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HTC and Biological Sciences Thesis Presentations, April 2019

The Biological Sciences Department announces a series of thesis presentations by Honors Tutorial College and biology students in April 2019. Anika Friedman (HTC Neuroscience) presents “A Computational Model of Neurofilament Kinetics Relating to Axonal Caliber Growth and the Neurofilament Slowing Phenomenon” on Thursday, April 11, from 5 to 6 p.m. […]

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April 1, 2019 at 9:30 pmEvents In Class Research

Students Use Fruit Flies to Study Molecular Basis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Students Use Fruit Flies to Study Molecular Basis of Alzheimer’s Disease

By Amanda Biederman When facing complex problems, it’s often best to consider simplified perspectives. In the labs of Biological Sciences professors Dr. Daewoo Lee and Dr. Robert Colvin, student researchers are studying the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease using a comparatively simple animal model: the fruit fly. Sazan Ismael, a doctoral […]

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November 15, 2018 at 12:50 amResearch