Undergraduate Researchers Honored at National Conference

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发布于2024年4月2日

兰斯克劳福德

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Two 十大彩票网投平台 生物医学科学 students have earned acceptance into the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Chi Honors Society. South was also named the organization’s outstanding chapter for 2024.

康纳·霍姆和安妮塔·阮，都是三年级学生 生物医学科学 majors, are two of just 31 students nationwide to be inducted this year. They were honored recently at the national conference in San Antonio, Texas. 

The Honors Society is a prestigious distinction given to exceptional undergraduate juniors and seniors pursuing degrees in the molecular life sciences at colleges or 设有学生分会的大学. 学生的学术成就得到认可， 研究成果和外展活动.

“It brought me great joy to see Connor and Anita being honored at the conference. Both students are brilliant, are dedicated to their research projects, and have shown incredible leadership and creativity within our student chapter,” said Dr. Phoibe Renema, assistant professor in the department of 生物医学科学 and faculty advisor 南方的章节.

Holm, who serves as the chapter’s president, first learned about the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology after speaking with Renema about undergraduate 大一的研究机会. 她建议为此成立一个俱乐部 把导师和学生联系起来. 

“We began heavily promoting the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology club at freshmen orientation events over the summers, so that our member base would be of students searching for a mentor and ready to become involved in new clubs on 霍尔姆说.

这些努力得到了回报. South’s chapter has grown from just six members three years 从以前到今天的50多个. Faculty members from various research labs on campus are 受邀与成员谈论他们的项目. 

They raise money annually for student scholarships, conduct outreach efforts with local high schools encouraging students to participate in STEM research and collaborated with the Mitchell Cancer Institute to provide student tours. 这些努力导致了 South being selected as this year’s Outstanding Chapter.

“There already were an incredibly bright group of students on Souths campus interested 在生物医学研究中，”芮玛说. “学生分会只是把他们带来了 together into a community where they can learn from faculty and each other.”

The chapter continues to grow, and anyone interested in undergraduate research is 欢迎参加会议.

“If you’re unsure of what to look for in a research topic, join our student chapter, where we provide our students with a chance to meet and hear from researchers,” said 该分会副主席Nguyen说. “这是一个非常安全的提问场所，而且 our mission is to help students narrow down their goals and objectives to aid in matching 他们去找一位研究导师.”

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