CMB Student, Maria Mikedis (Karen Downs Lab) was selected and recently attended the 61st annual meeting of Nobel Laureates inLindau, Germany. Maria attended the conference from June 26-July 1, 2011. She was selected from an internal UW competition and then a national selection. Based on her thesis advisor holding an NIH grant, Maria's exciting research topic and high productivity within a short period of time, Maria was selected to represent research at the UW-Madison and thus the CMB Program.