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Bioinorganic Chemistry in 3D!
Students in CHEM 342 (Bioinorganic Chemistry and Material) learned fundamental concepts of inorganic and biological chemistry through a comprehensive project. Each student chose a bioinorganic system to study throughout the semester. Their task: apply fundamental inorganic and biological chemistry concepts to understand how their particular system works… then, teach their classmates and THE WORLD about […]
ProLab: Undergraduate Research in the Curriculum!
The Department of Chemistry and Physics has broken new ground on campus by integrating undergraduate research fully into our Chemistry Majors’ curriculum! The new “Pro-Lab” course for juniors and seniors now involves authentic, open-ended research projects! We’ve just finished this semester’s first project after 8 weeks, and we’ve made exciting new discoveries about the human copper transporter! […]
Emma explores life as a Duke chemistry researcher!!
Saint Mary’s student, Emma Bridgman, spent ten weeks exploring life as a chemistry researcher at Duke Univeristy. Emma is working in the Franz lab with graduate student, Steven Conklin to understand the antibiotic properties of human Histatin peptides. She is studying how copper works with Histatin to kill fungus. When Emma returns to us in […]
A scientist abroad!
Scientific research is all about hard-working people, working together to solve really important problems! We’ve engaged in a new collaboration with the Bal Lab at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Dr. Haas spent 8 weeks in Warsaw, Poland this summer on a mini research sabbatical! It was a wonderful experience and together we made some important discoveries about extracellular Cu […]
Distillation!
Virtuoso Distillery in South Bend, IN is serious about their separation science! These two columns are fractional distillation columns, just like the ones we use in the chemistry lab at Saint Mary’s College (except a tad bigger). When I arrived, Virtuoso was “rescuing” a bad batch of wine by isolating its ethanol to make vodka!
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!
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!
