Congratulations to Maria Salgado Patino, Russell Laman, and Jamie Li for receiving the Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Award. This annual award is given to outstanding seniors of any major who are performing research in Biology Department labs by the Biology Research and Honors Committee.
Maria Salgado (Neuroscience and Psychology) conducted her research on a non-canonical mechanism of complement 4-Driven Cortical Synaptic Loss in the Cruz-Martín Lab.
Russell Laman (Biology with specialization in Ecology & Conservation Biology and Marine Science) did research using photomosaics to analyze the structural complexity and conservation success of restored Belizean coral reefs in the Kaufman Lab.
Jamie Li (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) carried out her research on the regulation of indole glucosinolate and melatonin production in arabidopsis thaliana in the Celenza lab.
Congratulations to Maria, Russell, and Jamie!
