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BSCI undergraduate Ralph Passarella wins research prize at the 2009 American Association for Cancer Research conference.

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4/28/2009
7:16 am
Biological Sciences student Ralph J. Passarella won first prize in the Undergraduate Student Caucus and Poster Competition at the 2009 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference in Denver. Mr. Passarella was lead author on a study of radiation-guided delivery of nanoparticle-chemotherapy complex using recombinant peptides. He is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology and he intends to pursue Honors Research through the Biological Sciences Department in the Radiation Biology laboratory of Dennis Hallahan, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology. Mr. Passarella's $1,500 cash award from the AACR can be used for future AACR meeting or to purchase academic supplies.