2023 winners

2023 Undergraduate Poster Competition Award winners

Category 1: Proteins: structure, function and biophysics

L–R: THOMAS GALATEO, MICHELLE BIDWELL ASTABURAGA, CHRISTINE BUCHHOLZ, MICHAEL QUINTEROS.

  • Winner: Michael Quinteros, Wesleyan University
  • Honorable mention: Christine Buchholz, James Madison University
  • Honorable mention: Michelle Bidwell Astaburuaga, University of San Diego
  • Honorable mention: Thomas Galateo, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Category 2: Nucleic acids and gene regulation

L–R: DIEGO POMALES-MATOS, AUDREY RICCITELLI, OLIVIA WHITE, GILLIAN MCCLENNEN

  • Winner: Gillian McClennen, Northeastern University
  • Honorable mention: Olivia White, College of William and Mary
  • Honorable mention: Audrey Riccitelli, The College of New Jersey
  • Honorable mention: Diego Pomales-Matos, The University of Puerto Rico—Rio Piedras

Category 3: Enzymes, proteomics and pedagogy

L–R: TAKODA ZUEHLKE, LAUREL ROBBINS, REEMA HAMDAN, CADE CHEZEM.

  • Winner: Laurel Robbins, Lake Forest College
  • Honorable mention: Reema Hamdan, University of Detroit Mercy
  • Honorable mention: Cade Chezem, Butler University
  • Honorable mention: Takoda Zuehlke, The College of Wooster

Category 4: Chemical biology and drug discovery

L–R: CHRISTOPHER BRESNAHAN, VESPER FRAUNFELTER, ETHER DHARMESH, ALLIE GOSS.

  • Winner: Allie Goss, Butler University
  • Honorable mention: Ether Dharmesh, Saint Louis University
  • Honorable mention: Vesper Fraunfelter, University of North Carolina at Asheville
  • Honorable mention: Christopher Bresnahan, Providence College

Category 5: Microbiology, membranes and glycans

L–R: ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, ANNA SCHULTZ, DULCE HERNANDEZ, GRACE KRAMER.

  • Winner: Grace Kramer, Northern State University
  • Honorable mention: Anna Schultz, Hamline University
  • Honorable mention: Dulce Hernandez, California State University—Northridge
  • Honorable mention: Alexander Robertson, University of Richmond

Category 6: Cell, cancer and neurobiology

L–R: SONA KOCINSKY, BAILEY COOK, RUMER FLATNESS.

  • Winner: Rumer Flatness, Bemidji State University
  • Honorable mention: Bailey Cook, University of North Carolina at Asheville
  • Honorable mention: Berit Lubben, Saint Louis University
  • Honorable mention: Sona Kocinsky, Tufts University

2023 Undergraduate Poster Competition organizing committee

  • Kathleen Cornely, Providence College
  • Joseph Chihade, Carleton College
  • Jeremy Johnson, Butler University
  • Phil Ortiz, State University of New York

2023 Undergraduate Poster Competition Award winners

Category 1: Proteins: structure, function and biophysics

L–R: THOMAS GALATEO, MICHELLE BIDWELL ASTABURAGA, CHRISTINE BUCHHOLZ, MICHAEL QUINTEROS.

  • Winner: Michael Quinteros, Wesleyan University
  • Honorable mention: Christine Buchholz, James Madison University
  • Honorable mention: Michelle Bidwell Astaburuaga, University of San Diego
  • Honorable mention: Thomas Galateo, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Category 2: Nucleic acids and gene regulation

L–R: DIEGO POMALES-MATOS, AUDREY RICCITELLI, OLIVIA WHITE, GILLIAN MCCLENNEN

  • Winner: Gillian McClennen, Northeastern University
  • Honorable mention: Olivia White, College of William and Mary
  • Honorable mention: Audrey Riccitelli, The College of New Jersey
  • Honorable mention: Diego Pomales-Matos, The University of Puerto Rico—Rio Piedras

Category 3: Enzymes, proteomics and pedagogy

L–R: TAKODA ZUEHLKE, LAUREL ROBBINS, REEMA HAMDAN, CADE CHEZEM.

  • Winner: Laurel Robbins, Lake Forest College
  • Honorable mention: Reema Hamdan, University of Detroit Mercy
  • Honorable mention: Cade Chezem, Butler University
  • Honorable mention: Takoda Zuehlke, The College of Wooster

Category 4: Chemical biology and drug discovery

L–R: CHRISTOPHER BRESNAHAN, VESPER FRAUNFELTER, ETHER DHARMESH, ALLIE GOSS.

  • Winner: Allie Goss, Butler University
  • Honorable mention: Ether Dharmesh, Saint Louis University
  • Honorable mention: Vesper Fraunfelter, University of North Carolina at Asheville
  • Honorable mention: Christopher Bresnahan, Providence College

Category 5: Microbiology, membranes and glycans

L–R: ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, ANNA SCHULTZ, DULCE HERNANDEZ, GRACE KRAMER.

  • Winner: Grace Kramer, Northern State University
  • Honorable mention: Anna Schultz, Hamline University
  • Honorable mention: Dulce Hernandez, California State University—Northridge
  • Honorable mention: Alexander Robertson, University of Richmond

Category 6: Cell, cancer and neurobiology

L–R: SONA KOCINSKY, BAILEY COOK, RUMER FLATNESS.

  • Winner: Rumer Flatness, Bemidji State University
  • Honorable mention: Bailey Cook, University of North Carolina at Asheville
  • Honorable mention: Berit Lubben, Saint Louis University
  • Honorable mention: Sona Kocinsky, Tufts University

2023 Undergraduate Poster Competition organizing committee

  • Kathleen Cornely, Providence College
  • Joseph Chihade, Carleton College
  • Jeremy Johnson, Butler University
  • Phil Ortiz, State University of New York