Halmos Faculty, Students, and Alumni Present Research at National Conference in Orlando

Protein Modeling Team with Dr. Christine Dunham, ASBMB Award Winner (holding molecular models of ribosomes and HigB protein) Pictured left to right: Professor Emily Schmitt Lavin. Ph.D., Helana Ghali, Chandni Patel, Carolina Alzamora, Shreja Patel, Christine Dunham Marina Handal, Alexander Martinek, Alesa Chabbra, Jenny Nguyen, Antoine Pham, Mahima Kathiria

Halmos College Professor Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D. traveled to attend the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) conference with 13 undergraduate students and other faculty members. There, they joined the Experimental Biology 2019 meeting to present their research and serve as an invited workshop panel presenter for the workshop titled, “Transforming Science Research into Science Outreach”. Additionally, three of the projects the team presented were:

J. Torruellas Garcia, R.L. Sims, M. Ballester, M.L. Dore, L. Macias, and M. McDermott. Introducing Experiential Science and Math Activities to At-Risk Girls: The E-STEAM Project.

Svilen Guenov, Samantha Burgess, Alexander Martinek, Hanna Stewart, Morgan Will,  Michele Parsons, Aarti Raja, and Emily Schmitt Lavin. Science Alive: Connecting College Students with the Community to Promote Science Literacy.

Alesa Chabbra, Carolina Alzamora, Helana Ghali, Marina Handal, Mahima Kathiria, Alexander Martinek, Jenny Nguyen,Chandni Patel, Shreja Patel, Antoine Pham, and Emily Schmitt Lavin. Developing a physical model of HigB toxin and its endonuclease cleavage mechanism.

While at the conference, the protein modeling team was able to discuss their project with the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) young investigator award winner, Dr. Christine Dunham as part of the National CREST (Connecting Researchers, Educators, and Students) Project of the Center for Biomolecular Modeling. The team was also able to connect with B.S. Biology alumni, Drs. Veronica Akle (Class of 2003), Tridi Blackellar Delk (Class of 2006), and Lauren Douma (Class of 2010) who were attending along with their current research teams.

For more information:

http://cbm.msoe.edu/

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

https://www.asbmb.org/