- Rozovsky wins prestigious NSF Early Career Award
- UD students meet alumni, experience 'closing bell' at NYSE
- Newark Police seek assistance in identifying suspects in robbery
- Rivlin says bipartisan budget action, stronger budget rules key to reversing debt
- Stink bugs shouldn't pose problem until late summer
- Gao to honor Placido Domingo in Washington performance
- Adopt-A-Highway project keeps Lewes road clean
- WVUD's Radiothon fundraiser runs April 1-10
- W.D. Snodgrass Symposium to honor Pulitzer winner
- New guide helps cancer patients manage symptoms
- UD in the News, March 25, 2011
- For the Record, March 25, 2011
- Public opinion expert discusses world views of U.S. in Global Agenda series
- Congressional delegation, dean laud Center for Community Research and Service program
- Center for Political Communication sets symposium on politics, entertainment
- Students work to raise funds, awareness of domestic violence
- Equestrian team wins regional championship in Western riding
- Markell, Harker stress importance of agriculture to Delaware's economy
- Carol A. Ammon MBA Case Competition winners announced
- Prof presents blood-clotting studies at Gordon Research Conference
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month events, programs announced
- Stay connected with Sea Grant, CEOE e-newsletter
- A message to UD regarding the tragedy in Japan
- More News >>
- March 31-May 14: REP stages Neil Simon's 'The Good Doctor'
- April 2: Newark plans annual 'wine and dine'
- April 5: Expert perspective on U.S. health care
- April 5: Comedian Ace Guillen to visit Scrounge
- April 6, May 4: School of Nursing sponsors research lecture series
- April 6-May 4: Confucius Institute presents Chinese Film Series on Wednesdays
- April 6: IPCC's Pachauri to discuss sustainable development in DENIN Dialogue Series
- April 7: 'WVUDstock' radiothon concert announced
- April 8: English Language Institute presents 'Arts in Translation'
- April 9: Green and Healthy Living Expo planned at The Bob
- April 9: Center for Political Communication to host Onion editor
- April 10: Alumni Easter Egg-stravaganza planned
- April 11: CDS session to focus on visual assistive technologies
- April 12: T.J. Stiles to speak at UDLA annual dinner
- April 15, 16: Annual UD push lawnmower tune-up scheduled
- April 15, 16: Master Players series presents iMusic 4, China Magpie
- April 15, 16: Delaware Symphony, UD chorus to perform Mahler work
- April 18: Former NFL Coach Bill Cowher featured in UD Speaks
- April 21-24: Sesame Street Live brings Elmo and friends to The Bob
- April 30: Save the date for Ag Day 2011 at UD
- April 30: Symposium to consider 'Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface'
- April 30-May 1: Relay for Life set at Delaware Field House
- May 4: Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium announced
- May 5: Northwestern University's Leon Keer to deliver Kerr lecture
- May 7: Women's volleyball team to host second annual Spring Fling
- Through May 3: SPPA announces speakers for 10th annual lecture series
- Through May 4: Global Agenda sees U.S. through others' eyes; World Bank president to speak
- Through May 4: 'Research on Race, Ethnicity, Culture' topic of series
- Through May 9: Black American Studies announces lecture series
- Through May 11: 'Challenges in Jewish Culture' lecture series announced
- Through May 11: Area Studies research featured in speaker series
- Through June 5: 'Andy Warhol: Behind the Camera' on view in Old College Gallery
- Through July 15: 'Bodyscapes' on view at Mechanical Hall Gallery
- More What's Happening >>
- UD calendar >>
- Middle States evaluation team on campus April 5
- Phipps named HR Liaison of the Quarter
- Senior wins iPad for participating in assessment study
- April 19: Procurement Services schedules information sessions
- UD Bookstore announces spring break hours
- HealthyU Wellness Program encourages employees to 'Step into Spring'
- April 8-29: Faculty roundtable series considers student engagement
- GRE is changing; learn more at April 15 info session
- April 30: UD Evening with Blue Rocks set for employees
- Morris Library to be open 24/7 during final exams
- More Campus FYI >>
7:36 a.m., May 8, 2009----Kathryn Teixeira, a senior majoring in biological sciences at the University of Delaware, presented her cancer research to members of Congress on May 5 in Washington, D.C., as a participant in the 2009 Posters on the Hill, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research.
Teixeira's research project was one of only 60 selected from 425 applications submitted from across the United States. Her adviser is Deni Galileo, associate professor of biological sciences at UD and a founding member of the newly formed Delaware Center for Brain Disease and Translational Neuroscience.
“When human breast cancer cells metastasize to the brain, it usually results in patient death in months,” said Teixeira, a UD Honors Program student.
Her poster, “Quantitative Analysis of Breast Cancer Metastasis to Brain,” described her work to identify a sensitive new model system based on chick embryos for studying the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer cells to the brain. Her research using the new quantitative system also showed that breast cancer cells preferentially target the brain.
During her visit to Capitol Hill, Teixeira had the opportunity to meet with all three members of Delaware's Congressional delegation, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman and Representative Mike Castle, and tell them about her project.
“Undergraduate research has allowed me to apply what I've learned in class to something real, and by doing this I've learned to think critically and creatively to find answers to questions.” Teixeira said. “Working with Dr. Galileo has given me the opportunity to attend national research meetings, where I've been able to learn about the different kinds of research that scientists are doing and about all of the career possibilities in science.”
Teixeira has been working in Galileo's laboratory for about two years. The Galileo lab research and Teixeira's summer internships have been supported by the National Institutes of Health's IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) grant to Delaware, which was recently renewed and continues to be managed by the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, a major center for life sciences research at UD.
After defending her senior thesis in a few weeks, Teixeira, who is from Glassboro, N.J., will graduate with a bachelor of science degree in biological sciences.
“At the Posters on the Hill meeting, I was able to see how science and policy can work together and how they're able to influence one another,” she says. “This is really important to me because I'm planning on pursuing a career in public health, and this field relies on the cooperation of scientists, doctors, and policy makers.”
While most of the 40 states represented at the event had one student participant, Delaware was one of only three states that had three students presenting their research projects: from UD, Delaware State University, and Delaware Technical & Community College.
Every University of Delaware college, department, and research center provides hands-on research opportunities for interested undergraduate students. About 700 students actively participate in research projects each year, according to the UD Undergraduate Research Program.
Article by Tracey Bryant