Graduate Grand Prize 2013

  • Ramkumar Mohan (Biological Sciences) for “miR-483, a Novel MicroRNA Expressed in Pancreatic Beta Cells but not in Alpha Cells”, Advisor: Xiaoqing Tang

Graduate Merit Awards 2013

  • Komal K. Bollepogu Raja (Biological Sciences) for “The Role of Toolkit Genes in the Evolution of Complex Wing, Thorax, and Abdominal Color Patterns in Drosophila guttifera”, Advisor:Thomas Werner
  • Maria Tafur (Chemical Engineering) for “Reduction of Porcine Parvovirus Infectivity in the Presence of Protecting Osmolytes “, Advisor: Caryn Heldt

Undergraduate Grand Prize 2013

  • Morgan Owen-Cruise (Biomed Engineering) for “Synthesis and Characterization of Dopamine and Nitrodopamine Modified Poly(ethylene glycol)”, Advisor: Bruce Lee

Undergraduate Merit Award 2013

  • Keegan Yates (Biomed Engineering) for “Divalent Ion Removal Improves Stability and Mechanical Properties of Gelatin Hydrogel”, Advisors: Megan Frost and Feng Zhao