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ARPA-H: “Bringing the DARPA Attitude to Healthcare.”

Valentina Fernandez, Biological Sciences, Fall 2021 Figure: President Joe Biden endorses ARPA-H, with hopes that this new division of the NIH will “end cancer as we know it.”…

Where does your recycling really go?

Valentina Fernandez, Physical Sciences, Summer 2021 Figure 1: A pile of plastic bottles and miscellaneous en route to a plastic recycling facility.Image source: Wikimedia Commons Have you ever…

Acoustic Reporter Genes: The Newest Breakthrough in Cell Visualization

Caroline Conway, Physical Sciences, Summer 2021 Figure: A fluorescent protein is expressed in human epithelial cells of the Henrietta Lacks (HeLa) strain. Scientists have long used reporter genes…

The role of mitochondrial regulation of the Prox1-Vegfr3 feedback loop in lymphatic endothelial cell differentiation

Justin Chong, Biological Sciences, Summer 2021 Figure 1: Prox1-Vegfr3 feedback loop regulating the budding of nascent lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) from the cardinal vein to a vascular endothelial…

The Chernobyl Accident — A Natural Experiment on the Effects of Radiation on Humans

Frankie Carr, Biological Sciences, Spring 2021 Figure 1: A monument (front left) to the meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant that occurred in Reactor Number Four (back…