Professor Mertz and Students Present Research at National Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting Chuck Steenburgh April 22, 2025 - 10:59 pm
April 22, 2025
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Pamela Mertz, PhD and four students presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) in Chicago, Illinois, from April 12-15, 2025.
Students Emily Friedman '25, Aidan Glover '25, Tamani Kingsland '25 and Isabella Schindler '25 each presented posters on their St. Mary's Projects. In addition to presenting in a poster session during the main meeting, each of the students presented their research as part of an undergraduate poster competition. The student projects included:
Mertz had a multifaceted role at the meeting. She presented as first author on "Investigating Faculty Workload at PUI Institutions through a National Survey." She was also a co-author on two additional posters featuring her work with BioMolViz, a network promoting the use of biomolecular visualization in teaching: "Voicing Visual Literacy: Student Interviews to Improve Biomolecular Visualization Assessments" and "Adapting Project Management Strategies to Build a Biomolecular Visualization Assessment Repository."
In her role as chair of ASBMB's Student Chapters Committee, Mertz led a committee retreat, read the names of the ASBMB Honor Society and Outstanding Chapter Award winners during an awards ceremony at the meeting, and gave the opening remarks at a reception for undergraduate faculty hosted by the committee.
Finally, Mertz served as a lead judge for the undergraduate poster competition.
April 22, 2025
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Pamela Mertz, PhD and four students presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) in Chicago, Illinois, from April 12-15, 2025.
Students Emily Friedman '25, Aidan Glover '25, Tamani Kingsland '25 and Isabella Schindler '25 each presented posters on their St. Mary's Projects. In addition to presenting in a poster session during the main meeting, each of the students presented their research as part of an undergraduate poster competition. The student projects included:
- Emily Friedman: "Exploring the Role of Phosphorylation in Malate Dehydrogenase: Enzymatic Analysis of Phosphomimetic Mutant S227D" (mentored by Mertz)
- Aidan Glover: "Kinetic Analysis of Human Mitochondrial Malate Dehydrogenase Phosphomimetic Mutant T212D with alpha Ketoglutarate and Oxaloacetate" (mentored by Mertz)
- Tamani Kingland: "Investigation of Quercetin-Induced Upregulation of Caspase-8 Utilizing Liposome Vesicle Transport" (mentored by Mertz)
- Isabella Schindler: "Evolution of Cadmium-resistant Bacterial in Agricultural Soils" (Faculty mentor: Assistant Professor Lorena Torres Martinez)
Mertz had a multifaceted role at the meeting. She presented as first author on "Investigating Faculty Workload at PUI Institutions through a National Survey." She was also a co-author on two additional posters featuring her work with BioMolViz, a network promoting the use of biomolecular visualization in teaching: "Voicing Visual Literacy: Student Interviews to Improve Biomolecular Visualization Assessments" and "Adapting Project Management Strategies to Build a Biomolecular Visualization Assessment Repository."
In her role as chair of ASBMB's Student Chapters Committee, Mertz led a committee retreat, read the names of the ASBMB Honor Society and Outstanding Chapter Award winners during an awards ceremony at the meeting, and gave the opening remarks at a reception for undergraduate faculty hosted by the committee.
Finally, Mertz served as a lead judge for the undergraduate poster competition.