ADRIANA AWARD
	The Award
	The ADRIANA award is given annually to the best excellence in research project that has utilized Drosophila as a model organism. The award consists of a cash prize of $500 and a plaque.
	Requirements
	To be eligible for the award you must meet the following the requirements.
	1. You must have completed an Excellence in Research Project in the Spring of the award year.
	2. The project must be carried out in the laboratory of any member of the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.
	3. The focus of the research can be in any area but must use Drosophila as the study organism.
	Faculty
	Faculty in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology that are currently doing research with Drosophila include Professors, Ayala, Bradley, Briscoe, Jafari, Long, Mueller, Ranz, Rose, and Thornton.
	Past Recipients
	1994 - Hideko Yashiro & Hsiao-Wei Chen
	1995 - Daniel Templin
	1996 - Wendy A. Oshiro
	1997 - Uyen N. Dang
	1997 - Uyen N. Dang
	1999 - Erin Gass & Michael Simison
	2000 - Christine Han, "Does hemolymph volume vary between desiccation selected D. melanogaster and their controls?"
	2001 - Phuong Nguyen, "The relationship between feeding rate and foraging path lengths in populations of Drosophila melanogaster selected for ammonia and urea resistance"
	2002 - Nahida Sidey, "The effect of ammonia on the foraging path lengths of Drosophila melanogaster larvae"
	2003 - Justin Hong, "Effects of nutrition on late-life fecundity plateaus in Drosophila melanogaster"
	2005 - Parvin Shojaeian, "The physiology of late-life in Drosophila melanogaster"
	2006 - Behnood Khodyari, "Evaluating Metabolic Rate as a Rule of Investigation for Anti-Aging Pharmacology"
	2007 - Sean Sepulveda, "The relationship between injury, stress resistance, reproduction, and aging in Drosophila melanogaster"
	2007 winner Sean Sepulveda (left) and his faculty advisor, Dr. Michael Rose.