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Shirley Zhang Attends NCUR Conference

Posted on April 19, 2017 by biology

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One of our honors students, Shirley Zhang, traveled to Memphis to make a presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Her presentation title was "Genetic Identification of Blood Parasites in Galapagos Marine Iguanas.” with co-authors Regis Burkhardt, Scott Glaberman, and Ylenia Chiari.

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