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- At the College of Science Student Research Day students from many departments share the results of their work.
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- A student goes over the details of her research at the College of Science annual event.
San Jose State University students will be presenting on more than 50 research projects at the 12th Annual SJSU College of Science Student Research Day, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Duncan Hall breezeway.
Students from Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Geological Sciences, Mathematics, Meteorology and Climate Science, and Physics and Astronomy will be presenting at the event on topics ranging from the impact of drought on invasive plant species to using music to analyze protein sequences to surveying the densest and fluffiest galaxies.
Among the many topics that have been pursued by students and faculty mentors, Professor Alberto A. Rascon, Jr. and his students will present two posters describing research on mosquitoes. The students have been studying the enzymes involved in the blood meal digestion process of the Zika virus-carrying mosquito (Aedes aegypti) in hopes of understanding if the enzymes have any effect on mosquito viral infection.
The 12th Annual SJSU College of Science Student Research Day is free and open to the public.