 |
 |
 |
|||
 |
|
|
|
|
|
(Bluefield)—Bluefield State College student Tanise Montgomery and Dr. Tesfaye Belay, BSC Assistant Professor of Biology, represented the College at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Austin, TX. ABRCMS is the largest multidisciplinary student conference in the United States, attracting approximately 2600 individuals each year. This year, more than 1650 undergraduate students, 300 graduate/postdoctoral students, and 750 faculty and administrators participated.
Ms. Montgomery’s poster depicted her research, investigating the effect of starvation of survival on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a potentially aggressive bacterium that causes serious infections under stressful conditions, including space flight and in severely burned patients. Her research considered the ability of the bacterium, when under stress, to recover when supplemented by a stress hormone. The research work was supported by a pilot grant developed by Dr. Belay and awarded by the West Virginia IdeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (WV-INBRE). Ms. Montgomery’s travel expense was supported by the BSC Office of Enrollment Management, Student Government Association, and the School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Belay received a travel award from WV-INBRE).
December 4, 2007
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|