Caroline Conway, Biological Sciences, Summer 2021 When the Human Genome Project concluded, scientists were left with the full human DNA sequence and many revelations. One revelation was the…
Caroline Conway, Biological Sciences, Summer 2021 Cheetahs, sloths, humans — whatever the animal, a new study proposed a mathematical model to calculate the maximum running speed, determining whether…
Isabelle Wilson, Biological Sciences, Summer 2021 Figure: Depiction of the dopaminergic system for reward processing in the brain. Research at the University of California San Diego demonstrated that…
Justin Chong, Biological Sciences, Summer 2021 Figure 1: Ribbon diagram of chromatin wrapped around a nucleosome. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Embryonic development begins when a sperm cell fertilizes an…
Caroline Conway, Biological Sciences, Summer 2021 Figure 1: An illustration of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. When it comes to SARS-CoV-2 infections, a new study suggests that genetics may play…