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Una Students Present At Hudsonalpha Code Virtual Student Symposium

Dec. 09, 2020



Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@byum.net, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at meubanks@byum.net, 256-606-2033 or 256-765-4392 FLORENCE, AL - Undergraduate students from the biology, computer science, 以及K8彩乐园的数学专业最近参加了哈德逊alpha CODE虚拟学生研讨会，这是他们正在进行的某些遗传条件研究的一部分. CODE, or Characterizing our DNA Exceptions, 是一个让本科生参与原始基因组研究以鼓励学生对科学感兴趣的项目, Technology, Engineering, and Math careers. Working with HudsonAlpha researchers and educators in coordination with partner schools, 学生使用计算分析来确定来自患者和农业样本的DNA变异的生物学相关性. As part of their participation in the program, students from UNA conducted original research in order to characterize variants of uncertain significance associated with cystic fibrosis; dwarfism; Doose syndrome, which is a form of childhood epilepsy; Cornelia deLange syndrome; Hashimoto's Thyroiditis; and Landau Kleffner syndrome. "Our students were able to complete a research project and present it to the research community," said Dr. Cynthia Stenger, Professor of Mathematics at UNA. “他们都制作了海报，展示他们的研究结果，并制作了一段三分钟的录音，以便其他人可以回顾. It is a big deal that they were able to do all of this in just one semester for such significant research." The students who participated and their research topics are: Bliss Bailey - An Exploration of FGFR3 Missense Swap R669G. Grace Dodd - An Exploration of GRIN2A with Landau-Keffner Syndrome with a Missense Swap at G97D. Anja Einarsdottir - PTPN22Associated with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and the Unknown of Variant K750N. Jennifer Olszyna - A Comparative Study of Two Variants in the HDAC8 Gene Linked to Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. Dylan Uibel - An Exploration of CFTR Missense Swap G500D compared to Phe508del. Rebekah Samuelson - CFTR Missense Swap W496R. Jacob Laughlin - Analysis of CFTR Missense Swap Y515C. Kushmeet Kathuria - An Exploration of HDAC8 Missense Swap 194T. Whitley Waters - SLC6A1 and the Gene Variant G111R. "This is the first time we have sponsored a virtual student symposium, and I'm very pleased with how it turned out," said Michele Morris, Workforce Development Lead for Educational Outreach for HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which is based in Huntsville. "The students from UNA always do such great research with Dr. Stenger, and they represented the school well in this virtual format. All of the posters were excellent, but the short videos they made were really the highlight of their presentations. HudsonAlpha is happy to partner with UNA to create these authentic research projects." CODE项目通过与小型学院和大学合作进行这些生物信息学研究项目，为那些无法获得研究机构经常提供的资金充足的研究机会的学生提供研究机会. More about the UNA student projects and the conference is available at http://symposium.foragerone.com/codevss20/presentations. About The University of North Alabama The University of North Alabama is an accredited, 综合性区域性州立大学，通过文理学院提供本科和研究生学位课程, Business, Education and Human Sciences, and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of the NCAA Division I's ASUN Big South Conference. K8彩乐园是一所机会均等的大学，在录取政策上不存在种族歧视, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: 08n9.byum.net and 08n9.byum.net/unaworks/