Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology undergraduates may qualify for departmental, university, and national awards.

Departmental Awards
BMB Undergraduate Research Awards are given to MSU BMB undergraduate majors to pursue research in the laboratory of a BMB faculty member. For the 2004-2005 academic year, there were three $1000 awards and one $2000 award. One BMB student is also selected for the BMB Undergraduate Award. The BMB department solicits nominations for awards each Spring Semester. Department and College awardees are honored at the BMB Annual Student Awards (Boezi) Banquet in April.
2005 BMB Undergraduate Research Award Winners:
$2,000 – Kartik Viswanathan working with Dr. Kathy Gallo
$1,000 – Keyunna Castleberry-Austin working with Dr. David Arnosti
$1,000 – Monica Markovski working with Dr. Bill Wedemeyer
$1,000 – Bryan Mets working with Dr. Justin McCormick and Dr. Veronica Maher
$1,000 Undergraduate Award - Nathan Zokoe working with Dr. Laurie Kaguni


Dr. Gallo, Kartik Viswanathan


Dr. Wedemeyer,
Monica Markovski

Dr. McCormick, Bryan Mets,
Dr. Maher

Keyunna Castleberry-Austin,
Dr. Arnosti


Nathan Zokoe, Dr. Kaguni

2004-2005 BMB recipients of Outstanding Undergraduate Student Awards (TIE):
Catherine Beauduy working with Dr. Cindy Arvidson
Katherine Ruby working with Dr. John Wang

Catherine Beauduy, Dr. Arvidson

Dr. Wang, Katherine Ruby
 
University Awards
The University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum provides an opportunity for undergraduate researchers to present their work in the form of a poster or oral presentation, or to showcase their creations.
2005 BMB award recipients were:
     Poster Session - First Place
 
Nathan Lord
Sue Ng
Kartik Viswanathan 		   
 
    Poster Session - Merit Oral Presentation - Merit

Shankar Arul
Greg Costakes
Bryan Mets
Sam Molina
Katherine Ruby
Monica Markovski
 
The University also selects students for MSU Outstanding Seniors and MSU Board of Trustees’ Awards.
BMB majors who received these awards in 2005 were:
    MSU Outstanding SeniorsMSU Board of Trustees’ Award
        
    Bhooma Aravamuthan, Travis Reed, Sue Ng		   
Bhooma Aravamuthan
Sue Ng
 
National Awards
Students in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology have also won national awards:
2004 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship recipients:
   
Nathan Lord (Triezenberg lab) and Bhooma Aravamuthan (Burton lab) were among 310 nation-wide recipients. Sze-ling Ng (Kuo lab) received honorable mention for the Goldwater Scholarship.
 
American Society for Microbiology Research Fellowship


James Doroghazi (Triezenberg lab) received a
2004 Undergraduate Research Fellowship
from the American Society for Microbiology.

Previous award winners