Students presented at the 17th ACC Meeting of the Minds
The Departments of Biology and Psychological and Brain Sciences sent four of the five students (pictured below, with Dr. Paul DeMarco) who presented at the 17th annual ACC Meeting of the Minds, hosted by Virginia Tech on March 24-26, 2023:
- Jaley Adkins, majoring in public health, gave a talk entitled “Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using plant-based extract.” Faculty mentor: Andrew Wilson
- Cole Cassidy, majoring in psychology, presented a poster entitled “Think About How Much You Know: How Children Perceive Their Own Knowledge.” Faculty mentor: Judith Danovitch
- Ashley Fulkerson, majoring in biology, gave a talk entitled “Stability Analysis Support Development of Epicertin, a Novel Mucosal Healing Agent for Ulcerative Colitis.” Faculty mentor: Nobuyuki Matoba
- Ethan Mills, majoring in biology, gave a talk entitled “Drying Red Blood Cells: The Prospects and Challenges of RBC Lyophilization.” Faculty mentor: Michael Menze
- Veena Pendyala, majoring in neuroscience, presented a poster entitled “The Sensory Potential of Synaptopodin: An Analysis of Synaptopodin within the Dorsal Root Ganglion.” Faculty mentor: Jeffery Petruska
Congratulations to these students and their faculty mentors.