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City Tech Student Places First for Best Sophomore-level Poster Presentation in Chemistry at National Biomedical Research Conference in New Orleans
hemical Technology Student Angelica Bravo
This past November, three City Tech students -- Julieth Ballesteros, Angelica Bravo and Shorn Edwards -- traveled to New Orleans with Physical and Biological Sciences Professors Tony Nicolas, Walied Samarrai and Carlos Estol to present their research findings at the 2002 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. The conference, sponsored by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NHI) and managed by the American Society for Microbiology, exposed them to Nobel Laureates and other leaders in science. Bravo, who is also an American Chemical Society Scholar, was the winner of the best sophomore-level student poster presentation in chemistry at the conference.
In the field of biomedical science, City Tech offers qualified students a variety of both on- and off-campus opportunities to engage in related research thanks to two NIH-funded programs -- Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) and Dual Bridges to the Baccalaureate (BRIDGES). These programs are designed to increase the number of students who choose to pursue a baccalaureate degree in a science and to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in biomedical research.
RISE introduces students to research activities through an introductory research course in protein chemistry, DNA science, organic and biochemistry and a summer research rotation with one of our faculty or in a research laboratory. In their final semester, RISE students are able to take advantage of the BRIDGES initiative. BRIDGES is a student research transfer-oriented collaboration involving City Tech, Brooklyn College and The City College of New York that enables participating students to earn a baccalaureate degree in a science. Since 2001, six City Tech BRIDGE students have presented at national conferences with an equal number of RISE students attending.
