Two University of Hawaii at Hilo students received awards for their research at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), a national conference held online November 913. ABRCMS is one of the largest professional conferences for underrepresented students. The four-day conference included more than 2,000 virtual poster and oral presentations given by undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students.

Kailee Yoshimura won her award in the category of Physiology and Pharmacology of an Undergraduate for her research project, Development of Quercetin Containing Polymeric Nanoparticles for Oral Delivery.

Fellow student Michelle Biete received her award in the category of Computational and Systems Biology of an Undergraduate Junior for her presentation on her presentation, A Pragmatic Approach to Standardizing Ultrastructure Morphology in Tissue and Cell Culture.

A total of seven UH Hilo Students of Hawaii Advanced Research Program (SHARP) students, including Yoshimura and Biete, were selected to present their research in biomedical or biobehavioral science as first authors. The other student presenters were:

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