by Violet Wallerstein On Wednesday, March 29, the RISE program hosted a guest lecturer as part of their regular lecture series, this one featuring a more biological spin. Dr. Maria Luisa Garcia…
by Violet Wallerstein Dr. Kimberley Choquette is a Chemistry professor here at Drew who is currently working on discovering an entirely new reaction with samarium diiodide (SmI2). This compound acts as a…
by Violet Wallerstein Dr. Cassano is a biochemistry professor at Drew University. In his time at Drew, Dr. Cassano has worked on the mechanisms involved in breaking a phosphodiester bond. Phosphodiester bonds…
by Abigail Mullen On March 27, 2015, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly left Earth for the International Space Station (ISS), where he would complete a yearlong mission. According to Space, one of the…
by Violet Wallerstein Dr. Jill Cermele is a psychology professor here at Drew. Her research focuses on understanding women’s self-defense. Dr. Cermele is currently working on researching the ways in which assault…
by Maimouna Kante According to The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), they have demonstrated for the first time a new compound that has the ability to suppress the development of HIV. Its most…
by Violet Wallerstein Dr. Barker of the Biology Department is a trained immunologist. Her research focuses on immune responses to viruses—specifically inflammation responses to hopefully help HIV research. Her lab works on…
by Abigail Mullen According to Nature, a recent study at the Imperial College London shows promising results for those suffering from treatment-resistant depression. In their recent paper published in Scientific Report, Dr.…
by Maimouna Kante On this week’s review of research around the world, one of the studies that was recently published is “Jellyfish caught snoozing give clues to origin of sleep”. A jellyfish…
by Jesse Murray On Friday, September 15, the Cassini spacecraft came to a spectacular end as it made a controlled entry into the atmosphere of Saturn and burned up. This event marked…