In a chapel at Evangel University in Missouri, senior Randi Block stood in front of a crowd and spoke. Her voice echoed against the high ceilings and the bright lights illuminated her face as she presented with the help of a PowerPoint projected on a screen normally used for religious song lyrics. But she wasn’t making...
Senior Delaney Lehman spent a summer finding a compound that could be synthesized to cure Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a mutation that causes severe handicaps, in her internship with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. To clarify: This research had nothing to do with sharks, French monarchs, or dental problems. The incurable disease, which affects...
Senior Micah Heinz knew little about the oxygen-transporting protein hemocyanin before last summer, so naturally, he researched it through the Hillsdale College LAUREATES program. “It wasn’t something I was familiar with before, but I’ve been interested in it ever since,” Heinz said. Hemocyanin is found in the blood of arthropod species such as horseshoe crabs...
Synthesizing a group of molecules and testing their biological applications can be difficult to accomplish in a six-week span, according to senior biochemistry major Katelyn Bercaw. To help future researchers, Bercaw spent part of her summer synthesizing several types of quinolines, a group of molecules known to have medicinal applications. The quinoline library she constructed...
People rarely talk about low humidity as a contributing factor in the spread of influenza, but the low humidity levels in the U.S. this year may be one of the reasons for the tough flu season. Research over the past decade shows increased humidity can help prevent the spread of influenza. Assistant Professor of Biology...