Results of the AbSciCon 2015 Student Poster Competition

Winners of the NAI-sponsored Student Poster Competition at AbSciCon have been announced. The top posters were selected out of 93 entries, in a session aimed to encourage and recognize the most promising astrobiologists of the future. Given the large number of submissions and the enthusiastic turnout, the event proved to be the highlight of the conference for students.

First Place: David Fialho, Georgia Tech, Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Model Proto-Nucleosides

Second Place: Timothy Lenz, Georgia Tech, Iron(II) and Magnesium Binding to Full-Length LSU rRNA and an Ancestral Core

Third Place: Ryo Mizuuchi, Osaka University, Adaptive Evolution and Diversity of an Artificial RNA Self-Replication System

Congratulations to David, Timothy and Ryo, and special thanks to everyone who participated.