MARC travel awards announced for the Society for Developmental Biology 71st Annual Meeting

FASEB MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for The Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) 71st Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada from July 19-23, 2012. These awards are meant to promote the entry of underrepresented minority students, postdoctorates and scientists into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at the 2012 SDB 71st Annual Meeting.

Awards are given to poster/platform presenters and faculty mentors paired with the students/trainees they mentor. This year MARC conferred 13 awards totaling $24,050.

The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical and behavioral research.

POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)

Jesus Ayala, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao [ASBMB, SDB member]

Albert Hayward, University of Miami [SDB member]

Jason McSheene, Princeton University [SDB member]

Dr. Julian Sosnik, University of California, Irvine [SDB member]

Edward Stronge, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [SDB member]

Dr. Robin Walker, Howard University [APS member]

Niteace Whittington, Georgetown University [SDB member]

FACULTY/MENTOR & STUDENTS/MENTEES (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)

Dr. Mark Burke, Howard University

Heather Carryl, Howard University

Samelia Okpodu, Howard University

Dr. Georges Haddad, Howard University [ASIP member]

Miara Jeffress, Howard University

Nsini Umoh, Howard University

Provided by Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology