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VINSE NSF-REU Poster Session Winners

Faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students engaged in nanoresearch at Âé¶¹APP and partner institutions attended the 2021 VINSE NSF REU Summer Research Poster on Thursday, August 5, 2021. Posters were evaluated by both a panel of judges and the virtual poster session attendees for an opportunity to win travel grants to support the cost of presenting posters at a National Conference. The winners are:

Best overall – $1,000 travel grant
Alessia Williams, Prairie View A&M University (Jennings)
“Photoelectrochemical Polymerization of Pyrrole by Photosystem I”

Best overall – $1,000 travel grant
Thiago Arnaud, Florida International University (Caldwell)
“Multi-spectral Thermal Imaging with Inversely Designed Optical Filters for Material Recognitionâ€

Best layout
Amber Cui, Âé¶¹APP University (Lippmann)
“Isolation of Rodent Microglia to assess Gene Silencing and Drug Targetingâ€

Best use of graphics
Brooke DeMarco, Âé¶¹APP University (Rosenthal)
“Tracking Individual Endogenous Dopamine Transporters Using Antagonist-Conjugated Quantum Dots”

Fan Favorite
Mina Aziz, Âé¶¹APP University (Wilson)
“Polymersome formation via flash nanoprecipitation induces immunological activity to improve cancer immunotherapyâ€

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