At the end of the Step 1 competition, we held a miniconference where teams presented their research. Check out their presentations below.

Best Presentation Award

Team 3 – Interstellar Insects: Feeding preferences and Dietary Composition of Tetramorium caespitum (pavement ants) Under Microgravity
PIs: Jared Allanigue, Hartley Carlson, Willow Houck, Kimia Samieinejad

Second-Best Presentation

Team 7: Enzyme Kinetics in Microgravity Environments
PI: Emily Passaro

 

Presentations

Team 1 – The Effect of Microgravity on Telomerase Activity and Efficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PIs: Sara Dawood, Shan Dawood, Jessica McClelland, Arthi Ramkumar, Korina Vlahos

 

Team 2 – In-Cellulo Protein Crystallization in Microgravity
PIs: Yusuf Aamir, Shazali Audu, Caio Goolsby, Raina Hatcher, Javier Lorenzo, Ruthie Vogel, George Witt