MGCCC student presents findings at biomedical research conference

Victoria Reid, left, of Gulfport, a student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's Jefferson Davis campus, was invited to present a poster at the Southeast Regional Institutional Development Award (IDeA) meeting held in Biloxi. Her presentation, 'The Role of msaABCR operon in Biofilm Development in Staphylococcus epidermidis,' is the result of findings from the biomedical research class offered at MGCCC by Jefferson Davis campus science instructor Erin Riggins, right, as part of the Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence program. Other JD campus biomedical research students attending the conference were Cotton Massengill of Gulfport and Katherine Lindgren, Jonathan Barrientos and Michelle Everett, all of Biloxi.

This story was originally published December 28, 2015 at 7:45 AM with the headline "MGCCC student presents findings at biomedical research conference ."