Nazanin Omidi was selected as one of 50 students to participate in the Mississippi Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Symposium at the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) annual meeting to be held from February 18 – 19 2016 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The students will compete for top presentation prizes in the symposium. Two of the other students in the group, Sunethra Dayavansha and Ukesh Koju will also be giving talks at the meeting.