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June 1, 2020

Studying Drug Resistance, One Connection at a Time

Kinjal Majumder | photo by Mariah Cox, Bond LSC By Becca Wolf | Bond LSC Where you are creates opportunities. The structure and placement of labs encourages researchers to collaborate and talk to each other and often, connections and friendships are formed. For Kinjal Majumder, a virologist and postdoctoral fellow in the David Pintel lab…

April 30, 2020

Treating COVID-19: Bond LSC lab explores effectiveness of remdesivir and other potential drugs

By Jerry Duggan | Bond LSC As countries hang their hopes on the drug remdesivir for battling COVID-19, recent modeling and computer-aided drug evaluation at the University of Missouri caution to keep an open mind and consider other drug treatments. Kamlendra Singh at MU’s Bond Life Sciences Center evaluated remdesivir — an antiviral originally developed…

March 18, 2020

Turning Winter into Summer: How Greenhouses Work in the Winter

The Sears Greenhouse Complex at the University of Missouri. | photo by Becca Wolf, Bond LSC By Becca Wolf | Bond LSC Picture this. It’s 25 degrees Fahrenheit outside and snow is falling in Columbia. The weathermen have projected 4 inches of snow in the next 24 hours. As wind whips the snow around, students…

March 13, 2020

#IAmScience Hsin-Yeh Hsieh

By Becca Wolf | Bond LSC Some scientists go into research for basic science, such as finding an enzyme and figuring out its functions and properties. Others like Hsin-Yeh Hsieh, gravitate toward applied sciences where they use what they know to develop technology. “Because I can use everything I learned in science as building blocks…

March 4, 2020

Movement is the Key

Anand Chandrasekhar It’s an asset to be able to visualize and think about the nervous system from the perspective of an electrical engineer. Cell biologist Anand Chandrasekhar — whose work…

March 2, 2020

A NEET Connection

Arabidopsis growing in Ron Mittler’s lab. | photo by Becca Wolf, Bond LSC Protein important in balancing iron and reactive oxygen in plant and cancer cells By Becca Wolf | Bond LSC You might tend to think durability is more of an issue in building a car or engineering a building, but environmental stress makes…

Feb. 27, 2020

#IAmScience: Kamlendra Singh

By Jerry Duggan|Bond LSC Kamal Singh was in the town of Allahabad in his native India, preparing for competitive exams to become a government official. As he craned his head to the left, he saw a highly respected official getting berated by an arrogant and disrespectful political leader. While Singh always knew that, in these…

Feb. 26, 2020

One step closer

Christian Lorson poses next to a microscope in his lab. | photo by Lauren Hines, Bond LSC. By Lauren Hines | Bond LSC From developing a question to discovering a potential solution and putting it into practice, the journey from research to practical application is a long one. Nevertheless, each step brings that solution one…

Feb. 21, 2020

#IAmScience George Stewart

By Becca Wolf | Bond LSC Medical bacteriologist, George Stewart has had a few stops along the way before he got to Bond LSC in 2004. Having done schooling and research at universities from the midwest to the east coast, it has been a long journey filled with many ups and downs, but a rewarding…

Feb. 10, 2020

Coming to a crossroads

Janlo Robil submitted the piece above entitled, “Auxin Motherboard” to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in October 2019. | photo contributed by Janlo Robil, Bond LSC By Lauren Hines | Bond LSC The scene of the science fair wouldn’t be complete without the paper mâché volcano, the gymnasium full of colorful display boards set…