Beth Schlimm
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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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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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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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Dr. Wendy Kimber
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Biology faculty member Dr. Wendy Kimber has been awarded a Stevenson University Faculty Research Development Grant for the 2010-2011 academic year. Dr. Kimber will use the funds to continue her research into gene expression patterns in mouse embryonic stem cells this summer. So far, her [...]
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Leah Griffith at NCUR 2010
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Congratulations to biology junior Leah Griffith! She recently presented her fall research at the 2010 National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the University of Montana. Leah presented a poster of her research into the effectiveness of bleach in removing DNA contamination from blood. She did this [...]
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Josh Vogel at NCUR 2010
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Biology senior Josh Vogel recently presented his senior capstone research on the Rift Valley Fever Virus at the 2010 National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the University of Montana. Josh’s poster described his work studying the proteins with which the virus interacts during [...]
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SU at the University of Montana
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Biology students Josh Vogel and Leah Griffith and faculty Steve Mrozinski and Merrie Durmowicz recently traveled to the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana to attend the 2010 National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Leah and Josh both presented posters of their [...]
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John Mann
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Biology senior John Mann is shown here working with the fruit flies he is studying to learn more about muscle development. He is doing his senior capstone research with biology faculty member Dr. Andy Kreuz, trying to determine the location of a mutation that causes flies [...]
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Alfred Tetteh
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Biology senior Alfred Tetteh is working with biology faculty member Wendy Kimber, studying the expression of genes during early development of mouse embryonic stem cells. He is continuing work done by Dr. Kimber’s previous students, studying genes that are involved in the early development of mouse [...]
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