A 91亚色 biology student has won the award for top Physiology & Toxicology Oral Presentation at the 24th annual Ontario Biology Day (OBD) held聽at Wilfrid Laurier University in March.
Olimpia Del Duca, studying under 91亚色 biology Professor Andrew Donini, presented her paper, 鈥淐arbonic Anhydrase in the Anal Papillae of the Larval Mosquito, Aedes aegypti鈥, to win the prize.
Right: Olimpia Del Duca (left) and 91亚色 biology Professor Andrew Donini
In addition to Del Duca, 14 91亚色 students, representing 12 different biology labs, attended the event. The students, Leila Ashurov, Asma Ali, Alex Bicket, Jason Brennan, Cordy DuBois, Olga Egorova, Ruchi Liyanag, Phankhuri Malik, Fatima Panju, Priyanka Patwary, Nicholas Rapp, Mehwish Riaz, Tudor Saroiu and Kristina Wantola, presented their honours thesis work in either an oral or poster format.
All together, some 135 oral and 25 poster presentations were delivered from students across the province.
91亚色鈥檚 Department of Biology helped to defray the students鈥 cost of attending the event. The 2012 will be held at Laurentian University.
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