Brooke Tader, a 2017 graduate in biology and chemistry, had a full house when she gave her Student Achievement Conference presentation in Hagg-Sauer Hall.

“I had never done that in front of a large audience,” she said. “It was a great experience.”

Tader shared research she did with Dr. Michael Hamann, professor of biology, on a protein called TCL that has been found to be related to size and growth of cancerous tumors.

She is preparing to begin work on her master’s degree in biology and took part in the BSU conference to gain experience in making a scholarly presentation.

“Student Achievement Day was good preparation for my honor’s thesis defense, which was the following week, and good preparation for presenting my research at the national Experimental Biology conference in Chicago,” Tader said.