Romano ‘11 Earns National Research Award

(L-R) Ray Romano '11 and Olympia Gaglioti '12.

Along with fellow biology majorOlympia Gaglioti ’12, Romano has worked with Associate Professor Ann Aguanno, Ph.D., examining protein cyclin dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) in the development of tissue system in mammals. In addition, Romano earned second place in biochemistry at the Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Biological and Chemical Sciences, held on April 17. 

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Undergraduate Research Award is a benefit of the ASBMB Undergraduate Affiliate Network program (UAN). The UAN is composed of undergraduate biochemistry and molecular biology students and faculty from colleges and universities around the country. 

Each year, the society awards up to twelve Undergraduate Research Awards to UAN affiliate members. To qualify, Romano submitted an application that included a project background, goals and hypotheses. Each award provides $1,000 in support of a student member’s summer research project. The award money will be used to support the cost of reagents and supplies in support of his project. All applications are judged on the quality of the research proposal, stated research goals and experimental design. 

To learn more about the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, visit www.asbmb.org. 

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Published: June 08, 2010