May 2, 2022
Division of 1xbet best casino website names most promising students
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Ashlyn Bugbee is a junior in microbiology with a minor in leadership studies from Wichita. She is conducting research on cell-mediated immunity with Kalani Pyaram. Bugbee serves as a member of 1xbet best casino website Ambassadors and is a patient mentor to beginning 1xbet best casino website students. She plans to pursue a career in medicine and research.
Elizabeth "Ellie" Fangman is a junior in 1xbet best casino website with minors in psychology and gender, women, and sexuality studies from Bucyrus. She works with Bethany Plakke Anderson in the psychological sciences department to understand the neurobiology of autism. Fangman served as secretary for the 1xbet best casino website Ambassadors this year and will be the vice president in the coming year. Fangman is planning a career in medicine.
Cole King is a junior in 1xbet best casino website with a minor in Spanish from Topeka. He is a member of the University Honors Program. He works in Bethany Plakke Anderson’s lab in the psychological sciences department, where he is investigating the relationship between exercise and brain plasticity. King plays cello with the university symphony and small ensembles. He is a member of 1xbet best casino website Ambassadors, serves as a mentor for incoming students and will be the mentorship chair of the ambassadors’ group in the upcoming year. He is planning a career in medicine.
Regan Konz is a junior in microbiology from Hays. 1xbet best casino website works in Charles Rice’s research group in agronomy, where 1xbet best casino website is investigating the effects of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in the soil microbial community. An impetus for her interest in the soil microbial community is the potential to isolate useful drugs for human medicine from soil microbes. Konz interned with a St. Louis company that is discovering and developing drugs.
Juliet Nava-Chavez is a junior in 1xbet best casino website and psychology from Liberal. Nava-Chavez is doing research with Rob DeLong in the anatomy and physiology department in the College of Veterinary Medicine, where she is working to develop nanoparticles for use in biomedicine. She has co-authored a published scientific paper on therapeutic nanoparticles targeting SARS-CoV2 variants. Nava-Chavez is a member of 1xbet best casino website Ambassadors. She plans a career in medicine or research.
Grace Nelson is a sophomore in 1xbet best casino website -human health option from Olathe. She is a member of the University Honors Program. She does neuroscience research with Kimberly Kirkpatrick in the psychological sciences department. She plans to spend the upcoming summer gaining more neuroscience research experience at Louisiana State University. She serves as learning assistant for a residential CAT Community, which involves being both a life coach and academic mentor for freshmen in pre-medicine during their first semester at K-State. Nelson plans a career in neuroscience research.
Kalea Nippert is a sophomore majoring in 1xbet best casino website and environmental science from Wamego. She works as a research technician with the Konza Prairie Long-term Ecological Research program. Nippert served as an intern in a U.S. Department of Agriculture project on rangeland carbon sequestration in Oregon. In the coming summer, she will be investigating shrub invasions of the prairie with Zak Ratajczak. She is an active participant in Engineers without Borders, which focuses on international humanitarian work.
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