Jaquelia Conley
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Sophomore Amanda Hieatzman will travel to Colorado with biology faculty member Wendy Kimber this month to present her research at the Keystone Symposium on Stem Cells. Amanda studied the expression of ubiquitin-related genes during the early development of mouse embryonic cells. She will present her work as a poster at the 3-day [...]
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Jillian Kline – Fall 2009
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Biology junior Jillian Kline is shown here presenting her research poster at the recent Science and Math Fall Research and Internship Poster Session. Jillian worked with biology faculty member Hildy Sanders to study gene expression in the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under different [...]
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Josh Vogel – Fall 2009
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Biology senior Josh Vogel is shown here at the Fall Research and Internship Poster Session, presenting his work on the Rift Valley Fever virus. Josh investigated protein interactions between viral and host proteins during the infection process with Dr. Lou Altamura at USAMRIID Fort Detrick. Josh will [...]
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Melissa Betz
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Biology junior Melissa Betz worked with math faculty member Dr. Christopher Barat to analyze data from a collaborative study of heart failure. Working with scientists at Johns Hopkins, Melissa studied predictors of natriuretic peptide levels in a canine model of induced heart failure. She presented her [...]
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John and Zach
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Biology major John Amoroso is completing his senior capstone research in the laboratory of Dr. Geoffrey Schoenbaum at the University of Maryland Medical School. John is studying neuronal activity during learning processes in rats. He’s currently spending much of his time making microelectrodes which he [...]
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Matt Bramble
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Biology major Matt Bramble completed his senior research capstone this summer at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, in a competitive summer research program. Matt used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to study the structure and folding of the protein dihydrofolate reductase, an important metabolic [...]
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Dr. Hildy Sanders, Professor of Biology
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Dr. Hildagarde Sanders has been teaching at Stevenson University for over 25 years. A biochemist, Dr. Sanders studies the metabolism of the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. She and her students use microarray technology to study gene expression in the yeast when it [...]
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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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The University community celebrated the spring science and math research and internship students at a poster session in May. Over 30 students presented their work in research and internships to the university and mentors from the local professional community.
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Matt Bramble in lab
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Biology junior Matt Bramble has spent his summer at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, doing protein NMR research. He is one of 12 students from all over the country who were selected to participate in the NSF-funded Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates [...]
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