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<\/a>Jason Halmo and Brant Boucher at the meeting<\/p><\/div>\n
Both Jason and Brant presented work done as part of their work done jointly between the Biology and Chemistry departments. \u00a0The work was presented both at an undergraduate-only session as well as the general session for the entire meeting. \u00a0Jason presented his work on the characterization of chemical and genetic differences in hopped meads done between Dr. Wolyniak and Associate Professor of Chemistry Paul Mueller.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Halmo presents his work to fellow undergraduates.<\/p><\/div>\n
Halmo also coordinated an outreach initiative, the Prince Edward County Environmental Molecular Biology Institute (PECEMBI) with Dr. Wolyniak. \u00a0Funded in part by a grant from the ASBMB, PECEMBI brought a long-term research project to the students of Prince Edward County High School with outreach support from Hampden-Sydney students and faculty. \u00a0Both Halmo and Wolyniak presented a poster on PECEMBI at the meeting.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Presenting at the Public Outreach Poster Session<\/p><\/div>\n
Boucher’s work was jointly done by Dr. Wolyniak, Associate Professor of Biology Kristian Hargadon, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Rupak Due and focused on the development of bacterial biofilms on titanium bone replacement implants.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Brant Boucher presents his work<\/p><\/div>\n
ASBMB is one of several national and international meetings that are regularly attended by Hampden-Sydney undergraduates as a culmination of their research work at the College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This year, Hampden-Sydney sent two of its students, Brant Boucher ’17 and Jason Halmo ’17, accompanied Associate Professor of Biology Mike Wolyniak to the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology \u00a0(ASBMB) in Chicago. \u00a0Part of … Continue reading