Every February, the Biology Department hosts our annual Graduate Research Day. This day is a celebration of the research that MSc and PhD students undertake in Biology research labs and is a great opportunity to see all of their amazing accomplishments. GRD is a full day of science with posters, presentations and a 3 minute thesis session.

MSc students Max Hendershot and Hunter Herron gave excellent presentations, focused on their research on CYP3A65 and CYP1s, respectively. Both are leveraging our in vitro data with expressed proteins to identify substrates of their respective enzymes. These compounds are then used in vivo to examine the effects of chemical metabolism on toxicity phenotypes in developing zebrafish. MSc Molly Dobrik had a great poster explaining her research plans for Fish Embryo Toxicity (FET) testing in zebrafish, fathead minnow, rainbow trout and walleye to compare the species sensitivity to PFAS precursors.

Congratulations to all the students sharing their research. A very big congratulations to Max for his best presentation award!