Beth Schlimm
Originally uploaded by Meredith Durmowicz
Beth Schlimm (BIO ‘08) is working at The Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center in Newton, Georgia. She is involved in surveying the populations of different kinds of amphibians and reptiles which include tortoises, crocodiles, and snakes. Beth is seen in this photo handling a venomous eastern diamond [...]
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Posted in Alumni, Biology News, Uncategorized on Aug 28th, 2010
Chloe Etzler
Originally uploaded by Meredith Durmowicz
Chloe Etzler (BIO ’09) just completed her first year at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Chloe (seen second from the left in the photo) is spending the summer conducting research at Jefferson. She is looking at ways to predict the chance of hospital readmission [...]
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Jenna Moyer, junior biology major
Originally uploaded by Meredith Durmowicz
Jenna Moyer (BIO ‘10) earned Honors in Biology upon graduation this year. In order to earn the honor, Jenna completed an independent project under the mentorship of Dr. Joe Matanoski, completed a graduate-style seminar course, and maintained a science GPA higher than 3.5 during her four years. [...]
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Posted in Alumni, Biology News, Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2010
Tim Schatz
Originally uploaded by Meredith Durmowicz
Tim Schatz (BIO ‘09) is a laboratory technician at cancer diagnostics company BioMarker Strategies. Tim is engaged in research that focuses on the drug treatment selection for cancer patients with breast, colon, lung, pancreatic, and other solid tumors. The company was recently started in Baltimore by [...]
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Megan Kane
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Biology senior Megan Kane, who graduated this May, is shown here presenting her work at her Senior Capstone Internship this spring. Megan worked at the Living Legacy Foundation, which is responsible for coordinating all organ donations in most of the State of Maryland. As part of [...]
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Keri Jacobs (LT:SCI ‘99) is one of two chief residents in Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Jacobs is in her last year of this unique five-year training program and she will eligible for board certification in both emergency medicine and internal medicine. Dr. Jacobs received her medical degree in [...]
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Leah Griffith
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Biology junior Leah Griffith recently presented her current research at the annual spring poster session in May. Leah worked with chemistry faculty member Dr. Tracey Mason, studying DNA cross-linking and repair mechanisms in bacterial and mammalian cells. The work has important implications for cancer treatments, because [...]
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Kristin Fleischmann
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Biology grad Kristin Fleischmann (BIO ‘10) is shown here presenting her Senior Internship Capstone work at our annual School of the Sciences Spring Research and Internship Poster Session in May. Kristin spent her semester working at the Hunt Valley Veterinary Hospital under the mentorship of Dr. [...]
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Katie Beasley Shanks (BIO ‘08) will be a published author this summer! Her manuscript, on which she is the first author, has been accepted to the Journal of Clinical and Vaccine Immunology and will be published later this summer. The article describes work that Katie did as a senior during her research capstone, in the [...]
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John Mann
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John Mann is shown here presenting his senior research at the annual Spring School of the Sciences Research and Internship Poster Session in May. John worked with biology faculty member Dr. Andy Kreuz to identify and locate the position of a gene responsible for a [...]
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