Adolescent, Appetitive, and Avoidant, Oh My!
This past Saturday undergrad students Ryan Le and Sun Woo Kim presented a culmination of their past years research at the 35th Annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program (UBRP) Conference. Ryan’s first UBRP conference saw him describing how pharmacological manipulations affected tolerance to heat, something that all local Tucsonans could sympathize with, as part of a project studying interoception. Sun’s final UBRP conference as a senior provided her the opportunity to educate the general public on the brain and body changes over adolescence, and how these may relate to tolerance to delays.
Not a dry eye remained in the conference after Dr. Gothard was celebrated as this year’s outstanding faculty mentor. Sun nominated Dr. Gothard after feeling she had grown up in the lab since her freshman year, and that through the guidance of her mentor she was able to reach her goals of medical school and applying to a PhD program.
Congratulations once again to our students and Kati for her continuous efforts in inspiring the next generation of scientists.
