Jonathan Park ’12 recently presented his summer research project at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), a gathering in Philadelphia, PA of thousands of molecular and cell biologists from around the world.  Jonathan’s work, which examined how two proteins found at the edge of the nucleus in budding yeast called Brr6 and Brl1 may help to regulate cell division, was presented at two separate poster sessions, one specifically for undergraduates and one at a general session of the meeting.

Jonathan with his research poster

Jonathan’s research advisor, Professor Mike Wolyniak, also served on a career panel at the meeting that offered advice to graduate students and postdoctoral associates on how to prepare for academic careers at different types of colleges and universities.

Dr. Wolyniak on a career panel at the meeting

presenting research at the general poster session to a delegation from Univ. of California-Irvine

Jonathan’s trip to Philadelphia was supported by travel awards from the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and the ASCB and spawned several interesting conversations with scientists from a variety of research groups that will hopefully lead to new research directions and projects at H-SC.

presenting to a postdoc from Washington Univ. of St. Louis