were awarded monetarily for the 2022 MCB Undergraduate Research Symposium:
- School of MCB Director’s Award for Exceptional Research Presentation
- Emma Ibanez, Engineering the first transgenic clownfish for studying socially influenced sex change, Dr. Justin Rhodes' lab. Research supported by the 2022 School of MCB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Emma earned a perfect score for her research presentation.
- School of MCB Director’s Award for Exceptional Research Presentation
- Hunter Carrell, Derivatization of ErSO-TFPy, a Selective Killer of Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer, Dr. Paul Hergenrother’s lab. Research supported by the 2022 School of MCB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, sponsored in part by Frank Witney. Hunter earned a perfect score for his research.
- School of MCB Outstanding Research Presentation Award
- Neha Ramachandran, Analysis of the Role of Transcription Factor Runx1 in Uterine Angiogenesis, Dr. Milan Bagchi’s lab. Research supported by the 2022 Jenner Family Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- School of MCB Research Presentation Honorable Mention
- Madeleine Meehan, Endurance trained extracellular vesicles as treatment to improve muscle recovery following disuse atrophy, Dr. Marni Boppart’s lab. Research supported by the 2022 School of MCB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- School of MCB Research Presentation Honorable Mention
- Anastasiya Sushkova, Bioinformatic Discovery of Haplotypes in Genomic Regions Differentiating Populations of Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes), Dr. Anna Kukekova’s lab.
