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DSU McNair Scholars Johnny Taylor and Jennifer Gray show off research awards they were honored at a conference in Anaheim, Ca. recently.

  DSU McNair Students Honored for Research at West Coast Conference

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Two McNair Scholars represented DSU well at the recent 2010 SACNAS National Research Conference in Anaheim, Ca. with each bring back awards.  

 
During the Sept. 30-Oct. 3 SACNAS conference – entitled “Science, Technology & Diversity for a Sustainable Future” and attended by more than 3,000 students from across the nation – the following DSU students were among the 72 who received awards for their research activities.
 
  • Jennifer Gray, senior biological sciences major from Orange, N.J. – “The Effects of Neurotransmitters in regulating Osteocyte Activity: Is There a Bone   cell- Neuronal-Network?” 
 
  • Johnny Taylor, senior biology major from Middletown, Del. – “YA-1 and its Affect on East African Cassava Mosaic Virus.”
 
Mr. Taylor's mentor was Dr. Vincent Fondong, DSU associate professor of biology; and Ms. Gray's mentor, Dr. Cynthia Van Golen, assistant professor.
 
SACNAS is the Society Advancing Hispanics and Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. The conference – which was attended by 17 DSU McNair students – was open to all minorities.