Viz Students Earn Top Honors at SLU Biochemistry Symposium

3/27/2026

Four Visitation Academy Independent Honors Research students—Sandra K. ’26, Evie C. ’27, Aadrika B. ’28, and Giovanna S. ’29—recently participated in the Saint Louis University American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Symposium.

All four students presented during the Poster Session, with Sandra K. and Giovanna S. advancing to the Oral Poster Competition. Giovanna earned first place, marking the first time a Visitation student has received this top honor. Giovanna’s award-winning project, “Li-Fraumeni Syndrome: A Study of Non-Cancerous Single Allele Autosomal Dominant Individuals,” highlights the depth of research conducted by Viz students.

Visitation has participated in this highly competitive symposium for four years, consistently earning recognition and regularly having the highest number of students invited among area schools.

All Independent Honors Research students will present their work at the Visitation Academy Spring Science Symposium in April.

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Congratulations to Giovanna, who earned first place in the Oral Poster Competition.
Aadrika with her poster on pediatric obesity.
Evie with her poster on radiation therapy-induced pelvic toxicities.
Sandra also advanced from the Poster Session to the Oral Poster Competition with her poster, Understanding Eye Disease in Morquio A.

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