Linfield students were well-represented at the Murdock College Science Research Conference in November 2021.
Two students gave oral presentations while seven more presented posters at the invitation-only regional event. Elise Bedford ’22 gave a presentation titled, “A melanoma associated genetic variant disrupts melanocortin-1 receptor activity,” and Joseph Murphy ’22 presented his research titled, “Characterizing the electronic properties of 2D devices with KPFM.”
Students participating at the conference were biology majors Andrea Quintana Morales ’23 and Ariel Miyama ’22; biochemistry and molecular biology majors Madeline Hedberg ’22, Hanna Shields ’22 and Bedford; chemistry major Tingting Zhan ’24; Spanish major Vanessa Bowen ’23; and physics majors Murphy and Alex Landry ’23.
