Thomas Pirtle, Ph.D.
Summary: Planarian worms have the remarkable ability to regenerate missing body parts–including the brain. Pluripotent stem cells in the planarian body are responsible for regenerating [...]
Sarah Wicher, Ph.D.
Summary: My research focuses on understanding the long-term impact of chronic inflammation on lung function. Our lungs are exposed to the external environment and undergo repeated cycles of [...]
Carolyn Dadabay, Ph.D.
Summary: One goal of biomedical research is the discovery of new medicines and therapies to improve human health. Close to 2/3 of modern drugs have origins in natural products-compounds derived [...]
R. Luke Daniels, Ph.D.
Summary: Dr. Daniels’ research interest is sensory biology—how organisms gather information about their environment and use it to make sense of the world they inhabit. Current research [...]
Sara Heggland, Ph.D.
Summary: Cadmium is a toxic metal that leaches into the environment, most notably through the improper disposal of electronics. Bone is a critical target site for cadmium and human exposure […]
John H. Thurston, Ph.D.
Summary: The enzyme MTN (methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase) is bacterial specific and is responsible for the catabolism and salvage of growth-inhibitory nucleosides arising [...]
