2024 winners

2024 Undergraduate Poster Competition Award winners

Category 1: Proteins — Synthesis, structure, modifications and interactions-Y (PSMI-Y)

L–R: ODUTAYO ODUNUGA, YIGIT SIMSEK, ANGELA KAYLL AND FEDERICA BERTOLOTTI.

  • Winner: Angela Kayll, James Madison University
  • Honorable mention: Federica Bertolotti, Lake Forest College
  • Honorable mention: Yigit Simsek, College of William and Mary
  • Honorable mention: Jordan Norman, Vassar College

Category 2: Proteins — Synthesis, structure, modifications and interactions-Z (PSMI-Z)

L–R: JEREMY JOHNSON, MORGAN PRIEM, EMMA RUDISEL, SANGITA CHAKRABORTY AND CLAIRE LUNDSTROM.

  • Winner: Claire Lundstrom, Colorado State University – Fort Collins
  • Honorable mention: Sangita Chakraborty, CUNY Hunter College
  • Honorable mention: Emma Rudisel, Hope College
  • Honorable mention: Morgan Priem, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

Category 3: Chemical biology (CB)

L–R: ODUTAYO ODUNUGA, TAYLOR BIAS, EMMA CARTNEY, BROOKLYN MILLS AND ETHER DHARMESH.

  • Winner: Ether Dharmesh, Saint Louis University
  • Honorable mention: Brooklyn Mills, Grand View University
  • Honorable mention: Emma Cartney, Allegheny College
  • Honorable mention: Taylor Bias, Ball State University

Category 4: Genetic information and BMB education (G-BMBE)

L–R: LAURA DE LORENZO BARRIOS, DIANA TURRIETA, ALINA TONG, MADISON ALLEGRETTI AND ERIN DESMOND.

  • Winner: Erin Desmond, Mount Holyoke College
  • Honorable mention: Madison Allegretti, Ohio State University – Main Campus
  • Honorable mention: Alina Tong, California Lutheran University
  • Honorable mention: Diana Turrieta, Northeastern University

Category 5: Applications and methods (AM)

L–R: PHILLIP ORTIZ, KAM SHAN HU, LAINEE SWANSON AND JACOB TRUMAN.

  • Winner: Jacob Truman, Brigham Young University – Provo
  • Honorable mention: Lainee Swanson, Allegheny College
  • Honorable mention: Diego Pomales–Matos, University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras
  • Honorable mention: Kam Shan Hu, Rutgers University – New Brunswick

Category 6: Connections to organismal biology (COB)

L–R: JOSEPH CHIHADE, NISRINE JABARA, GUILLERMO ANTUNEZ TIERNEY AND CAROLINE THORPE.

  • Winner: Sofia Guerrero, Duke University
  • Honorable mention: Caroline Thorpe, Loyola Marymount University
  • Honorable mention: Guillermo Antunez Tierney, Northeastern University
  • Honorable mention: Nisrine Jabara, Vassar College

2024 Undergraduate Poster Competition steering group

  • Kathleen Cornely, Providence College, Chair
  • Joseph Chihade, Carleton College
  • Laura de Lorenzo Barrios, University of New Mexico
  • R. Jeremy Johnson, Butler University
  • Odutayo Odunuga, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Phillip Ortiz, State University of New York

2024 Undergraduate Poster Competition Award winners

Category 1: Proteins — Synthesis, structure, modifications and interactions-Y (PSMI-Y)

L–R: ODUTAYO ODUNUGA, YIGIT SIMSEK, ANGELA KAYLL AND FEDERICA BERTOLOTTI.

  • Winner: Angela Kayll, James Madison University
  • Honorable mention: Federica Bertolotti, Lake Forest College
  • Honorable mention: Yigit Simsek, College of William and Mary
  • Honorable mention: Jordan Norman, Vassar College

Category 2: Proteins — Synthesis, structure, modifications and interactions-Z (PSMI-Z)

L–R: JEREMY JOHNSON, MORGAN PRIEM, EMMA RUDISEL, SANGITA CHAKRABORTY AND CLAIRE LUNDSTROM.

  • Winner: Claire Lundstrom, Colorado State University – Fort Collins
  • Honorable mention: Sangita Chakraborty, CUNY Hunter College
  • Honorable mention: Emma Rudisel, Hope College
  • Honorable mention: Morgan Priem, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

Category 3: Chemical biology (CB)

L–R: ODUTAYO ODUNUGA, TAYLOR BIAS, EMMA CARTNEY, BROOKLYN MILLS AND ETHER DHARMESH.

  • Winner: Ether Dharmesh, Saint Louis University
  • Honorable mention: Brooklyn Mills, Grand View University
  • Honorable mention: Emma Cartney, Allegheny College
  • Honorable mention: Taylor Bias, Ball State University

Category 4: Genetic information and BMB education (G-BMBE)

L–R: LAURA DE LORENZO BARRIOS, DIANA TURRIETA, ALINA TONG, MADISON ALLEGRETTI AND ERIN DESMOND.

  • Winner: Erin Desmond, Mount Holyoke College
  • Honorable mention: Madison Allegretti, Ohio State University – Main Campus
  • Honorable mention: Alina Tong, California Lutheran University
  • Honorable mention: Diana Turrieta, Northeastern University

Category 5: Applications and methods (AM)

L–R: PHILLIP ORTIZ, KAM SHAN HU, LAINEE SWANSON AND JACOB TRUMAN.

  • Winner: Jacob Truman, Brigham Young University – Provo
  • Honorable mention: Lainee Swanson, Allegheny College
  • Honorable mention: Diego Pomales–Matos, University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras
  • Honorable mention: Kam Shan Hu, Rutgers University – New Brunswick

Category 6: Connections to organismal biology (COB)

L–R: JOSEPH CHIHADE, NISRINE JABARA, GUILLERMO ANTUNEZ TIERNEY AND CAROLINE THORPE.

  • Winner: Sofia Guerrero, Duke University
  • Honorable mention: Caroline Thorpe, Loyola Marymount University
  • Honorable mention: Guillermo Antunez Tierney, Northeastern University
  • Honorable mention: Nisrine Jabara, Vassar College

2024 Undergraduate Poster Competition steering group

  • Kathleen Cornely, Providence College, Chair
  • Joseph Chihade, Carleton College
  • Laura de Lorenzo Barrios, University of New Mexico
  • R. Jeremy Johnson, Butler University
  • Odutayo Odunuga, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Phillip Ortiz, State University of New York