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Sept. 30, 2018

#IAmScience Ron Mittler

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC Ron Mittler always thought he would be a veterinarian, until he was exposed to the lab. “I went to school to be a vet,” Mittler said. “I made the mistake of working in the lab to make money in the summer and I got hooked on research. I worked…

Sept. 24, 2018

MU researchers develop gene therapy vector in quest to conquer devastating childhood disease

For scientists, studying a disease presents a puzzle looking for an answer, but there are real people behind the research that may one day cure the illnesses that turned their lives upside down. Chris Lorson and Monir Shababi work on one of these puzzles in Bond LSC. Find out more about their work and the…

Sept. 21, 2018

#IAmScience Wes Warren

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC When you walk into Wes Warren’s office you may notice the Charles Darwin bobble head, or the platypus on the cover of Nature magazine or even the shelf of colorful books in the corner. At every glance, you’ll probably see a picture of a different kind of animal. Animals…

Sept. 14, 2018

#IAmScience Bing Yang

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC Rice ties together much of Bing Yang’s life. From his childhood in China where his father farmed the crop to more than 20 years of research on the staple, it’s more than just food. “Rice by itself is the major crop in the world,” said Yang, one of Bond…

Sept. 7, 2018

#IAmScience Brittany Cruzan

By Erica Overfelt | Bond LSC When Brittany Cruzan does her laundry, she can’t stop thinking about science. “Science controls our everyday life,” Cruzan said. “Coffee, tea, the way you cut your hair, it’s all science. I’ve liked science since I was a kid. I am obsessed with knowing how things work. I don’t care…

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,…

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