Category 1: Cell and neurobiology

L–R: Jeremy Johnson, Ayeisha Colon–Ortiz, Dilean Murillo, Joshua Youngs, Kathleen Cornely, Phil Ortiz, Joseph Chihade.

• Winner: Joshua Youngs, Brigham Young University
• Honorable mention: William Shelton, Furman University
• Honorable mention: Dilean Murillo, University of Texas at El Paso
• Honorable mention: Ayeisha Colon–Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras

Category 2: Metabolism and molecular basis of disease

L–R: Jeremy Johnson, Phil Ortiz, Angeliz Soto Acevedo, Junjie Liu, Vivienne Krueger, Kathleen Cornely, Alexandre Sathler, Joseph Chihade.

• Winner: Junjie Liu, Vassar College
• Honorable mention: Vivienne Krueger, St. Olaf College
• Honorable mention: Angeliz Soto Acevedo, University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez
• Honorable mention: Alexandre Sathler, Oregon State University

Category 3: Microbiology and lipids/membranes

L–R: Phil Ortiz, Ether Dharmesh, Gabrielle Hernandez, Dylan Poch, Kathleen Cornely, Annmarie Chang, Jeremy Johnson, Joseph Chihade.

• Winner: Gabrielle Hernandez, Northeastern University
• Honorable mention: Dylan Poch, Metropolitan State University of Denver
• Honorable mention: Ether Dharmesh, Saint Louis University
• Honorable mention: Annmarie Chang, University of Texas at Austin

Category 4: Nucleic acids and gene regulation

L–R: Jeremy Johnson, Joseph Chihade, Julie Lee, Kathleen Cornely, Elizabeth Jones, Kellyn Dolezal, Phil Ortiz.

• Winner: Julie Lee, Metropolitan State University of Denver
• Honorable mention: Elizabeth Jones, The College of New Jersey
• Honorable mention: Kellyn Dolezal, Northern Kentucky University
• Honorable mention: Virginia McGrath, Trinity University

Category 5: Proteins: structure and enzymology

L–R: Phil Ortiz, Jeremy Johnson, Joel Brown, Robert Beal, Kathleen Cornely, McKayla Riney, Sam Shepard, Joseph Chihade.

• Winner: Joel Brown, College of Wooster
• Honorable mention: McKayla Riney, James Madison University
• Honorable mention: Robert Beal, College of Wooster
• Honorable mention: Sam Shepard, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Category 6: Proteins: structure, folding and degradation

L–R: Joseph Chihade, Carson Gido, Natalie Labbe, Kathleen Cornely, Owen Dowdall, Jeremy Johnson, Phil Ortiz.

• Winner: Nina Olds, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Honorable mention: Natalie Labbe, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Honorable mention: Carson Gido, Kansas State University
• Honorable mention: Owen Dowdall, University of North Carolina at Asheville