Undergraduate Division Winner
Master's Division - 1st Place
Master's Division - 2nd Place
Alicia Cecil, Assistant Professor of Biology
University of Indianapolis
Presentation Title: "Only Learning in the Building at the CEL Lounge"
Undergraduate 2nd Place: T. J. Knox & A. J. Farrar, Hanover College
"Characterization of novel citrophages: KB1, LI, and Jay-1"
Ph.D Winner: K. Kohler, University of Notre Dame
"Dissecting the role of E. faecalis secreted proteases during pathogenesis in the catheterized bladder"
Undergraduate 1st Place: N. Penny, Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne
"Investigating DUF1 function in Vibrio vulnificus"
Master's 2nd Place: Z. Biddle, Purdue Fort Wayne
"Effects of amino acid products on the growth and structure of a synthetic microbial community"
Master's 1st Place: S. Haak, Purdue Fort Wayne
"Evaluation of linolenic acid as an inhbitor of extracellular vescicles in human babesiosis"
Congratulations to:
Funmilola Ayeni, IU Bloomington
Lisa McLellan, Purdue Fort Wayne
Jose Thekkiniath, Purdue Fort Wayne
Manalee Samaddar
First Place PhD
Arkaprabha Banerjee
Second Place PhD
Lindsay Leonard
First Place M.S.
Anh Nguyen
Second Place M.S.
Stacey Tam
First Place Undergraduate
Nur Koksal
Second Place Undergraduate
Awards Committee Chair & Educational Representative: Dr. Dominique Galli