NSU Biology Graduate Wins 1st Place at National Conference

Maria Farrell, who earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences in May, won first place in the microbiology division for a paper presented at the national conference of Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta), the national biology honor society.

Farrell’s paper was based on genetics research pursued over the last three years through the college’s Undergraduate Honors Program under the supervision of Emily Schmitt, Ph.D., associate professor of biology. At the Undergraduate Research Symposium in April, Farrell won the overall best in show for “The Effects of Aluminum on Gene Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”

For more about Maria Farrell’s undergraduate research, see the Fall 2005 issue of The Farquhar Forum.