St. Mary’s College student Randy Larsen IV ’19 spent the summer interning at the Women’s Malignancies Branch of the National Cancer Institute. Under Senior Investigator Patricia Steeg, the lab focused on the mechanisms of how breast cancer metastasizes into the brain. Larsen’s day-to-day mentor was researcher Lin Xiao. “Working with Dr. Xiao, my project focused Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Student Marilyn Steyert participates in Amgen Scholars Program
St. Mary’s College Student Marilyn Renata Steyert ’18, was selected to participate in the Amgen Foundation’s prestigious Amgen Scholars Program. Since 2006, the Amgen Scholars Program has provided hands-on research opportunities under world-renowned faculty mentors to more than 3,500 undergraduate students. Steyert spent the summer conducting hands-on research at the University of California, San Francisco Find out more »
Katharina von Kellenbach to lead study of guilt as a culturally productive force
Katharina von Kellenbach, professor of religious studies and her colleague Matthias Buschmeier (German literature, University of Bielefeld) were awarded a prestigious grant for over €500,000 (about $600,000) by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF) at the University of Bielefeld for the 2018-2019 academic year. She and Dr. Buschmeier will lead 15 scholars from different continents Find out more »
Students Present Research at SURF Symposium
For eight weeks this summer, 13 students participated in the annual St. Mary’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), diving into research topics of their own choosing with guidance from faculty mentors. On Friday, July 7, students presented their projects to an audience of peers and professors at the annual SURF symposium held at the Glendening Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Student Finalist for LeRoy Apker Award
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Arvind Srinivasan ’17 is one of only six students nationally to reach the finalist stage for the LeRoy Apker Award. This award is presented by the American Physical Society, and “recognizes outstanding achievements in physics by undergraduate students, and provides encouragement to young physicists who have demonstrated great potential for Find out more »
Nicole DeAngeli ’14 selected for Science Foundation Fellowship
Nicole DeAngeli ’14, a PhD candidate currently at Dartmouth’s School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, was announced as a recipient of 2017 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The program recognizes outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. Find out more »
Bailey and Research Student Receive Grant for Project
Aileen Bailey, professor of psychology and Aldom-Plansoen Honors College Professor, and Zoey Forrester-Fronstin’17 were selected as recipients of a Psi Chi 2016-2017 Spring Undergraduate Research Grant for Forrester-Fronstin’s project, “The influence of Orexin Antagonist, SB-334867, on Cognition.” Bailey described the project as an extension of research previously done in her lab and published as “Orexin receptor activity in Find out more »
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Continues Research for U.S. Department of Energy
Geoffrey Bowers, assistant professor of chemistry, is continuing a long term collaboration with scientists at Michigan State University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The research, for the U.S. Department of Energy, develops general principles for understanding the role natural solid surfaces play in our energy infrastructure. Bowers recently received funding that will enhance new instrumentation Find out more »
Visiting Assistant Professor Troy Townsend Appointed ONR Summer Fellow
Troy Townsend, visiting assistant professor of chemistry, has been appointed fellow for the Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research Program (ONRSFRP) at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, Md.
St. Mary’s College Biochemists Shed New Light on Using Photo-activated Compounds for Targeted Therapy
Among cancer treatments, targeted chemotherapies are valued for minimizing side effects and whole-body toxicity, while delivering damage to malignant cells. To achieve these goals, a chemotherapeutic agent must selectively bind to or target tumor cells or, alternatively, become active in tumor cells but remain inactive elsewhere in a patient’s body. Researchers at St. Mary’s College Find out more »