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Spartan Showcase: Sarah Lavin
Majors: BS in chemistry, BA in art historyMinor: Studio artYear: Fourth-year When Sarah Lavin first arrived as an undergraduate student at ӰƵ four years ago, she knew she wanted to study chemistry, but couldn’t shake her love for studio art. So she decided to combine…
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How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? Chemistry’s Blanton S. Tolbert explains
Blanton S. Tolbert Blanton S. Tolbert, professor of chemistry at the College of Arts and Sciences, and his research group study the basic biochemistry of viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Since he was in graduate school, he has worked on the biological molecule RNA,…
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“The 2020 Nobel Prizes in Science: What Were They Given For?”
The Program in Cell Biology at the School of Medicine and the Department of Physics at the College of Arts and Sciences will host the annual “The 2020 Nobel Prizes in Science: What Were They Given For?” symposium today (Feb. 11) from 4 to 5 p.m. Attendees will learn about the research that earned…
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Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Gheorghe D. Mateescu passes away at 92
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Gheorghe D. Mateescu passed away Friday, Jan. 22, at the age of 92. Mateescu was born in Pitesti, Romania, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1967 to receive his PhD from ӰƵ under Professor G. Olah. He spent the following 53 years in the…
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Studying how skin cancer starts
ӰƵ chemists measure ‘picosecond’ speed of pre-cancer cells’ lesions that form on DNA when exposed to sunlight; could lead to more effective prevention Luis Ortiz-Rodríguez grew up on the beaches of Puerto Rico—surfing, swimming and running in the hot sand—and swears he had never…
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ӰƵ chemist aims at COVID-19 following success with related virus
Lab led by researcher Blanton Tolbert partners with international scientists, seeks expanded NIH support to "target virus at molecular level" A team of scientists, including Blanton Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at ӰƵ, and his research…
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Two new Beckman Scholars chosen for undergraduate research grants and extensive mentorship
Two ӰƵ undergraduate students were selected as Beckman Scholars for the 2019-20 academic year to support their research endeavors. This year’s honorees were Katherine Yan and Kevin Pataroque. In January 2018, ӰƵ was among 12 institutions nationally…
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Chemistry’s Blanton S. Tolbert appointed to serve on National Institutes of Health's Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council
Photo by Keli Schimelpfenig Blanton S. Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has accepted an appointment invitation to become a permanent member of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC). The council can advise on the…
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Polymers Initiative of Northeast Ohio Conference
The Polymer Initiative of Northeast Ohio (PiNO) Conference will be held Friday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom. This student-organized conference, originally created by graduate students in the ӰƵ Department of…
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Chemistry’s Yifan Dai, Chung Chiun Liu review electrochemical biosensing strategies
Yifan Dai, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, and Chung Chiun Liu the Wallace R. Persons Professor of Sensor Technology & Control, Distinguished University Professor, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Electronics Design Center, penned a review paper titled…