/news-archive/tag/arkansas-louis-stokes-alliance-for-minority-participation-program/ UA 糖心视频logo Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:51:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2017/11/20/science-scholars-inbre/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:51:44 +0000 /news/?p=68651 ... Science Scholars present research at state conference]]> The students were among more than 200 statewide participants. Six of the UA 糖心视频logo students are in the Science Scholars program, a scholarship and enrichment program for UA 糖心视频logo students majoring in biology, chemistry, physics, or mathematics. Two students are members of the Arkansas Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program (LSAMP). The (Arkansas INBRE) is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program of the National Institutes of Health. The Arkansas INBRE aims to promote biomedical research in Arkansas. 鈥淭he INBRE conference is the premier undergraduate research conference in STEM in the Tri-state area (Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma),鈥� said Dr. Jim Winter, co-director of the Science Scholars and Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation at UA 糖心视频logo. 鈥淲e are pleased that our students participated and gained a rewarding experience. 聽We look forward to having students present at this conference every year.鈥� The students and their research are as follows: Kassandra Castrillo of 糖心视频logo, an environmental engineering major presented 鈥淗ow to find an internship and maximize the benefits.鈥� Her mentor is Dr. Lashun Thomas in the Environmental Engineering Program, UA 糖心视频logo. Courtney Curry of Waldo, a biology major, presented 鈥淓xamining the antimicrobial activity of doped carbon nanoparticles.鈥� She is mentored by Dr. Nawab Ali, 聽Biology Department, UA 糖心视频logo. Jaylen Gregory of Jacksonville, a computer and systems engineering major, presented 鈥淭he effects of cell phones on the human head.鈥� His mentor is Dr. Hussein Al-Rizzo, Systems Engineering Department, UA 糖心视频logo. Kristen Gregory of Jacksonville, a chemistry and biology major, presented 鈥淚nvestigations into the effects of caffeine on cell death in the slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum.鈥� Her mentor is聽Dr. John Bush, Biology Department, UA 糖心视频logo. Lora Heath of 糖心视频logo, a chemistry major, presented 鈥淚mproving sample collection of flurbiprofen using concentration gradients and size with porous membranes.鈥� Her mentor is Dr. Julie Stenken, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, UA Fayetteville Paloma Salazar of 糖心视频logo, a chemistry major, presented 鈥淯sing carbonized algal cells to synthesize copper oxide and split water to produce hydrogen fuel.鈥� Her mentor is Dr. Wei Zhao, Chemistry Department, UA 糖心视频logo Sylvia Szwedo of 糖心视频logo, a chemistry major, presented 鈥淚solating exosomes using tumor-specific antibodies in the serum and abdominal fluid as a step towards an ovarian cancer screening method.鈥� Her mentor is Dr. Karen Abbott, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, UAMS Nathan Taylor of Cabot, a chemistry major, presented 鈥淎nalysis of animal kidney stones through infrared spectroscopy.鈥� His mentor is Dr. Russ Summers, Arkansas Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory In upper right photo are聽student researchers聽Nathan Taylor, Sylvia Szwedo, Kassandra Castrillo, Paloma Salazar and聽Lora Heath聽with Dr. Jim Winter鈥�.]]>