A&M-Commerce Students Earn Top Marks at Regional Research Forum

Students representing the Department of Biological and Environmental Science at A&M-Commerce presented at the 8th Annual LSUS Regional Student Scholars Forum at Louisiana State University Shreveport on Feb. 17.

Two students pose side-by-side with their award certificates.
From left: A&M-Commerce students Trinity Campbell and Mickilee Ver Steeg.

Trinity Campbell earned first place in the undergraduate poster category for her poster titled “Fetal bovine serum alternative in culturing hormonal-dependent human cells.” Additional authors included Diksha Shakya and faculty advisor Dr. Venugopalan Cheriyath.

Mickilee Ver Steeg received first place in the graduate poster category for her poster titled “Disrupted RAS-MAPK Signaling Confers Growth Factor Independence in Erythroleukemia Cell Line UT-7.” Additional authors included Madeleine Morris and faculty advisor Cheriyath.

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