Fall 2009 Senior Internship Capstone students
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Six biology students are starting their senior capstone internships in several different fields. SU students are working with orthopedists, veterinarians, dermatologists and physical therapists, as well as with a clinical core facility that stores, analyzes and provides genetic information on patient samples [...]
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Fall 2009 Senior Research Capstone Students
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Eight seniors are completing their Senior Research Capstone Experience this fall. They are working with faculty at the University of Maryland Medical School in physiology, neurobiology, gerontology and microbiology, and at USAMRIID Fort Detrick. Two of our students completed their research over [...]
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Posted in Biology News, Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2009
First day of school
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The SU Biology Department welcomed back about 240 new and returning biology, biotechnology and medical technology majors on Monday! Many conversations could be heard about great summer research and internship experiences, and vacations, of course! Here biology major Andy Vallade is seen meeting with [...]
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Biotechnology senior Greg Ryu completed his senior internship at Athena Environmental Sciences, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland. Greg worked with another biotechnology senior, Brandon Cooper, to refine one of the company’s protein expression products. Greg is shown here presenting his work as part of the Spring Science and [...]
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Biology senior Ryan Krempel will soon be a published author! His work, “Inhibition of TNF-α-Induced Activation of NF-κB by Hantavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins”, which he co-authored with Dr. Shannon Taylor and Dr. Connie Schmaljohn, will be published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. The [...]
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Kristin Powell (BIO ‘09) has been hired as a Research Assistant at Nutramax Laboratories in Edgewood, Maryland. She will continue work she began during her senior and summer internships. Kristin has been studying potential antioxidants and their effects on chondrocytes and bone development. Congratulations Kristin!
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Posted in Biology News, Uncategorized on Aug 16th, 2009
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Every summer, high school teachers from across the country converge on SU for training in the Project Lead the Way Biomedical Sciences curriculum. The teachers spend an intensive two weeks learning and practicing the hands-on activities, projects and problems, and discussing with each other tips and suggestions [...]
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Biology senior Rachel Bullock is shown here presenting her senior capstone poster at the May poster session. She worked with chemistry faculty member Dr. Tracey Mason, studying crosslinks in DNA and how they are repaired. The work has implications in cancer treatment, because many of the current [...]
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Posted in Biology News, Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2009
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A model for the function of insulin that was created by high school science teachers in SU labs is shown here (click on the link for a video). The teachers created the model during intensive two week training for the Project Lead the Way Biomedical Sciences curriculum. The [...]
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Sara Vogtman (BIO ‘09) recently presented her work in a physical therapy internship at the Science and Math Spring Research and Internship Poster Session. Sara worked at Pro Physical Therapy in Edgewood, where she worked closely with physical therapists and physical therapy aides as they treated patients, [...]
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