Four biology students, Ryan Campbell, Jose D. Corvera Garcia, Eric Stomberg and Madison Wall, presented their senior thesis research at the Minnesota Academy of Science on April 25, 2026. The meeting was held on the campus of Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. Jose Corvera Garcia and Madison Wall were first place co-award winners of the Beta Beta Beta National Honor Society Frank G. Brooks presentation award. Madison and Jose were also MAS award winners of their individual oral sessions. The title of the students’ research presentations and their advisor are:
TBX2 EXPRESSION HAS NO INFLUENCE ON THE RESPONSE OF SKBR3 CELLS BUT SENSITIZES ZR-75-1 CELLS TO HERCEPTIN
Madison R. Wall and Matthew Rowley (Advisor)
DECREASING CK2 ACTIVITY WITH COPPER CHELATORS TO SUPPRESS PDL-1 EXPRESSION ON AN IN VITRO MODEL OF
OSTEOSARCOMA
Jose D. Corvera Garcia and Megan A. Girtman (Advisor)
LW1497-MEDIATED INHIBITION ALTERS MDH2 EXPRESSION IN PANCREATIC CANCER CELLS
Eric Stomberg and Alison Bates (Advisor)
THE EFFECTS OF COLCHICINE DRUG ON CELL VIABILITY IN AN IN VITRO MODEL OF OSTEOSARCOMA
Ryan M Campbell and Dr. Megan Girtman (Advisor)
