DISTINGUISHED MASTER’S THESIS AWARD

Adela Chavez Poses with Appreciative Cow

Adela Oliva Chavez was named recipient of the U of M 2008 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award.  The Graduate School has nominated her for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) master’s thesis award.  

Her MS thesis – Expression of Anaplasma Marginale Major Surface Protein 2 Variants During Culture in Tick and Mammalian Cells – is groundbreaking in the field of vector ecology, specifically tick transmission of pathogens to domestic cattle.  To carry out her research, she had to master highly advanced techniques such as in vitro cultivation of tick cell lines as well as immunologic and molecular techniques.  

Chavez obtained the M.S. degree in February 2008 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. under the direction of Professor Ulrike Munderloh.