Awards presented to minority researchers

The second annual Minority Programs Research Day was held at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in August, 1999. Four researchers won cash prizes for their outstanding work. Congratulations to the following winners.  

First Place--Graduate Level
Catherine White
Examining the Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  Staphylolytic Protease (Elastase A) in an In Vitro Assay

First Place--Undergraduate Level
Don Custodio
Fetal Rat Neurotoxicity Due to Severe Maternal Hypoxia: Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors (Non NMDA) and Magnesium Sulfate

Second Place--Undergraduate Level
Katherine Rayson
The Membrane Insertion of a Pore-Forming Protein

Second Place--Graduate Level
Sonya Greene
Transcriptional Regulation of PRFA and its Effects on Listeria Monocytogenes Virulence Gene Expression