Arkansas Delegation Does Outstanding Job at MCBIOS 2014

We just made it back from MCBIOS, and the Arkansas delegation did an outstanding job at MCBIOS

Student Oral Presentation Awards (3 of 3):

  • Karl Walker, (UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Student Program) – First Place
  • Shraddha Thakkar, (UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Student Program) Second Place
  • Mihir Jaiswal, (UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Student Program) Third Place

Student Poster Presentation Awards (1 of 6)

  • Shraddha Thakkar, (UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Student Program), First Place Biology

Post-Doctoral Awards (2 of 2)

  • Michael Bauer, Ph.D. Post Doc, UAMS, Myeloma Center (Former Student of the UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Program)
  • Erich Peterson Ph.D. Post Doc, UAMS, Myeloma Center (Former Student of the UALR Department of Computer Sciences)

Leadership Awards (4 of 9): Recognition Certificates to:

  • Shraddha Thakkar ((UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Student Program)
  • Mihir Jaiswal (UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Student Program)
  • Hang Luo (UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Student Program)
  • Meenakshisundaram Balasubramaniam (UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Student Program)

Special Invited Speaker (1 of 4 Keynote Speakers)

  • William Slikker, Ph. D, Director NCTR

MCBIOS Board Elections (2 of the 4 positions open for election)

  • Elected to the MCBIOS Board (2014-2017): Shraddha Thakkar ((UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Student Program)
  • Elected as Chair-Elect of the MCBIOS Board, Cesar M. Compadre, Ph.D. UAMS College of Pharmacy, Bioinformatics Graduate Facult
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