Jarvis Christian University students and faculty have been working for eight weeks this summer, from June 3 through June 26, on a National Science Foundation Grant-funded research project on green synthesis of nanoparticles and bioactive compounds to combat the growth and proliferation of human cancer cells. JCU faculty Dr. Shakhawat Bhuiyan, Dr. Glendora Carter, Dr. Antoineshia Hollman, Dr. Widodo Samyona, and Dr. Yefer Suarez, along with visiting profesor Dr. Kenie Moses of Southern University of Shreveport, Louisiana (SUSLA), have all worked diligently together with students to find breakthroughs in cancer treatments that could benefit all of humankind.
The nine college student researchers that have been involved in JCU cancer research include:
- Briana Adeoye of JCU
- Diamond Vaughn of JCU
- Tamara Beasley of JCU
- Derrick Rhodes II of JCU
- Caleb Mitchell of JCU
- Billy Swanson of JCU
- Daniel Obi of University of Houston
- Allison Owens of SUSLA
- Caira Green of SUSLA
"The research the students have done is excellent," Dr. Bhuiyan said. "We will submit their research to be considered for presentation at the 2024 Annual Biomedical Research Conference For Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) Graduate Symposium in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, this coming November."
ABRCMS has for 20 years provided a space for historically excluded undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, administrators and post-doctoral students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to showcase their research.
