2023 Biomedical Symposium

The INBRE Program Meeting and Biomedical Sciences & Health Disparities Symposium held on April 21, 2023, was a great success with students expanding upon their academic activities. We had nearly 180 total attendees! A special “Thank you” to all the volunteers who contributed to the success of the program.
Students, we hope you enjoyed the experience of networking with your peers, listening to the discussion by the panel of professionals, and presenting your poster. We had many faculty comments about the impressive quality of research and the manner of professional presentation – INBRE students you did yourself proud!

The scores are in for the Top 4 INBRE Undergraduate Student Poster Presentations. These students are invited to attend and participate in the NIH IDeA Western Regional Conference in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico August 2 – 4, 2023.

Here are the top 4 scores:

• Yuewen Ding, Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Poster Title: “Production and Characterization of Pre-Fusion Ebola Virus Gp2 Expressed in Drosphila S2 Cells for Analysis of Vaccine-Induced Immune Responses”
• Jenna Spellman (with Nikki Zamani & Samantha Teramulo), University of Hawaii Maui College
  Poster Title: “Effects of Food Preservatives on Human Recombinant Lysozyme in Turbidimetric and Fluorescent Assays”
• Emily Andrist, Hawaii Pacific University
  Poster Title: “Impact of Environmental Variability on Vibrio vulnificus“
• Finn Reil, University of Hawaii Hilo
  Poster Title: “New Syntheses and Chemistry of Diazo Compounds“