Sciences
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$450,000 NIH grant funds Clark protein research
Professor Spratt and his research team of students aim to better understand biochemical roots of cancer, Ebola and other medical issues
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$508,000 NSF award supports Professor Meyer’s research in evolutionary biology
Néva Meyer, assistant professor of biology at Clark University, remembers how she became interested in studying animal life at its beginning stages. She was an undergraduate student in molecular biology at Purdue University, with her eye on a career in cancer biology. Then she saw her first chicken embryo. “I fell in love with it. I love the…
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Biologists make inroads into development of nervous systems
A recent article by Clark University researchers in Developmental Biology is making waves in the field — receiving shout-outs on social media — and netted an award for the paper’s first author, Allan Carrillo-Baltodano, a doctoral candidate in biology at Clark. Carrillo-Baltodano conducts research in the lab of Néva Meyer, assistant professor of biology, who is his co-author on “Decoupling brain…
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Interning with alumnus, aiming for career as research scientist
As an undergraduate majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology, Michael Kebede ’18 has spent his time at Clark University immersed in his element. He’s had the opportunity to conduct research in several laboratories on campus, and this summer, as a LEEP Fellow, he interned with Dr. Jia Wei, Ph.D. ’15, a research scientist at PCI Synthesis, a Devens, Mass.,…
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Psychology major works on eye-opening study about autism
Sherief Eldeeb ’18 assists research team in examining sleep patterns of children and teens on the spectrum
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Sometimes it’s the human who gets hooked
Clark physicists dig into ‘robotic worm’ research
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Merging biology and art gives Amy Yeager a rare body of work
After living in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Romania and Senegal, where she attended small international schools, Amy Yeager ’17 thought Clark University might be a good fit. “Clark was small with a significant international community, so I thought the transition wouldn’t be so difficult,” she says. “When I got my acceptance letter, I just had a…
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The biology beneath the ice
Clark researcher explores the impact of Arctic melt
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In Spratt Lab, students learn ‘science is not a race, it’s a journey’
With eye on medical breakthroughs, professor teaches undergraduates the ropes of biochemical research
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Professor’s research inches toward understanding superconductors
Over the past few years, the world has experienced a severe shortage of helium, a by product of natural gas extraction. And although vast amounts of helium recently were discovered in Tanzania, helium is still a finite resource on Earth. For that reason, helium is expensive. Most people might not worry about paying more for the helium gas…