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Congratulations to the Fall 2022 winners of the Department of Biological Sciences Student Research Symposium!

Graduate Category:

 1^st prize– Alexandria Jupinka- “Effect of High-Polyphenol Sorghum on NRF2 Regulated Cell Defense Enzymes in Colon Cancer Cells”

2^nd prize (tie)– Terra Riddick- “Modelling phagocytosis resistance in Escherichia coli using the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum”

2^nd prize (tie)– Mehnaz Falguni- “TLR4-Independent Mechanisms of Complement Activation during Endotoxemia”

Undergraduate Category:

 1^st prize– Junela Cecille Hunat- “Evaluation of Dematin Expression in Wild-Type and TLR4-/- Mice for Application in Studies of Endotoxemia”

2^nd prize (tie)– Aviva Schwartz- “The effects of raw vs. cooked sorghum on gene expression of the Wnt/B-catenin pathway in human colon tumor cells”

2^nd prize (tie)– Molly Mulcahy- “Analysis of apoptotic gene expression in colon cancer cells treated with sulforaphane and diallyl disulfide”

Honorable mention– Chauncey Liffiton- “How Grain Fermentation Extracts Alter Proliferation Rates of HCT116 Cells”

For additional information please email ksayers@towson.edu.

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