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The UWL College of Science and Health's Science & Health News is published online in January and July for more than 11,200 alumni and friends of the college.

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Kiona Leeman

Kiona Leeman, Biology student, received the Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award from the Botanical Society of America. This competitive award provides $1,500 to support her master's thesis research on parasitic plant evolution and systematics.

Submitted on: May 7

Maria Jerabek, Elena Kozich and Adam Schneider

Maria Jerabek and Elena Kozich, biology students; and Adam Schneider, biology faculty member, were interviewed by WEAU on May 6 about a course embedded research project in Schneider's Plant Taxonomy class where students used DNA barcoding to identify tree roots that had infiltrated the concrete liner of the La Crosse city reservoir on Grandad Bluff.

Submitted on: May 7

Scott Cooper

Scott Cooper, Biology, presented "From Burrow to Bedside: Platelet Resistance to Cold Storage in Hibernating Ground Squirrels" at Grand Rounds, Massachusetts General Hospital on May 2 online. Research on advances in the cold storage of platelets was made to the Harvard Medical School transfusion team.

Submitted on: May 5

Samantha Lyons

Samantha Lyons, Biology student, received the River Studies Center Kristine Strodthoff Graduate Research Fellowship from UWL River Studies Center. Lyons is a Master of Science graduate student in the Biology Department working with Biology Professor Tisha King-Heiden to study the immunotoxic effects of chronic exposure to PFAS in fish.

Submitted on: May 2

Josh Galvin

Josh Galvin, Biology student, received a second place award for "Best Student Platform Presentation at Midwest Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting" on April 15 in Maplewood, MN.

Submitted on: May 1