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Leadership Award*Student Leadership Award
FellowsBrahm and Sudha Verma Lifetime Visionary Award
Bioethics Essay CompetitionCompetition Winners
Chair: Praveen Kolar
Honorable Mention
Vanessa Niba
University of Maryland
“Direct Reprogramming: A way to save a life or a way to create one?”
Honorable Mention
Andrew Wesley
University of Maryland
“The Ethics Involving Embryonic Stem Cells: Recycling as a Possible Solution”
Third Place
Maeve McCoy
University of Maryland
“Animal Testing in Bioengineering”
Second Place
Joan Zhang
University of Maryland
“Do You Want To Order A Custom Baby? Genetic Engineering Can Provide the Catalog”
First Place
Andrew Koivuniemi
IU School of Medicine/Purdue University
“The Matter of Autonomy”
Poster CompetitionChair: Melissa Moss
Angela PannierBen Stuart
Charlie MillerTarek Shazly
Alyssa Henning
Jing LuYue Cui
Mark RileyKaustubh Bhalerao
Charly Kinoshita
Judges & Reviewers
Poster CompetitionUndergraduate Award Winners
Undergraduate - Third Place
Evan Buettmann, Ryan Prsha, Daniel Els, Katie Hocker; Matt Cozad, Dave Grant, Sheila Grant,
(University of Missouri, Columbia)
Development and characterization of a polycaprolactone/soy lecithin electrospun
adhesion barrier
University of Missouri, Columbia
Undergraduate - Second Place
Sean Kearney, Joe Bretzmann, Madeline Cox, Emilia Czyszczon, Mark De La Croix, Kayla
Fouch, Jonathan Gritzer, Sean Hendrix
Isolation, characterization, and genomic comparison of MrGordo, a novel soil-derived
mycobacteriophage
Purdue University
Undergraduate - First PlaceBrittani Bungart, Jui-Heng, Will Reed,
James C-M Lee, Melissa Moss (mentor)
Inhibiting the formation of amyloid-&beta fibrils using isoflavones with increasing
hydroxyl functionalization
University of South Carolina
Undergraduate – Grand PrizeSponsored by KSBB
Madeline Porterfield (Purdue University), Eric McLamore, Prachee Chaturvedi, Masashige Taguchi, Stephanie Burrs, Katelyn Ward
The use of nanoparticles in the detection of microcystin-LR with electrochemical
sensors
Purdue University & University of Florida
Poster CompetitionGraduate Award Winners
Graduate - Third Place
Utsav Agrawal, Eric M. Johnson- Chavarria, Melikhan Tanyeri, Charles M. Schroeder
Investigating the effects of dynamic external stimuli on single cell fitness and gene
expression in Escherichia coli
University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Graduate - Second PlaceArnab Mukherjee, Kevin Weyant,
Charles M. Schroeder
Directed evolution of bright mutants of a flavin-binding oxygen-independent fluorescent reporter protein from
pseudomonas putida
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Graduate - First PlaceJoshua Ellis, Cody Tramp, Ronald C. Sims,
Charles D. Miller
Metagenome analysis of a methanogenic community within an algae fed anaerobic
digester
Utah State University
Graduate – Grand PrizeSponsored by KSBB
Paul Kenis, Ritika Mohan, Arnab Mukherjee, Jaebum Lee, Emre Sevgan,
Charles M. Schroeder
A multiplexed microfluidic platform for antibiotic susceptibility screening
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
High School – Honorable Mention
Ayodele DechineaKatherine De Paz
Sophia Powell
Uniondale High School
High School - First Place Tie
Manuel Flores-Bonilla
Photoluminescent Evolution of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in PLC6
Media
Uniondale High School
Elizabeth Osei
The impact of bio-plastic secretion on
cell viability
Uniondale High School
Journal of Biological Engineering
Editor-in-Chief: Mark Eiteman, University of Georgia
Editor-in-Chief
Mark A. Eiteman (University of Georgia)
Journal of Biological Engineering is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects biological engineering.
The journal welcomes manuscripts on the following topics:
•synthetic biology and cellular design
•engineering of biomolecular and cellular devices
•bioproduction and bioproduct engineering
•ecological and environmental engineering
•biological engineering education and the biodesign process
Journal of Biological Engineering is the official journal of the Institute of Biological Engineering.
www.jbioleng.org
Journal of Biological Engineering
Editor-in-Chief
Mark A. Eiteman (University of Georgia)
Journal of Biological Engineering
The Journal of Biological Engineering is offering a special promotional offer only to attendees of the 2012 meeting. The publisher will waive the normal article processing fee. Use the following code when you submit your manuscript at the location where a payment waiver request is made:
JBE_meeting – your last name
Applies only to submissions made between
March 15, 2012 and June 15, 2012.
www.jbioleng.org
Presidential CitationsCzarena CrofcheckMark EitemanSandun FernandoDanielle FrechetteCharles KinoshitaPraveen KolarEric McLamore
Melissa MossMark RileyKirsten SimsJeong-Yeol YoonGuigen ZhangPaul Lichtman
Presidential Citations
Thank you for your leadership and determination as 2011 President
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