What is Imposter Syndrome?
This one is for the smart, brave women in CHEM 342 who shared their experiences as women in STEM today in a class discussion. One of the places we landed was a discussion about imposter syndrome. What is it? Why does it exist? How do we overcome it? Here are some good places to start in answering these questions: […]
Welcome, Christina!
This was Christina’s first day in lab! Christina comes to us from Marian High School in Mishawaka, IN. She is interested in understanding the relationship between copper and human disorders, like Alzheimer’s Disease. Her first mission: regenerate the Coy anaerobic atmosphere. Mission Accomplished!
First paper out of the Haas Lab!
This was a team effort!! Congrats to Kati Shaw for her first publication ever!! Thanks to Jake Pushie and Jason Shearer for data collection and for many, many enlightening conversations! Thanks to Kathy Franz for lending us some lab space, her glove box, NMR time and all the resources we needed in the first year of […]
A visit to science utopia: New England Biolabs!
Alumni, Erin Reinhart, is interning at NEB this summer before she is off to Dartmouth College for her doctoral studies in Chemistry. I was invited to give a talk about our research and I got the opportunity to visit Erin and her research advisor, Lana Saleh. WOW! NEB is an amazing place with amazing people […]
Cell Biology of Metals Gordon Conference
I traveled to Mount Snow, VT to present our data and hypothesis about the reductase-like behavior of the human cellular copper transporter, Ctr1, at the Gordon Research Conference on Cell Biology of Metal Ions. It was a fun and invigorating conference with many wonderful people and great scientific discussions. Thanks to Denis Thiele and Amy Palmer for […]
Learning bio-XAS from the best!
I went to the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) with collaborator Jake Pushie in order to collect some very timely data for our latest publication! We ran some samples and Jake taught me the nitty-gritty about X-ray absorption spectroscopy on dilute biological samples. Thanks to Jake and his smart, fun labmates, Ashley and Susan, for a fun and productive trip!
Congratulations, Dr. Franz, Full Professor!
The amazing Dr. Katherine Franz has won the title of Full Professor at Duke University! Franz Lab Motorsports (in other words, Katherine Franz’s research group at Duke University) celebrated and strengthened their teamwork this weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway! Dr. Franz graciously treated her “team” to a few laps around the track in a […]
Summer researchers on whitewater!
The Haas Lab (Chemistry) and the Majetic Lab (Biology) are collaborating on their common interest in Epigenetics & Phenotypic Plasticity this summer! Why not spend a little time together on the whitewater!
Summer Research 2015! A new chapter opens!
The Haas Lab has gained two new awesome members! We have big plans for these ladies in science. Among our lab goals for the summer: Do some experiments, present our science, and finish this beaker of candy!!
One great chapter comes to close.
Congratulations, Erin & Sam, newly Saint Mary’s 2015 Alumni! You make us proud! xoxo
