Biology
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Clark University student creates mural for food bank
For Clark University junior Katlyn A. Greger, artistic interests transcended into effective practice when she was given the opportunity to create a mural for the Worcester County Food Bank. The biology and studio art double-major was initially recognized for her creative abilities while interning with North Grafton-based Community Harvest Project over the past summer. As a sustainable farming intern, Greger…
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Supercomputers power a biology revolution at Clark
To hear John Gibbons talk about bioinformatics, you’d think this trend in the sciences is relatively straightforward. “Historically, if you used a computer to analyze biological data, it was considered bioinformatics,” he says. But Gibbons, an assistant professor of biology at Clark University, admits that description undersells the benefits. With science and technology meshing at an incredible pace, scientists…
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Fighting for breath
Dr. Richard Pietras ’69 pioneered a groundbreaking treatment for breast cancer. Now he is taking on the growing epidemic of lung cancer in women.
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Learning the virtues of discomfort
Joel Simonson ’15, wasn’t sold on Clark right away. He liked it, but didn’t love it, when he first visited as a high school student. But as he saw the opportunities unfolding — the offer of a Traina Scholarship, the chance to do meaningful research in biology, a shot at playing on the varsity tennis…
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Todd Livdahl’s Bermuda research has bite
A whole lot of people would cheer any efforts to control the pesky mosquitoes that can turn any picnic into a swat fest. But for some countries, mosquito control is a matter of life and death. Biology professor Todd Livdahl has found that very scenario in Bermuda. While accompanying Clark biology students at the Bermuda…
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Hibbett awarded two NSF grants for Open Tree of Life work
Whether bees or bacteria, hyenas or humans, all known life forms have a place in the first draft of the Open Tree of Life, published online last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Molds and mushrooms haven’t been left out either, thanks in part to the work of Clark professor and…
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A badge and a bandage
The camera crew from the CNN documentary series “Chicagoland” follows Dr. Andrew Dennis ’92 into the Trauma Unit at Cook County Hospital, where he puts his hands into the open abdomen of 24-year-old Jerimiah Milsap and works feverishly to pull him from the brink. Moments earlier, Jerimiah had been gunned down while sitting on his front porch…
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How did the Clarkies catheterize a frog?
It sounds like the setup for an old joke: “How does a Clark biology student catheterize a frog?” And you all know the answer: “Very carefully.” Faye Harwell ’15, a Carlson Summer Intern/Fellow, and fifth-year student Hannah Diebboll ’14 are indeed conducting this delicate procedure as part of their efforts to determine the effects of climate…