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  4. MBIM Summer Students Present at the Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium

MBIM Summer Students Present at the Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium

Three MBIM Summer Students (Mason DeLaMater, Katelin Kellar, Bailee Brinkley, above) presented their research projects at the Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium at UAMS on July 23, 2025. Congratulations on your hard-work and productive summer!

Bailee Brinkley (INBRE Undergrad Fellow from Arkansas Tech University, mentor: Dr. Craig Forrest)


Katelin Kellar (INBRE Undergrad Fellow from Arkansas State University, mentor: Dr. Mark Manzano)


Mason DeLaMater (Summer Research Internship Undergrad from Princeton University, mentor: Dr. Mark Smeltzer)

Posted by mmanzano on July 24, 2025

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