Violetta Vasquez of Laredo Presents Research at Texas Academy of Sciences Meeting

GEORGETOWN, TX (03/07/2011)(readMedia)-- Violetta Vasquez of Laredo presented research at the Texas Academy of Science meeting held March 3-4 at St. Edward's University in Austin.

Vasquez presented a poster on "Characterization and mapping of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants."

Vasquez is a student at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She conducted the research under the direction of Biology Professor Andrew Woodward.

Southwestern University is a selective, nationally recognized undergraduate liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,300 students. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in Texas. For more information on Southwestern, visit www.southwestern.edu.