Stevenson University Biology

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Dawn Andanar (BT’09) is shown here in front of the poster of her senior internship at CVS during the Spring 09 semester. Dawn spent time working with professionals in all areas of the company, including the corporate headquarters, store pharmacy and loss prevention, among others. Dawn is [...]

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Project Lead the Way high school teachers managed to have some fun in the midst of their intensive training at Stevenson University. Teachers from the Medical Interventions course recently exercised their creativity with “The PCR Dance” (click on the link for the video). Here the first cycle of PCR is [...]

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High school teachers in the Project Lead the Way core training for the Human Body Systems course practice building the organs of the human body on their Anatomy-in-Clay models. Over 120 teachers from across the country are here at Stevenson for the month of July for intensive [...]

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Ebony Murphy (BIO ‘09) is shown here presenting her senior capstone research. She worked in the laboratory of Dr. James Nataro at the University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development. Ebony developed a purification procedure for a protein from bacteria that cause diarrheal illnesses in developing countries. [...]

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Biology senior Alisha Borden is shown here in front of the poster of her senior capstone research. Alisha worked with Dr. Alice Ryan at the Baltimore VA Medical Center studying the effect of aerobic exercise on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women.

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High school teachers from across the country have converged on Stevenson University for training in the Project Lead the Way Biomedical Sciences curriculum. During the training, the teachers experience the curriculum as their students will, and discuss approaches and tips for implementing the activities in the curriculum. Here two teachers [...]

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Biology senior Stephanie Bryson completed her senior capstone research with biology faculty member Dr. Susan Youngren. Stephanie and Dr. Youngren studied the genetics of the Tobiano coat pattern in horses. Tobiano horses must exhibit a very specific pattern of white spots in order to be registered as [...]

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Biotechnology senior Michelle Busler completed her senior capstone internship at Chesapeake Biological Laboratories, Inc. She worked in the Quality Assurance group, ensuring compliance with documentation regulations. During her internship, Michelle investigated the issue of process deviations, which occur and must be documented when there is a change [...]

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Dr. Joe Matanoski and biology student Holly Browne were honored with certificates at the 2008-2009 End of Year Celebration for their involvement in the 2008 Summer Science Scholars Research program. Dr. Matanoski mentored Holly and another student, Jenna Moyer (not pictured) on research that studied [...]

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Jenna Lupinetti (BIO ‘07) will enter the graduate program in Counseling Psychology at Frostburg State University in the fall. Upon completion of the 60 credit program, Jenna will earn a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psyhology and be licensed as a psychotherapist. Congratulations Jenna!

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