Congratulations to Karla A. Montejo in winning 1st Place Undergraduate Student on her Oral Presentation on "Graphene oxide coated microcapsules".  Her mentors are Dr. Jessica Ramella-Roman fr<a href="https://bme.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/KarlaMontejoMARCSymposium2016.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5901 alignleft" src="https://bme.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/KarlaMontejoMARCSymposium2016-300x243.jpg" alt="karlamontejomarcsymposium2016" width="300" height="243" /></a>om our home college of C.E.C. and Dr. Chinedum Osuji from Yale University.

The FIU MARC U*STAR Program provides involvement in activities that contribute to developing a culture of inquiry and to exploring ideas in science and technology. The program provides access to personal mentoring and increased exposure to good biomedical science and the thrill of research.