Biagio Niro Earns Spot in Intensive BW Summer Scholars Program

2014 Aug 15

Biagio Niro of Seven Hills recently completed the 10-week Baldwin Wallace University Summer Scholars Program. Coordinated by Undergraduate Research and Creative Studies, Summer Scholars provides a funded opportunity for BW students to pursue their own projects in the context of an intellectual community that shares seminars, field trips and access to other scholars within, and beyond, the University. Niro was one of 11 students selected for the elite program.

Niro is a junior majoring in neuroscience-biology who worked with Dr. Jacqueline Morris on "Knockdown of the PAD2 Gene and its Implications in Neuronal Development." The project used a zebrafish model to look for an enzyme called PAD2 that is regulated in patients who suffer from multiple sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disorder. Summer Scholars is one of many opportunities BW offers that enables the partnership between a student and professor in a creative, hands-on approach to learning.