Manchester University’s 25th annual Student Research Symposium will feature keynote speaker Sefunmi Babatunde and her presentation, “Investigating the Systemic Effect of Jasmonic Acid Wounding Pathways in Soybean Seedlings.”
Manchester University’s 25th annual Student Research Symposium will feature keynote speaker Sefunmi Babatunde and her presentation, “Investigating the Systemic Effect of Jasmonic Acid Wounding Pathways in Soybean Seedlings.”
Babatunde is a senior majoring in biology-chemistry from Indianapolis. A Ben Davis High School graduate, she worked with faculty mentor Jennifer Robison, assistant professor of biology.
The primary goal of the research is to investigate the role of the jasmonic acid, an organic compound found in some plants, after a soybean seedling is wounded.
Babatunde has been accepted into the Master of Science in pathology program at the University at Buffalo, New York. There, she will participate in cell biology-based research and hopes to matriculate into a PhD MD program going forward.
The keynote address is scheduled at 6 p.m. Friday, April 28 in the upper level of the Jo Young Switzer Center.
The Manchester University Student Research Symposium is a showcase for undergraduate and graduate research across disciplines. The Symposium was started by then-Dean Jo Young Switzer in 1999 to give students and faculty an opportunity to collaborate on research. It continues to be one of our most significant campus events, offering high-quality presentations.
The public is welcome to attend.
The tentative schedule is:
3:35-4:45 p.m. Concurrent sessions in the Martha Cunningham and Joseph Cunningham Academic Center
4:45-5:55 p.m. Posters in the Switzer’s Speicher Room
6 – 6:30 p.m. Keynote in Switzer’s Lahman Room
6:30-6:45 p.m. Student awards in the Lahman Room
Forty-three posters and more than a dozen speakers are included, spanning 11 disciplines.
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