The Department of Biology and the Student Research Symposium
05/13/2008
On April 25th, the campus celebrated student research and creative activities at the Student Research Symposium. As usual, many biology students and faculty participated. Here are just a few of the student researchers (more to come). [Go to: http://www.newpaltz.edu/research/srs/SRS08Abstractbook.pdf to see the abstracts of this year's projects.]
Kara is a senior at New Paltz High School and is heading to Brown U in the fall. Her mentor, Dr. Maureen Morrow, who was just awarded a Chancellor's Award, is the director of the Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities program, which includes outreach to the local communities. Maureen is responsible for establishing the Student Research Symposium as a campus tradition.
THE EFFECT OF ACID ON THE USPA GENE EXPRESSION Kara Ramos (New Paltz High School, Senior) Faculty Mentor: Maureen Morrow (Biology)
Professor of Biology, Dr. Maureen Morrow.
ISOLATION OF THE DASH COMPLEX IN C.ALBICANS Matt Zubrowski (Biology, undergraduate) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Waldo (Biology)
HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES OF NATURAL ACELLULAR POLYM Kseniya Orlik (Biology/ Chemistry, undergraduate) Faculty Mentor: John P. Harrington (Chemistry)
