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BIDDEFORD, Maine

NURDS win at Northeast Undergraduate Research Development Symposium hosted by UNE

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of New England's 5th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research Development Symposium (NURDS) held March 2-3 on UNE‚ Biddeford Campus drew 160 student researchers from Connecticut to New Brunswick, Canada.  

Representing 39 colleges and universities, the students presented research in biology, marine biology, physics, biochemistry, neuroscience, ecology and - new to NURDS this year - the humanities and social sciences.

The symposium, originated with funding from the National Science Foundation and now supported by the UNE Provost's Office, is the largest interdisciplinary undergraduate research conference in northern New England.  It is created, organized and run each year by undergraduate students.

This year's winners include:

First place

Roxanne Pelletier, Université de Moncton, New Brunswick, CAN, "An analysis method for the manganese content of saliva by ICP-MS"

Second place:

Justin Morse, Boston ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, Boston, MA, "Calcium Handling Deficits Induced by Systemic Inflammatory Mediators in Rat Cardiomyocytes"

Third place:

Cassidy Peterson , ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of New England, ME, "Gestational analysis of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) by coupling ultrasound and steroid hormone analysis"

List of top 10 posters (unranked):

Madison Van Orden, Salve Regina ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
Erika Albretson, Salve Regina ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
Laura Cronley, Colby College
Matt Mulé, Tufts ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
Katherine Egan, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of Rhode Island
Joseph Langan, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of New England
Chandni Patel, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Soren Hough, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of Massachusetts, Amherst
Elizabeth Velazquez and Tatiana Perez, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of New Haven
Stephanie St.Pierre, Université of Moncton

Talks:

Honorable mention
Gary Forster, Adam Zec, Kirsten Randle: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Presentations on dark matter

About the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of New England

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, physician assistant program, and pharmacy school, in addition to a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.