The 2022 Karle Symposium was held in the chemistry building last week. The Karle symposium is a yearly event named for Isabella and Jerome Karle, distinguished graduates of our department, who worked together to advance X-ray crystallography methods. This year’s keynote speaker was Dr. Alan Aspuru-Guzik from the University of Toronto.

The Bailey Lab was represented by rising fifth-year, Marina Sarcinella (above), and rising fourth-year, Krista Meserve (left), who presented their work as posters in the poster sessions. Krista won a travel award for her work on Ebola Virus diagnostics! Great job to both!

In addition to the Karle Symposium, the ALUMINUM (Alumni Networking at UMich) and URANIUM (Undergraduate Research and Networking at UMich) symposia were held last week. Rising senior, Sam Edgcombe (right), presented her work on nanodisc optimization at the poster session. Awesome job, Sam!