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The University of Texas at Tyler Student Researcher Earns State Conference Award
Follow @UTTylerTweetApril 17, 2017
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Students representing The University of Texas at Tyler were recognized during this year's American Society of Microbiology state meeting, Dr. Martin Slann, College of Arts and Sciences dean, announced.
Nevada King of Athens placed third for "Outstanding Scientific Achievement in the category of Pathogenic Bacteria" with the poster presentation, "Microbial Mercury Methylation and Methane Synthesis in Caddo Lake."
"Along with receiving an award for my poster presentation, I was also greeted with a substantial amount of updated relevant information that pertained to my field of interest," said King, a biology major. "This experience was unforgettable and the thing I will cherish the most is, the plethora of scientific questions and ideas that were gained. Needless to say, that grasping the attention of this scientific community enough to win an award is astounding."
King is an undergraduate research student working in Dr. Riqing Yu's environmental microbiology lab at The University of Texas at Tyler. Graduate biology student Maura Purcell of Troup also presented "Impacts of Grazing Land Methane Production by Soil Microbial Communities."
The students, Yu and The University of Texas at Tyler professor of biology Dr. Ali Azghani, current president of the ASM Texas chapter, were among the more than 150 attendees.
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