Student Highlights

Gonzaga Students are on the move and making headlines!
Check out the links below to read more about what students are accomplishing during their research experience.

Download a summary of the HHMI-funded Research at Gonzaga University for the 2009 academic year. 
An impressive collection of abstracts from 15 lab groups and 28 undergraduate researchers.
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Gonzaga Students in the news ...

• Zag Undergrad Trevor Davis Lands Research Grant

• GU student using lasers and LEGOs in quest for stable hydrogen production

• HHMI’s Exceptional Research Opportunities Program
  
  

Recent Student Presentations

Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington June 28 - July 1, 2009 Members of the Shepherd, Warren and Cremeens labs represented Gonzaga at the 2009 NORM meetings. For a list of poster titles and pictures, see here.	Brian Brajcich, Andy Iarocci and Dr. Shepherd present their poster at NORM 2009
Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference April 25, 2009 A  number of students from the Chemistry and Biology Departments presented their research at the SIRC, which was held at Whitworth University this year.  See a complete list of presentations here.	Members of the Ettinger Lab present their poster. Leah Schwiesow, Matt Velinder, Erik Frandsen and  Kristin Weakly
"Cloning and Expression of Putative Class II HMG CoA   Reductase from B. cenocepacia” Holly Dembinski Department of Chemistry, Gonzaga University April 18 at the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA	Holly Dembinski and Kirstie Keller at the WCBSURC poster session
“Gene Dosage Effect:  Can the Apparent Lethality   of ExtraChromosome VI in Yeast be Alleviated   by the Addition of the TUB1 Gene?” Kirstie Keller Department of Biology, Gonzaga University April 18 at the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA	Kirstie Keller presents at the WCBSURC
“Comparison of three tools used for   measuring road density” Padraic Stoy Department of Biology, Gonzaga University April 9 at the Intermountain GIS Conference in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho Sponsored by the Idaho chapter of URISA (Urban and Regional Information Systems Association)	Paddy Stoy and Tracy Morgan with Paddy's Third Place poster at the Northern Rockies URISA Conference
“Orbital Overlap (Area and Volume) as a   Function of Rotation” Ryan R. Cloke , Robert C. Ray, Thomas M. McKenzie, Shannon R. Overbay, and Matthew E. Cremeens Departments of Chemistry and Mathematics, Gonzaga University April 4th, 2009 at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Mathematical Association of America Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA	Ryan Cloke with his poster