News release prepared by: Beth Bohn, 785-532-6415, bbohn@k-state.edu
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS EARN K-STATE STUDENTS HONORS FROM THE KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
MANHATTAN -- Three Kansas State University undergraduates have won awards for their research presented at the 140th annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, March 28-29, at Emporia State University.
Kaley Morris, senior in biology, Derby, received second place for her undergraduate poster presentation, "The Tribolium Gut Proteome." Morris is a graduate of Rose Hill High School.
Erin Katzfey, senior in biochemistry, Eudora, won third place for her undergraduate poster presentation, "Proteomic Analysis of Beauveria Bassiana Infection of Tenebrio Molitor." Katzfey is a graduate of Eudora High School.
Both Morris and Katzfey work in the labs of K-State's Brenda Oppert, adjunct assistant professor of entomology, and John Tomich, professor of biochemistry.
Mark McHaney, junior in biology, Manhattan, won second place for his oral presentation about work he completed in the lab of Mark Weiss, K-State professor of neuroscience, on cloning and sequencing a rat Oct-4 promoter sequence and comparing it to known sequences from other species. McHaney also created a vector expressing the Oct-4 promoter driving enhanced green fluorescent protein and a tetracycline-resistance gene. McHaney is a graduate of Manhattan High School.