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Aug. 31, 2018

#IAmScience Gilberto Perez

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC Research is like a puzzle, and figuring out how the pieces fit together is Gilberto Perez’s favorite part of research. “In research you have to think about the steps,” Perez said. “Most likely, I’m not going to complete the puzzle in my lifetime, but it will help someone else…

Aug. 24, 2018

#IAmScience Alex Marx

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC Sometimes there’s a deeper meaning behind why we do the things we do. Whether it be what we study, or research, the meaning is always there. Alex Marx always knew he would go into medicine, but didn’t expect to do research. Growing up with two parents who are in…

Aug. 20, 2018

#IAmScience Chase Heim

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC Chaise Heim wasn’t reluctant in his pursuit of science. In high school, a program called Triple E gave him his first major exposure to his desired career in the form of an internship. That led him to David Emerich’s lab in MU’s biochemistry department where he spent a cumulative…

Aug. 10, 2018

#IAmScience Rebecca Craigg

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC Being involved in research changes perspective in and out of the lab. Senior Rebecca Craigg came to college thinking science always had an answer. “When I came in as a freshman I thought everything should work,” Craigg said. “If you do an experiment you should get a result. Now,…

Aug. 2, 2018

#IAmScience Skyler Kramer

Senior Skyler Kramer has spent each year of college in a different lab, he currently works in the Sumner Lab at Bond LSC. | photo by Erica Overfelt, Bond LSC By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC College is a time of finding yourself and finding what you actually want to do. For senior Skyler Kramer,…

July 27, 2018

#IAmScience Gabriela Akrap

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC Being the youngest person in the lab has opened the eyes of this English, German and Croatian speaking undergrad. Research was not always on senior Gabriela Akrap’s mind, until Ruthie Angelovici told her to apply for REU (Research Experience for undergrads). Being accepted started two months in Angelovici’s lab…

July 25, 2018

A shift in focus: Lorson moves basic research to drug development

By Roger Meissen & Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC It takes a lot to move a discovery from lab bench to an application that can provide therapeutic benefits to those suffering from disease. Bond LSC’s Chris Lorson is making moves to bridge that gap with the start of Shift Pharmaceuticals. With its formation in March…

July 23, 2018

BPA research brings clarity to chemical’s influence on genes

Cheryl Rosenfeld recently worked with the FDA to study genetic effects of BPA. Her results were published in Epigenetics in July 2018. photo by Roger Meissen | Bond LSC By Roger Meissen | Bond LSC After a decade of work, Cheryl Rosenfeld is no stranger to bisphenol A (BPA), and her most recent study challenges…

July 20, 2018

#IAmScience K’Imani Davis

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC From hate to passion. One class changed senior K’Imani Davis’s mind, who is now going into her senior year working in the Anand Chandrasekhar lab at Bond LSC. “I used to actually hate science, and when I say hate, I hated it,” Davis said. “Senior year of high school…

July 11, 2018

#IAmScience Katalin Toth

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC A chance encounter brought Katalin Toth to Mizzou. The postdoctoral fellow, first heard about MU when Gary Stacey visited University of Munich. Toth heard of a position opening up in his lab. She has now been in the Stacey Lab for six years. “I knew his work was important…

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