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Bo Park (P1) Receives ASM Undergraduate Research Capstone Project

ASM UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 10/01/2014 – The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has selected Bo Park from Oregon State University as a 2014 award recipient of the ASM Undergraduate Research Capstone Program.

The goal of the capstone program is to “fulfill the later stages of undergraduate professional development” for underrepresented minority students (URM). This program seeks to enhance the presentation skills of students after their research experiences. The ASM Undergraduate Research Capstone Program (UR-Capstone) focuses on enhancing presentations and networking skills, and provide students with resources to transition to disciplinary scientific
meetings.

Capstone awardees demonstrate superior research project involvement and knowledge, commitment to research, and academic achievement. Each awardee received up to a $1,500 travel support to the ASM Research Capstone Institute and 114th ASM General Meeting (if their abstract was accepted) and two-year ASM student membership.

This year, twenty-six applications were received and sixteen were awarded. Of the sixteen awardees, six students are from research and doctoral granting universities and eight students are from undergraduate and masters’ granting institutions, two students are from associate’s institutions.

Dr. Aleksandra E. Sikora from Oregon State University is Bo Park’s mentor. The title of the research project is: Elucidating the structure and function of a novel metalloprotease secreted by Vibrio cholerae.

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), headquartered in Washington, DC, is the oldest and largest single biological membership organization, with over 43,000 members worldwide. Please visit http://www.asm.org/urc for more information on this fellowship.