We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award winners from the 62nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of the GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of postdocs volunteered their time as judges. Congratulations to all!
Undergraduate Students
1st Place: Umayr R. Shaikh
Institution: Butler University
Poster Title: “Exploring size scaling relationships in the developing Drosophila egg chamber”
2nd Place: Sarah Sims
Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Poster Title: “Consequences of the Loss of Multiple HP1 Proteins in Drosophila melanogaster“
3rd Place: Abigail Wukitch
Institution: Bucknell University
Poster Title: “The limits of chronic infection induced protection during secondary infection in Drosophila melanogaster“
Graduate Students
1st Place: Mehrnaz Afkhami مهرناز افخمی
Institution: University of Oklahoma
Poster Title: “The genetic and neuronal bases of a coevolved reproductive trait in female Drosophila“
2nd Place: Alexander J. Barron
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Poster Title: “Drosophila gut bacteria regulate the growth of invasive microbes both in culture and in the host gut environment”
3rd Place: Jullien Flynn
Institution: Cornell University
Poster Title: “Multiple sex chromosome-autosome fusions associated with high satellite DNA content in Drosophila virilis“
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