This summer, sophomore MSUM Biochemistry and Biotechnology major Kelsey Leach was invited to give an oral presentation at the national SEA-PHAGES Annual Symposium organized by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Her presentation was entitled “Isolation and Characterization of Microbacterium phage Etta and Discovery of Bacteriophage Vers using a Novel Antarctic Cryobacterium Isolate.” This research project began as part of a […]
Manasvi Kulshrestha, B.S. in Biochemistry and Biotechnology ’13, has entered the MD program at St. George’s School of Medicine in Grenada. Although the campus is situated in the Caribbean, she was selected to complete her first year at Northumbria University in Newcastle, England as a member of the University’s Keith B. Taylor Global Scholars Program. Kulshrestha did her senior research […]
Margaret Zimmerman received the prestigious American Physiology Society: Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Predoctoral Research Recognition Award at the 2013 Experimental Biology Meeting. Zimmerman’s abstract entitled “Ang (1-7) has a Greater Contribution to the Blood Pressure Lowering Effects of AT1 Receptor Blockade in Female Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR) Compared to Males” was one of three finalists chosen to compete for the […]
Department of Chemistry Seminar presents: Elizabeth Austin-Minor Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and The Large Lakes Observatory University of Minnesota – Duluth Monday, Feb. 18 1:30 p.m., Room SL102 Organic matter in Lake Superior Abstract:
Students in the Departments of Biosciences and Chemistry submitted proposals for the Fall 2012 Student Research Grants offered by MSUM. Students who received grants were announced in mid-November. Congratulations to Biochem/Biotech students: Harrison Pantera, Rachel Walsh, Nicholas Berthelsen, Alex Novak, and Clarice Wallert. Also, congratulations to Biosciences students: Calvin Flander, Olivia Hansen, Julie Piche, Brittney Rother, Evangeline Holley, Kari Mrosla […]