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Spotlight on Students: Daisy Achiriloaie 鈥�24 Co-Authors Paper in Experimental Biophysics
Not many people can say they co-authored a scientific research paper in experimental biophysics during their first year of college. Unless, that is, you鈥檙e Daisy Achiriloaie 鈥�24.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood and Tessa Solomon-Lane Explain the Neuroscience of Catfishing in Salon
Stacey Wood, professor of psychology and Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, and Tessa Solomon-Lane, professor of biology in the W.M. Keck Science Department, explain how catfishers exploit basic human neuroscience in Salon.
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In the Media: Lars Schmitz Discusses Modern Imaging Techniques and Paleontology in National Geographic
Lars Schmitz, associate professor of biology in the W.M. Keck Science Department, spoke聽to National Geographic about the valuable role that modern imaging techniques play in paleontological discoveries.
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Scripps Students and Alumnae Lead Research on DNA Conversion Technology in Biochemistry
This past summer, six Scripps students and alumnae from W.M. Keck Science Department Associate Professor of Biochemistry Aaron Leconte鈥檚 lab were published in the peer-reviewed journal Biochemistry.
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In the Media: Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert Explores Cells’ Response to Stress on Academic Minute Podcast
Associate Professor of Biology Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert explored how cells respond to stress at the molecular level on the Academic Minute podcast.
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Environmental Chemistry Students Collaborate Overseas to Revive Bangkok Canals
With funding from The Claremont College鈥檚 EnvironLab Asia聽initiative, a laboratory that links knowledge with practice, environmental chemistry students from Scripps, Pitzer, and Claremont McKenna teamed up with graduate-level design students at Bangkok鈥檚 King Mongkut鈥檚 University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) to conceptualize methods of reviving the canal metropolis.
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Kitchen Chromatography and Virtual Escape Rooms: Chemistry Faculty Adapt to Remote Instruction
Natalie Tsai ’22 said the class has inspired her to become more involved with chemistry-related research, specifically antibiotic discovery. 鈥淭his course showed me the multitude of ways that chemists can make an impact in their communities,鈥� she said.
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Student Spotlight: Sophia Albanese 鈥�21 Explores Impact of Cellular Stress
Long before starting at Scripps, biology major Sophia Albanese 鈥�21 knew scientific exploration would be in her future. The child of an attorney and a chemist, she 鈥済rew up surrounded by science and law,鈥� and in middle school got her first glimpse of how she could pursue this goal at the W.M. Keck Science Center during a tour of The Claremont Colleges.
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Mikayla Chang 鈥�20鈥檚 Eye-Opening Senior Thesis
Prior to obtaining an unexpected research opportunity with Associate Professor of Biology Lars Schmitz, Mikayla Chang 鈥�20 had never truly considered the human eyeball. But that鈥檚 all it took for her eyes to open to the complexities and wonder of this sensory phenomenon.
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In the Media: National Geographic Discusses Professor Lars Schmitz’ Discovery of New Dinosaur Species
W.M. Keck Science Department Associate Professor of Biology Lars Schmitz spoke to National Geographic about the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, Oculudentavis khaungraae. An international team of researchers, including Schmitz, discovered what is seemingly the mature skull of a specimen preserved in Burmese amber.
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