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A York biology student has won the award for top Physiology & Toxicology Oral Presentation at the 24th annual Ontario Biology Day (OBD) held\u00a0at Wilfrid Laurier University in March.<\/p>\n

Olimpia Del Duca, studying under York biology Professor Andrew Donini, presented her paper, \u201cCarbonic Anhydrase in the Anal Papillae of the Larval Mosquito, Aedes aegypti<\/em>\u201d, to win the prize.<\/p>\n

\"OlimpiaRight: Olimpia Del Duca (left) and York biology Professor Andrew DoniniSuspects\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to Del Duca, 14 York students, representing 12 different biology labs, attended the event. The students, Leila Ashurov, Asma Ali, Alex Bicket, Jason Brennan, Cordy DuBois, Olga Egorova, Ruchi Liyanag, Phankhuri Malik, Fatima Panju, Priyanka Patwary, Nicholas Rapp, Mehwish Riaz, Tudor Saroiu and Kristina Wantola, presented their honours thesis work in either an oral or poster format.<\/p>\n

All together, some 135 oral and 25 poster presentations were delivered from students across the province.<\/p>\n

York\u2019s Department of Biology helped to defray the students\u2019 cost of attending the event. The 2012 Ontario Biology Day<\/a> will be held at Laurentian University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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