Parinaz Emami, a doctoral degree candidate in chemical engineering, recently received the Best Poster Award at Penn State’s Law, Policy and Engineering Biotechnology Symposium. Emami’s poster was titled “Purification of Polysaccharide-Protein Conjugate Vaccines Using Ultrafiltration/Diafiltration Processes.” The poster focused on her research on the purification of polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines, which are primarily used for the prevention of a variety of diseases caused by S. pneumoniae, such as pneumonia and meningitis. More details can be found here