{"id":104734,"date":"2025-01-09T13:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=104734"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:49:52","slug":"mary-washington-biology-majors-capture-research-grants-at-statewide-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/09\/mary-washington-biology-majors-capture-research-grants-at-statewide-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Washington Biology Majors Capture Research Grants at Statewide Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_104735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104735\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"104735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/09\/mary-washington-biology-majors-capture-research-grants-at-statewide-conference\/image001-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image001.png\" data-orig-size=\"2016,1512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image001-300x225.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image001-1024x768.png\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt wp-image-104735 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image001-300x225.png\" alt=\"UMW senior Max de la Cruz Morrobel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image001-300x225.png 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image001-1024x768.png 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image001-768x576.png 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image001-1536x1152.png 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image001.png 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMW senior Max de la Cruz Morrobel displays their research project during the Virginia Academy of Science conference in November, earning one of 10 grants awarded.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>When the Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) awarded 10 competitive grants at its Fall Meeting in November, students from the University of Mary Washington claimed four of them \u2013 highlighting the University\u2019s dedication to undergraduate research.<\/p>\n<p>Held at Ferrum College, the annual conference brought together aspiring scientists from across Virginia to present their research and compete for funding. This year, UMW biology majors stood out among their peers from larger institutions, securing nearly half of the available grants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving the opportunity to share what I\u2019ve been working on for nearly a year was rewarding,\u201d said senior Bonnie Butler, a grant recipient recognized for her project <em>The Effects of PDGFRb Activation on Vasculature in HUVEC Cells Transfected with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Repeats<\/em>. Working with Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Ginny Morriss, Butler examined the role of growth factors in blood vessel formation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be one of a handful of UMW students to win a grant is truly an honor,\u201d Butler said. \u201cThe success UMW had at VAS speaks volumes about the University and the opportunities and support it provides its undergraduate students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senior Max de la Cruz Morrobel focused on plant hormones that regulate growth. Their project, <em>Expression of Plasmodesmal Regulatory Genes in Response to Brassinosteroids<\/em>, conducted under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Biological Sciences April Wynn, has meaningful implications for crop production. Wynn is an elected officer in VAS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will work hard to pay the grant I generously received from the VAS conference forward to society through my agricultural research,\u201d de la Cruz Morrobel said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/09\\\/mary-washington-biology-majors-capture-research-grants-at-statewide-conference\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 551px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"551\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 551px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"551\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/09\/mary-washington-biology-majors-capture-research-grants-at-statewide-conference\/image002-3\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"547\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104736\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-scaled.jpg?w=730&#038;h=547&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image002-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" width=\"730\" height=\"547\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"547\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"UMW students and faculty traveled to Ferrum College to participate in the Virginia Academy of Science Fall Undergraduate Meeting in November.\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 547px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW students and faculty traveled to Ferrum College to participate in the Virginia Academy of Science Fall Undergraduate Meeting in November. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 551px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"551\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/09\/mary-washington-biology-majors-capture-research-grants-at-statewide-conference\/image004-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"272\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104738\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=272&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image004-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" width=\"362\" height=\"272\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"272\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"The conference served as both a poster presentation competition and networking opportunity for students statewide, including UMW students Gabby Valle and Caroline Turner (pictured).\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 272px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The conference served as both a poster presentation competition and networking opportunity for students statewide, including UMW students Gabby Valle and Caroline Turner (pictured). <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/09\/mary-washington-biology-majors-capture-research-grants-at-statewide-conference\/image003-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"271\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104737\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=271&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/image003-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" width=\"362\" height=\"271\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"271\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"UMW biology majors, including Rebecca Cherian (pictured), took part in the competition, which served as a platform for undergraduate research proposals.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 271px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW biology majors, including Rebecca Cherian (pictured), took part in the competition, which served as a platform for undergraduate research proposals. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Also under Morriss\u2019s mentorship, junior Eleni Kepler investigated <em>The Effects of\u00a0Myoglianin\u00a0Knockdown in\u00a0Drosophila melanogaster\u00a0with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1<\/em>, identifying ways to improve muscle growth and reduce insulin resistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresenting at VAS was an incredibly rewarding experience,\u201d Kepler said. \u201cIt gave me a lot of pride to be from a smaller institution among much larger schools and still win an award. It speaks to the quality of research at UMW.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Junior Tyler Downs rounded out UMW\u2019s grant recipients with his project, <em>Genome-wide Cytotoxicity Effects of Mycobacteriophage Mercurio<\/em>, which explored how to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. His work, conducted under Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Swati Agrawal, tackles a global health challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The Fall Undergraduate Research Meeting, established in 2001, serves as both a poster presentation competition and networking opportunity for students statewide. In addition to the grant recipients, several other UMW students showcased their research, including Caroline Turner, Gabriela Valle, Caroline Sampson, Emma Jones, Rebecca Cherion, Natalie Fox, Michael Combs, Delaney Humphrey, Christopher Anderson, Lexi Miller, Briza Valdez-Llamas and Loren Delgadillo-Llano.<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more about research opportunities at Mary Washington, visit UMW\u2019s <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/students\/guidelines-for-undergraduate-research-applications\/\"><em>undergraduate research webpage. <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) awarded 10 competitive grants at its Fall Meeting in November, students from the University of Mary Washington claimed four of them \u2013 highlighting the University\u2019s dedication to undergraduate research. 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