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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 94
BY SENATOR CHABERT
A RESOLUTION
To commend Nicholls State University senior biology student Anthony Naquin for being
selected to present his research as part of the recent Posters on the Hill exhibition in
Washington D.C.
WHEREAS, Anthony Naquin, a resident of Thibodaux, is a senior biology student
at Nicholls State University; and
WHEREAS, he has been conducting research on antibiotic resistant genes and
bacteria under the direction of Nicholls professor Dr. Ramaraj Boopathy; and
WHEREAS, Anthony's research was originally conducted for a Nicholls biology
seminar and was approved for publication in the Journal of Water Sustainability and the
scholarly publication, Bioresource Technology; and
WHEREAS, his research focuses on the presence of antibiotic genes and bacteria in
the Thibodaux sewage treatment plant; and
WHEREAS, Anthony was one of sixty students, and the only one from Louisiana,
out of over five hundred applicants, selected to present his research at the Posters on the Hill
exhibition in April of this year; and
WHEREAS, the Posters on the Hill exhibition takes place annually at the Rayburn
House Office Building on Capitol Hill and is hosted by the Council on Undergraduate
Research; and
WHEREAS, Anthony is a graduate of E.D. White Catholic High School and plans
to attend the Louisiana State University School of Medicine this fall.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Nicholls State University senior biology student Anthony Naquin for
being selected to present his research as part of the recent Posters on the Hill exhibition in
Washington D.C.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Anthony Naquin.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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