Student projects on display at Research Conference

SUNY Poly Students Katherine Dakiewich, Daniel Yaciuk, and Jessica Seaman at the Second Annual SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference at SUNY Cobleskill.

The hard work and research of SUNY Poly students was on full display this year at the Second Annual SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) held at SUNY Cobleskill.

More than 500 students and faculty from throughout the SUNY and CUNY systems gathered at Cobleskill to present their research in the form of poster and oral presentations. Among those hundreds of presentations were a trio of projects by SUNY Poly students with help from their faculty advisors.

A poster presenting the work of Jessica Seaman on Human 2’-O-Ribose Methyltransferases and the Oxidative Stress Response was advised by Dr. Lauren Endres.

Katherine Daskiewich presented a poster on Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in CYP2A13 Gene and Generation of Corresponding Cdnas for Functional Studies. Her advisor for the project was Dr. Narayan Sharma.

Daniel Yaciuk gave an oral presentation on Symmetry Analysis of the Modified Emden Equation. Yaciuk was advised by Dr. Zora Thomova.

The keynote address at the 2016 SURC event was delivered by renowned cancer researcher Dr. Jill Bargonetti, Professor of Biological Sciences at Hunter College and Chair of the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental PhD Subprogram in Biology at the CUNY Graduate Center.

SURC brings together undergraduate student researchers and faculty mentors from across the state for a full day of panel presentations, artistic displays, poster presentations, a keynote speaker, a SUNY Graduate School Fair and Career Fair, and professional development workshops for students and faculty.

The event will be hosted at a different SUNY institution each year, aiming to create opportunities for learning, engagement, collaboration and discussion outside of traditional classroom settings.