Biochemistry majors Callie Miller and Audrey Short selected as 2017-2018 Beckman Scholars

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By Susan Meikle, university news and communications
Miami University students Callie Miller and Audrey Short have been selected as Beckman Scholars for 2017-2018. The $19,300 scholarship provides exceptional undergraduate students with continued support for a mentored research project over two summers and one academic year.

Callie Miller. Read more about her research with Mike Crowder here.
Miami was one of 12 schools to receive the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Scholars Program Institutional Award for 2016-2019. The program allows Miami to offer the Beckman Scholarship for up to five students over three years. 
Miller, a sophomore biochemistry and French double major from Champaign, Illinois, is mentored by Mike Crowder, professor and chair of chemistry and biochemistry. She has been conducting research with Crowder since she started at Miami last year.
She is working on Crowder’s research project on designing clinical inhibitors of metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs), which render bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
“While only being a rising sophomore, Callie has quickly mastered a large number of research techniques in the lab, and she is leading her own project,” Crowder said. “She is a co-author on two submitted manuscripts, and I expect many more in the future. Her research trajectory is unbelievable, and I cannot wait to see what she accomplishes in the future.”
Miller is a member of the university honors program and treasurer of Miami’s club sailing team.  

Audrey Short. Read more about her research with Michael Kennedy here.
Short, a junior biochemistry major and physics minor from Atlanta, Georgia, is mentored by Michael Kennedy, Ohio Eminent Scholar of Structural Biology. 
Short joined Kennedy’s large lab group during her first semester at Miami. She is involved in Kennedy’s project to determine the role that gut microbes play in triggering Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in genetically susceptible individuals. 
Kennedy’s doctoral student Will Joesten has worked closely with Short since she ...

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