BioSynthesis

Students from across the College of Science and Technology gathered in the Andruss Library in April to present their research. Several undergraduate and graduate students from our department enthusiastically presented their work to their peers and faculty.            Several students received awards for their presentations:        Haley Fiske First Place in the Undergraduate Biology and Allied Health Sciences Category  Mentor: Abby Hare-Harris Title:  Identification of Poison Exons in Genes Associated with Improved Athletic Performance       Nathan Slotnick Honorable Mention in the Undergraduate Biology and Allied Health Sciences Category  Mentor: Kate Beishline Title:  BORIS Expression in HCT116 Cells       Oriana Balascio First Place in the Graduate Biology and Allied Health Sciences Category Mentor: Kate Beishline Title: C haracterizing BORIS Dynamics at Telomeres in a Colon Cancer Cell Model     Braeden Gonzales Honorable Mention in the Graduate B

In Late March, Bridget Finniff, Biology MS’ 2022 , received an honorable mention for the Spychala Award for Oral Presentation at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academic of Sciences, hosted this year by DeSales University. Bridget’s talk was titled “The Mechanisms Involved in the Development of Vemurafenib Resistance in Human Melanoma Cells”    This project was funded by a student research grant from the PA Academy of Science in 2021. Bridget is conducting this research under the mentorship of Dr. Angela Hess.          Congratulations Bridget! We are so proud of you!