DSU Excels in Neuroscience Symposium Poster Competition

A DSU post doctorate research fellow, a Ph.D. candidate and an undergraduate recently made their mark  at the 8th annual Neuroscience Symposium and Poster Session, from which they brought back research poster competition awards to Delaware State University.

Joseph Lombardo, a DSU neuroscience post doctorate from Torino, Italy, won first place in the post doctoral/research assistant category for his poster entitled “Prolonged Spinal Network Activation Induces Adaptive Alterations in Spinal Motoneuron Intrinsic Excitability.”

Karla Sanchez, a neuroscience PhD candidate from Bowie, Md., took second place in the graduate division for her poster “Astrocyte Neuron Interactions in Synchronous Bursting Behavior.”

Xenia Davis, a sophomore biological science major from Wilmington, Del., won the third place award in the undergraduate division with her poster “Synergistic Damage of Commercially Available Environmental Toxins in Parkinson’s Disease Models.”

 The Dec. 4 Symposium was held at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute in Newark. The competition featured 38 poster presenters – six in the post doctoral/research assistant category, 18 in the graduate division and 14 in the undergrad division.