Stevenson University Biology

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Krystal Burns, biology major, completed her Senior Research Capstone at the University of Maryland Dental School in the laboratory of Dr. Ashraf Fouad, chair of the Department of Endodontics. Her project focused on determining whether the bacteria that are present in tooth infections are still present after root canal treatment.

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Senior biology major Kevin Motz (facing the camera, far left), had a popular poster at our recent poster session. He completed his senior research at the Baltimore VA Hospital with Dr. Heidi Ortmeyer, studying a compound that has shown promise as a diabetes drug.

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Senior biology major Ryan Krempel is pictured here with his Senior Research Capstone mentors, Dr. Connie Schmaljohn and Dr. Shannon Taylor, researchers from the US Army Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick. Ryan completed his senior research in Dr. Schmaljohn’s group, studying the mechanisms used by hantaviruses to avoid [...]

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Kim Schaffer, junior biology major, worked with biology faculty member Dr. Andy Kreuz studying a protein involved in muscle development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Flies with mutations in one of the genes that encodes this protein are not able to fly, even though they have wings that appear to [...]

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Junior biology major John Amoroso presented the results of his Independent Research course project to the board of directors of Soldiers Delight Conservation, Inc., the friends and advocacy group of Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area. John’s field research examined the effect of deer browsing on an endangered plant in the reserve. John’s work is an [...]

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Senior biology major Chloe Etzler recently presented her senior research work at the 11th Annual Fall Science and Math Research and Internship Poster Session. Chloe completed her work at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in the laboratory of Dr. Meredith Bond. She studied a structural protein in cardiac cells [...]

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Amanda Barrett – Senior Capstone Research
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The Senior Capstone Research of Amanda Barrett involves studying invasive grass species and the effect that soil composition has on the invasiveness of the grasses, which are popular landscaping plants. Her work with biology faculty member Joe Matanoski has important implications for natural resource managers, particularly [...]

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Stephanie Bryson in lab
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Senior biology major Stephanie Bryson is completing her Senior Research Capstone with biology faculty member Susan Youngren. The two are studying genes that lead to the coat patterning seen in paint horses, a breed that is highly desirable by breeders and owners. They are characterizing the mutation that [...]

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Here is BIO major Heather Hanley again. She is demonstrating how she measured the growth of the Wisconsin Fast Plants during an experiment when she took BIO 114 from me in a previous semester. We want our students to be very well rounded in biology, math and science in general when they [...]

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Here is my BIO 365 Independent Research student, Heather Hanley, testing a new electrophoresis buffer system. This system promises to reduce the time it takes to run DNA in an agarose gel by a whopping 5-fold or more! In other words, a gel that usually takes 100 minutes to complete can be [...]

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