Stevenson University Biology

Ecological Research on Amphibians and Reptiles

meredithdurmowicz — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:01:02 +0000

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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 rattlesnake.

Chloe Etzler – Biology alum studies Cardiac Failure

meredithdurmowicz — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:48:38 +0000

Chloe Etzler

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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 of cardiac patients within the first 30 days of their initial heart attack. The goal is to reduce the number of patients who are readmitted to the hospital due to heart failure.

Biology grad earns honors

meredithdurmowicz — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:24:51 +0000

Jenna Moyer, junior biology major

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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. Her achievement will be noted on her transcript. Jenna plans to go on to earn a second bachelor’s degree in anthropology and then pursue graduate study. Congratulations Jenna!

Biology alum studies cancer treatments

meredithdurmowicz — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:32:19 +0000

Tim Schatz

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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 Hopkins clinicians and researchers studying genetic markers for cancer.

Organ Donation Internship

meredithdurmowicz — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:18:36 +0000

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 her daily activities, Megan accompanied her mentor to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for rounds so that they could identify potential tissue donors. Megan used this experience to explore in depth the issues associated with tissue donation and make recommendations about how to increase the numbers of donors.

SU alum is Chief Resident in Emergency/Internal Medicine

meredithdurmowicz — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:10:10 +0000

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 2005 from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Congratulations Keri!

DNA cross-linking studies

meredithdurmowicz — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:02:13 +0000

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 many of the current chemotherapeutic drugs work by causing these cross-links in DNA, and some tumor cells are able to repair them and continue to grow. This is Leah’s third semester of doing research with both biology and chemistry faculty.

Veterinary Medicine Internship

meredithdurmowicz — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:56:19 +0000

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. Allan Frank, where she participated in and was exposed to the daily activities of the vets and veterinary technicians, as well as special surgeries and procedures. For her paper, Kristin investigated the ethics of optional medical procedures such as ear cropping and tail docking. Kristin is currently working full-time at Hunt Valley Veterinary Hospital and planning on attending vet school in the near future.

Biology grad is first author

meredithdurmowicz — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:41:14 +0000

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 laboratory of Dr. Erik Lillehoj at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In that work, Katie studied the production of Interleukin-8 in airway epithelial cells as a result of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Congratulations Katie!

Biology senior presents research on fly muscle development

meredithdurmowicz — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:36:13 +0000

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 flightless phenotype in fruit flies. It is thought that the gene functions in muscle contraction.