AAAS Student Poster Competition Winners
Congratulations to the AAAS Student Poster Winners!
AAAS recognizes the winners of the 2008 Student Poster Competition on 16 February at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston. Their work in a variety of fields displayed originality and understanding that set them apart from their colleagues. First-place winners will receive cash prizes thanks to the generous support of Subaru of America, Inc.
Brain And Behavior
Winner: Amanda Carey and Christopher Shay, Northeastern University
Potentiation of Drug Reward in a Mouse Model Expressing HIV-Tat Protein
Honorable Mention: Jesse Weber, Harvard University
Evolution of Burrowing Behavior in Peromyscus
Environment And Ecology
Winner: Idalia Pérez, University of California, Berkeley
Calculations of the Chemical Composition of the Sacramento Urban Plume
Honorable Mention: Amanda Ruiz, University of California, Irvine
Bottleneck and Massive Passage Dynamic Promote Drastic Variation on RNA Virus Fitness
Math, Technology, And Engineering
Winner: Marcus Allegood, Clemson University
Determining the Optical Properties of Biological Tissue Samples
Medicine And Public Health
Winner: Kameelah Abdullah, University of California, Irvine
Natural Genetic Polymorphism in the NS3 Protein of the Hepatitis C Virus
Honorable Mention: Bethany Hedt, Harvard University
Matrix Pooling Testing Algorithm To Detect Acute HIV Infection and
Estimate Incidence
Molecular and Cellular
Winner: Ernesto Lujan, University of California, Irvine
FRT 42D and ovoD—Using a New Genetic Tool for a Large Scale
Maternal Effect Screens
Honorable Mention: Shih-Wen Lin and Scott Hensley, University of Pennsylvania
Recombinant AAVs Induce Functionally Impaired Transgene Product-Specific CD8+ T Cells
Physical Sciences
Winner: Kevin Ro, University of California, Los Angeles
Global Analysis of Ubiquitinated Proteins—A Shotgun Proteomics Approach
Honorable Mention: Andre Paredes and Wei Xu, University of California, Irvine
Polymer Based Micro Flow Regulator
Science and Society
Winner: Meagan Flenniken, Cornell University
Reindeer Nutrition in the Mongolian Taiga: Advancing Community Development
Honorable Mention: Brian Pompeii, Arizona State University
Private Water Companies in a Desert City
Social Sciences
Winner: Hugo Reyes-Centeno, Stanford University
The Etruscans: A Geometric Morphometrics Cranial Study
Honorable Mention: Alexandra Glorioso and Shade Shutters, Arizona State University
International Agreements and Their Effects on Globalization
Bookmark www.aaas.org/meetings for details on the 2009 AAAS Annual Meeting, 12-16 February. The Poster Submission site opens on 8 July 2008.
The Student Poster Competition recognizes the individual efforts of undergraduate and graduate students working toward a degree. Posters are judged at the meeting. Winners in each category receive a cash award and framed certificate. Postdoctoral scholars who hold a doctoral degree are not eligible to enter. The AAAS General Poster Session is open to postdocs and professionals.
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] Brian Pompeii presenting his poster [Photo by Michael J. Colella, Colellaphoto.com for AAAS]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116032826im_/http://www.aaas.org/meetings/Annual_Meeting/2008_boston/program/posters/posters_student_winners/pompeii_sat2104.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Brian Pompeii presenting his poster [Photo by Michael J. Colella, Colellaphoto.com for AAAS]")
