USF Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair Collaboration with Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Wins at Oktoberfest!  Crupa Kurien and Josean Cruz are the winners of best poster presentation in the Science, Medicine, and Society category.  Crupa and Josean are both senior undergraduate students affiliated with the USF Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (CMMB) department.

The title of their poster was “Mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) changes in spinal cord gray and white matter of ALS patients”.  This was a collaborative project between the CMMB Department and the USF Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair.  The project was supported by departmental funds for Dr. Patrick Bradshaw, Ph.D., and Dr. Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis, Ph.D., D.Sc.