Northeast Regional Sigma Xi Conference Results

May 01, 2019

Poster Session at Quinnipiac University
The Northeast Regional Sigma Xi Conference was held at Quinnipiac University on April 24. Students from any discipline who are involved in a systematic investigation from the university and the surrounding area were invited. Fifty-five abstracts were accepted. These students displayed posters for two hours. 

See the complete abstract booklet. 

Poster session at the Northeast Regional Sigma Xi Conference

Poster Winners

Congratulations to the 2019 top poster presenters!

  • Function of an Aging-Associated MicroRNA in Splicing Homeostasis in C. elegans
    Liat Levy and Alexandre de Lencastre
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quinnipiac University; Department of Biological Sciences, Quinnipiac University

    Poster Winner Liat Levy

  • The Use of Multi-quadric Interpolation in Polynomial-based ENO Stencil Selection Procedure: Challenges and Numerical Experiments in Matlab 
    Rahimyar Abdul and Dr. Stavros Christofi
    Western Connecticut State University, non-Quinnipiac University Graduate student; Western Connecticut State University, Mathematics 

    PosterWinner Rahimyar Abdul

  • The Effects of Metformin on MicroRNA-71, Stress Resistance, and Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans
    Kipp Hopper and Dr. Alexandre de Lencastre
    Quinnipiac University undergraduate student; Quinnipiac University Biomedical Sciences (Hopper had to leave before photos at the awards ceremony) 

Quinnipiac Sigma Chapter Executive Board

  • President/Secretary, Marcy Sanders
  • Vice President, Neil Schultes
  • Treasurer, Alex Hodges
  • Program Chair, James Kirby
  • Membership, Neil Schultes
  • Nominations, Harry Pylypiw
  • Webmaster, Lisa Cuchara

More About Sigma Xi: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is the world’s largest multidisciplinary honor society for scientists and engineers. Its mission is to enhance the health of the research enterprise, foster integrity in science and engineering, and promote the public understanding of science for the purpose of improving the human condition. Sigma Xi chapters can be found at colleges and universities, government laboratories, and industry research centers around the world. More than 200 Nobel Prize winners have been members. The Society is based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. www.sigmaxi.org. On Twitter: @SigmaXiSociety. 

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