UDM Biology student honored with undergraduate travel award
March 04, 2026
Mariana Gonzalez Palacios, a UDM senior Biology major, has been awarded the fall 2025 Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Award. The award covers the conference-attendance costs for undergraduate Genetics Society of America members presenting their research at the Annual Drosophila Research Conference in March.
Gonzalez Palacios will present her research on the impact of multiple mutations on the physical traits of fruit flies.