Christopher Payton of Malone Awarded St. Lawrence University Fellowship

2014 May 22

Christopher R. Payton of Malone has been awarded a St. Lawrence University Fellowship for a summer 2014 research project. A member of the Class of 2015 at St. Lawrence, Payton is majoring in biology. Payton graduated from Franklin Academy High School.

Payton's University Fellowship project is titled Administration Site of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: Potential Role of Macrophages in Biodistribution.

The St. Lawrence University Fellows program aims to provide new opportunities for student intellectual growth. The program promotes close student-faculty collaboration and enables students to begin their academic research, laying the foundation for integrative, credit-bearing activity during the next academic year. Students awarded a University Fellowship will work with a faculty mentor and receive a stipend during the summer session.

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