Poster Award goes to . . . Alison Wirshing!

Congratulations to Biology PhD student Alison Wirshing for winning the International Society of Differentiation Beverly McKinnell Student Award (and 1000€) at the Society for Developmental Biology Poster Competition this past weekend! Alison participated in the 75th Annual Meeting ISD 19th International Conference (http://sdbonline.org/2016mtg). After being selected as finalists from the poster session, Alison and the other finalists had 3 minutes to present their work to a panel of 10 judges. Alison’s poster was entitled Development of organized stress fibers in a model contractile tube coincides with cell contraction following tissue stretch and is dependent on Ca2+ signaling and myosin II activity.

Great job, Alison and congrats as well to her advisor, Prof. Erin Cram!

Research is a big focus at Northeastern and certainly a primary focus in our Biology Graduate Programs. Our students receive training to excel in their future careers by publishing and presenting their research. Faculty advisors guide the students to be successful researchers and mentor students to build successful careers in both academia and industry.

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