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Joe D Beckmann, Ph.D.

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Directed Student Presentations and Achievements

Experimental Biology/ASBMB 2008

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David Lapham and Jane Macdonald presented their research projects at the annual ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition in San Diego in early April. Remarkably, they both received Honorable Mentions from the judging committee for their section. Their presentations were:

Lapham, D.E. and Beckmann, J.D. “Zinc Inhibition of Bovine Phenol Sulfotransferase (bSULT1A1)”

Macdonald, J.A., Sawin, A., Lapham, D., White, J., Turk, J.A., Beckmann, J.D. “Characterization of Trinitrophenylated Adenosine Nucleotide Binding to Bovine Phenol Sulfotransferase (bSULT1A1)”

 

Alma’s innovative PRISM project—Positive Routes Into Science and Mathematics—gets more students excited about science. It engages students in research opportunities not only in their first, second, third and fourth years of college but also in the summer prior to taking their first college course. PRISM is funded by a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

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Student Profile

Claire Swift

Claire Swift
Graduation: 2014
Major: Chemistry

It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what’s the look on a patient’s face worth? For Claire Swift, it’s priceless.

The Grand Rapids junior, who is pursuing a career in medicine, recently completed hospital rotations at Mid Michigan Health Center—Gratiot. She says observing a patient with Parkinson’s disease was something she’ll never forget.

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