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 egg, and they fuse together, forming a totipotent cell, which can give rise to the embryo and the placenta (Mitalipov & Wolf … Continue reading
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 a role in both susceptibility and severity. (Source: Wikimedia Commons, Author: We Are Covert Ltd) In the past, genome-wide association studies have … Continue reading
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 growth factor C (VEGF-C) gradient at different embryonic times in a mouse. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons The lymphatic system is part of … Continue reading
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 right) (source: Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chernobyl_nuclear_plant5.jpg) In April 1986, the nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in the former USSR (and present-day Ukraine) experienced … Continue reading
Collins Kariuki, Biological Sciences, Spring 2021 Figure 1: Map showing multilingual nations. Purple indicates nations that have more than one official language, green indicates nations with one official language but functionally multilingual, blue indicates nations with no official language and multiple languages in practice. Bilingualism is defined as the continuous … Continue reading