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Volume CXII, Issue 12
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Student Maria Budelman Presents Research at ACSM Conference, Awaits International Journal of Exercise Science Publication On Nov. 8, Maria Budelman, a Manhattan University senior and kinesiology major, presented her research project, “Mind Over Injury: Exploring Mental Imagery as a Game Changer in Athletic Rehabilitation”, at the American College of Sports Medicine’s [ACSM] Greater New York Regional Chapters Fall Conference. The conference took place at NYU Langone Health with Budelman being listed under
the undergraduate original research category. Budelman spoke with The Quadrangle about her research, along with the future publication of her research abstract in the International Journal of Exercise Science [IJES]. Budelman researched the effect of mental imagery on the rehabilitation process for four months, after which she wrote an essay on her research. From there, she presented her work in October at the ACSM conference alongside her research faculty supervisor, Jeff Cherubini, Ph.D., MU professor of kinesiology and
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health. Budelman received funding for her research from the Fenton Summer Scholarship program. “My research was on mental imagery and injury rehabilitation in athletes,” Budelman said. “I looked at how mental imagery can help athletes in their rehab process, cognitively, motivationally, with pain management and with feeling. I looked at those four different factors, and I surveyed 133 athletes from Manhattan University, and from other surrounding __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
MU Biology Students Win Contest at MACUB Annual Conference Joshua Reichard Staff Writer Eleven Manhattan University students traveled to Molloy University to attend the 58th annual Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (MACUB) conference on Oct. 25. A handful of biology students were recognized and awarded at the event, including two MU students who placed highly in the developmental biology and genetics poster contest. Nicholas Melendez tied for first place and Eloiza Sanchez earned third place. MACUB is a nonprofit organization of college and university biologists in the tristate area. The organization’s purpose is, “to stimulate dialogue among college and university biologists, provide members with a forum to present the results of their scientific and educational research, and to resolve transfer, and articulation problems between two and four year colleges,” according to the website for this year’s conference. Along with various panels and presentations from scientists, students who attend have the opportunity to submit posters of their scientific
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findings to be judged. Nicholas Melendez, a junior biology major, spoke with The Quadrangle about the conference and his winning project which focused on the genetic research he did as a biology summer research scholar. “We utilized RNAi knockdown to underexpress specific genes that were a part of the ABCA transporter family, that work to moderate the efflux of cholesterol out of the cell,” Melendez said. “When knocking those [RNAi] down, we hypothesized that we would see an increase in brain size and neuron density as well as overall concentration of cholesterol.” Melendez was nervous about the conference and his presentation at first, as this was his first time attending, but soon realized that since the judges have scientific backgrounds, he could speak with them scientifically and they would understand. “I was a little bit stressed at first, but with repeating the presentation over and over again, you really get to know it at some point,” Melendez said. “Presenting it to judges with a scientific background, it was definitely a lot easier… They usually say you have to limit your use of scientific __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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