Undergraduate Researcher
Senior Ava Conyer is researching polycombs repressive complexes to root out diseases.
Biography
As a part of her studies, senior chemical engineering major Ava Conyer has conducted and participates in ongoing research across an array of focuses—from studying engineering and patent law—to the basics of understanding Polycomb repressive complexes. She is solving problems by learning why certain genes turn into those that make some people more susceptible to certain diseases and cancers.