DHS alum Noried DeJesus' research celebrated at biomedical conference

Work done through DHS' MSI program tops list of more than 1,000 posters

November 14, 2007

Noried DeJesus (at left), a participant in the 2007 DHS Minority Serving Institutions Summer Research Team Program, was recognized for an outstanding poster presentation at the 2007 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, ABRCMS, held November 7-11 in Austin, Texas.

At the conference, Noried was awarded a certificate of achievement recognizing her work in the category of microbiology. The conference was sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and managed by the American Society of Microbiology.

The poster Noried presented described her virology research conducted this summer at Texas A&M University. She was a member of a team from the University of Puerto Rico in Ponce and funded by the DHS Science & Technology Directorate's Office of University Programs. The team was led by Dr. Edu Suarez-Marinez (shown at lower left).

"We just want to thank DHS, the Summer Research Team Program MSI, and Desiree Linson (DHS University Programs Deputy Director) on behalf of our success," said Dr. Suarez-Marinez. "This award represents the first of many that we expect to achieve working under the DHS umbrella and is a tangible outcome for the assessment of the Program."

Noried's poster was recognized from among a collection of more than 1,000 posters presented at ABRCMS. The meeting is considered to be one of the most competitive national research meetings for minority students pursuing advanced training in biomedical sciences. This year's event attracted more than 2,600 students, researchers, administrators and faculty from more than 285 U.S. colleges and universities.