Tag: REU

Larry Lawal entered the Alabama Launchpad  Competition

Larry Lawal entered the Alabama Launchpad startup business competition and out of 27 contestants, he made the cut to the Top 10.  The Top 10 will be considered for prizes totaling $100,000.  Per al.com, “Healthfundit: is the only peer-reviewed, subscription-based crowd funding portal for health research and biotechnology at academic institutions.   Team leader is Larry Lawal. Based in Birmingham.”

Each contestant will present their plans to a panel of judges on July 12, 2013.  We wish Larry good luck and we’re certainly proud of this accomplishment.

Crowdfunding Panel Discussion

On June 13, 2013, Larry served on a panel to discuss “Crowd-funding” which is essentially a network of people that pool their money together to support the ventures of members of the network.  Larry was idea for this panel given his recent startup:  Healthfundit.  We wish Larry continued success in his efforts to develop and grow his business.

2012:  Congratulations to Taoreed “Larry” Lawal for being the recipient of the 2012 Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award.  Larry continues to impress with his diligence in seeking opportunities that will serve the research community well.

HealthFundit website will not launch until November 2013, but you can “like” it Facebook and follow on Twitter.

Congratulations to Aditi Naik

Aditi Naik, a participant in our 2012 REU program, has been invited by the Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association to attend the National Collegiate Research Conference 2013.  The conference will be held January 24-26, 2013 at Harvard University.  Aditi was selected from a pool of approximately 400 applicants. The conference’s overall mission is one of promoting interdisciplinary research among Harvard undergraduates.  The NCRC’s expanded reach offers students like Aditi tremendous opportunities to network with peers, educators and industry professionals.  Aditi will showcase her REU research by presenting a poster and I am sure she’ll be a shining example for the REU program.

Congratulations Aditi Naik.   

2012 Summer Research Expo

Each summer, the REU program culminates with the participants presenting their research posters in a campus wide expo. The Expo categories are Life Sciences (I,II,III), Physical Sciences and Engineering (I, II) and Public Health and Social and Behavioral Sciences (I, II). Because of the large number of participants in the Expo, all three categories are divided into multiple groups for judging purposes. Our REU participants presented posters in the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences and Engineering categories.

The posters are judged by volunteer faculty and postdocs according to their backgrounds.  Awards are given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each category as well as honorable mentions.  Below are our 2012 Summer Research Expo Winners:

Physical Sciences & Engineering 1

Physical Sciences & Engineering II

Congratulations to Our Expo Winners!

UAB-REU Participant Larry Lawal is named Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for the Academic Year 2008-2009

Taoreed “Larry” Lawal of Hoover, Alabama is a junior majoring in biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). In 2007, Larry Lawal was selected from a pool of 70 undergraduate students and supported under a NSF-REU-site program that is entitled “Regional Initiative to Promote Undergraduate Participation in Experimental and Computational Materials Research” (PI Yogesh Vohra, UAB).

Larry Lawal’s research project involves measuring intermolecular interactions of proteins in solution and their applications in structure-based drug design. Larry Lawal also won the first place prize in the 2007 Summer Research Poster session organized for physical sciences, engineering and computer science on UAB campus. Larry Lawal also serves as a chief editor of the undergraduate research publication “Inquiro” that operates by a blind, peer review process conducted by UAB faculty, researchers, and distinguished undergraduate students and maintains the highest standards of scholastic integrity.
Larry Lawal was among the three hundred twenty-one mathematics, science and engineering undergraduate students that were named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars from over a pool of thousand students that were nominated from various colleges and universities nationwide in 2008.Taoreed “Larry” Lawal of Hoover, Alabama is a junior majoring in biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). In 2007, Larry Lawal was selected from a pool of 70 undergraduate students and supported under a NSF-REU-site program that is entitled “Regional Initiative to Promote Undergraduate Participation in Experimental and Computational Materials Research” (PI Yogesh Vohra, UAB). Larry Lawal’s research project involves measuring intermolecular interactions of proteins in solution and their applications in structure-based drug design.

Larry Lawal also won the first place prize in the 2007 Summer Research Poster session organized for physical sciences, engineering and computer science on UAB campus. Larry Lawal also serves as a chief editor of the undergraduate research publication “Inquiro” that operates by a blind, peer review process conducted by UAB faculty, researchers, and distinguished undergraduate students and maintains the highest standards of scholastic integrity.

After graduation Larry Lawal plans to pursue a MD/PhD degree.