Biology

Students from the Biology and Chemical Biology Department Represent Saint Peter’s at a National Scientific Meeting

Updated Wednesday 14, September 2016 by Web Office

Lopez, pictured above, presented her collaborative work, “The Effects of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol F on the Reproductive System using Caenorhabditis Elegans."

Lopez, pictured above, presented her collaborative work, “The Effects of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol F on the Reproductive System using Caenorhabditis Elegans.”

In August, students, Sophia Touri ’18 and Suyapa Penalva Lopez ’18 obtained student travel awards from the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) and represented Saint Peter’s at the 75th Annual Meeting for the Society for Developmental Biology in Boston, M.A. Their research projects were under the mentorship of Maria Agapito, Ph.D., from the biology department.

Touri, pictured in the featured image, presented her collaborative work, “The effects of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol S regarding the Transgenerational Aspects of the Reproductive System of Caenorhabditis elegans.”