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CSAM Biology and Chemistry Students Receive Graduate Poster Awards

Valerie Paschalis, Ayuni Yussof, and Theresa Aponte were awarded for their posters at the Theobald Smith Society, the New Jersey Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Meeting in Miniature.

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Meeting in Miniature held at Seton Hall
Meeting in Miniature held at Seton Hall keynote speaker Dr. Vincent Racaniello Higgins

The Meeting in Miniature was held on April 20, 2018 at Seton Hall University. The keynote speaker was the noted virologist, Dr. Vincent Racaniello Higgins, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Several CSAM students gave oral and poster presentations. Of the presenters, current and former CSAM students received each of the graduate poster awards. The award recipients, announced in order, were:

Valerie Paschalis

Valerie Paschalis  (M.S. Pharmaceutical Biochemistry)
mentored by Dr. Sandra D. Adams (thesis advisor) and Dr. Lee H. Lee.
Reducing the Spread of Herpes Infection:  Inhibition of HSV-1 Binding by EGCG-S in Human Epithelial Cells

Ayuni Yussof

Ayuni Yussof (M.S. Molecular Biology, 2016 alum currently a Ph.D. student at Seton Hall University mentored by Dr. Tinchun Chu.  Dr. Chu, also a former student of Dr. Lee, earned her Masters degree at Montclair State.)
mentored by Dr. Lee H. Lee
Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Binding and Penetration by Theaflavin-3,3’-digallate

Theresa Aponte

Theresa Aponte (M.S. Molecular Biology)
mentored by Dr. Lee H. Lee.
Green tea polyphenol EGCG-S as an antibacterial, antibiofilm, and antifungal agent