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2015 AAAS Student Poster Competition Winners and Honorable Mentions

Congratulations to all those who participated in the 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting poster sessions!

Find information on the 2016 poster sessions here.

BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
Winner: Eden Barragan, University of California, Irvine
Effects of Anticonvulsants and Monoamines on Seizures in Mutant Drosophila
Honorable Mention: Walter Guerrero, University of California, Irvine
PTEN/SOCS3 Co-Deletion Accelerates Functional Recovery Following Peripheral Nerve Damage

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Winner: Yasmynn Chowdhury and Setu Kaushal, Arizona State University
A Survey of Lectin Reactivity to Coccidioides in Infected Human Lung Tissue
Honorable Mention: Cole V. M. Helsell, Arizona State University
Comparitive Computational Models of TRPM8 Help Explain Modulation Mechanisms

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND IMMUNOLOGY
Co-Winners: Michael R. Emami, University of California, Irvine
Investigating the Role of Meox2 in Myogenic and Tendon Differentiation
Co-Winners: Sidney Lane, University of Miami
Transcriptomic Analysis of CD8 T cells from HIV+ Patients Using Fluidigm Technology

EDUCATION
Winner: Rachel Salter, North Dakota State University
Level Up: Capturing Upper-Division Student Understanding of Natural Selection

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
Winner: Glenda L. Torres, Heritage University
Interactions Among Bactericera Cockerelli, Host Plants, and Liberibacter Solanacearum
Honorable Mention: Hector Felipe Sanchez, University of California, Irvine
Novel ampC Beta-Lactamase Genes from Morganella Morganii

MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Winner: Anthony R. Prosser, Emory University
Discovery and Synthesis of First-Generation Single-Drug “Cocktails” to Combat HIV
Honorable Mention: David Saldana, University of California, Irvine
Inhibition of Polo-like Kinase 4 as Therapy for Glioblastoma Primary Brain Tumors

PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Winner: Christopher Luna, Arizona State University
Neural Networks for Predicting Heat Transport in Tokamak Plasmas

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Winner: Rachel Gur-Arie, Arizona State University
University Student Knowledge and Perception of Influenza
Honorable Mention: Kristy Henson, Marshall University
Stories in Bone Still Told: Digitization and Replication of Human Remains

SOCIAL SCIENCES
Winner: Michael J. Bernstein, Arizona State University
Science Outside the Lab: Changing Perspective on the Role of Science and Engineering Society
Honorable Mention: Mariana Achirica Acosta, Autonomous University of Baja California
The Science-Policy Interface: Communication Between Academic Research and Governmental Decision-Makers
Honorable Mention: Wing H. Cheung, University of California, Irvine
A Democratic Process Framework for Enhancing Public Engagement in Citizen Science

TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH
Winner: Horacio Estabridis, University of California, Irvine
Elucidating the Stiffness of Extra-Cellular Matrix Fibers with High Speed Microscopy
Honorable Mention: Emily C. Hartman, Anum Azam and Kevin Metcalf, University of California, Berkeley
Antimicrobial Peptide Production using the Type 3 Secretion System in Salmonella

GENERAL POSTER SESSION: ATTENDEES' CHOICE
Winner: Kirsten Olson, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Modern Utilitarian Cermic Interpretation of Traditional Northern Native Designs