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Lucas BonDurant receives Graduate Student Best Paper Competition

Congratulations to Lucas BonDurant of the Department of Pharmacology who was voted first place in the PBI Student Best Paper Competition and recipient of a $750 travel award. BonDurant’s research, completed in the lab of Dr. Matthew Potthoff, is entitled “FGF21 Mediates Endocrine Control of Simple Sugar Intake and Sweet Taste Preference by the Liver” and was published in the journal Cell Metabolism. The finalists were judged on clarity of presentation, answers to the questions, knowledge of the area, engagement of the audience, and significance of the work.

Date: 
Friday, January 22, 2016