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Apr 2014
Three Greenville Technical College biotechnology students presented their work at the 10th annual SC Upstate Research Symposium, hosted April 18 by USC Upstate. Daniel?le Devoss and Kianna Moss presented ?Anticancer Effects of Blueberry and Pomegranate Extracts on the AGS Gastric Adenocarcinoma Cell Line.? Deniz Dogan presented a project entitled ?Identification of Local Plants Using DNA Barcodes.? The symposium provides a forum for faculty, students, and community representatives to interact, share information and expertise, and nurture future research. The goal is to stimulate research, grant writing, and multi-disciplinary collaborations between Upstate colleges and universities. Dr. Louis Guillette, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Marine Biomedicine and the Environmental Sciences Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, was keynote speaker.