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Eukaryon Volume 11

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An  UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL of  LIFE SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP  at  LAKE FOREST COLLEGE

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Eukaryon  is an award-winning undergraduate research journal that publishes the very best of life science scholarship conducted at Lake Forest College within its research-rich classrooms and faculty labs. The journal is governed, peer-reviewed, and published by an undergraduate editorial board. 

Editor's Corner
Year Eleven: Investing In Our Future
Jeremy Boeing 

Lake Forest College 
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Courses and Professors
A New Clinical Perspective to Neuroscience

Emily Ong and Logan Graham
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Dr. Matthew R. Kelley: Are Collaborating and Hints Useful?

Pooja Acharya
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Expanding Horizons
Doing Away With the Old Dogma: The Future of Science at Lake Forest College

Kayla Huber 
Department of Neuroscience
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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News and Views
One Gene,Two Functions, Many Possibilities

Chaya Tabas
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Abroad in Our Backyards
Gender Equality in the Fields of English, Chemistry, and Physics

Chaya Tabas 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045

The Significance of Paying it Forward

Khadijah Hamid 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045 

Beyond the Classroom
Super Freshmen
James Haney and Tara Gloystein 
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Creative Writing
A Playdate at Legoland
Rachel Domijancic

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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The Battle of a Lifetime
Brittany Avonts
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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The Great Plaque
Rachel Hastings

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Book or Film Review
Placing Neuroethics in its Place
Rachel Hastings
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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The Future of the Mind Applied to Court
Emma Levine

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Films: Accurate Depiction of Neurological Diseases?
Nicole Hueng 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Learning from our Past Loss and Mistakes to Allow for Future Conservation

Khadijah Hamid

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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The Life and Adventures of the Lizard Man

Hannah P. Fox
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Book Review: Sensuous Seas Tales of a Marine Biologist By Eugene H. Kaplan

Sally Nahhas 
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Science News

The New World of 3D Medical Printing

Kyle Siverhus

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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I’ll have the Alzheimer’s on Whole Wheat, Please

Peyton Schrag

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045 
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The Spotlight Shift from H1N1 to the Ebola Virus

Rachel Granberg

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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The Domestic Dog: Lending a Helping Paw
Tara Gloystein
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Modern Day Science Fiction with Robotic Limbs
Ana McCracken and Sonia Messar

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Ebola Blasts from the Past
Maiwase Tembo and Akua G. Agyei
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Dr. Frankenstein’s Ghost Heart
Rachel Hastings 
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045 
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Review Article
Philosophy of Music: Graphic Scores and the Brain
Hannah Samberg
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Impact of Wolf Reintroduction on Bison and Grizzly Bear Populations and Trophic Cascades in Yellowstone National Park
Galina Lipkin

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Regional Extinction of Myotis lucifugus Due to Psychrophilic Geomyces destructans and Persisting White-Nose Syndrome

Lauren Leeber

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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The Importance and Practical Application of Autophagy in Human Health
Ryan Drake
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Williams Syndrome:The Extraordinary Profile of a Micro-deletion
Alexus Edmonds
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Sniffing Out Smell: Odorant Detection, Coding, and Perception
Amanda Allred

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Gene sequencing to support malaria relapse is induced by primary infection, not a new source
Nick Spero

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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The Consequences of Sexual Selection and Uneven Sex Ratios in Humans
Lindsay Hartup
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Leptin and its Role in Obesity
Nichole Monhait

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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An Inquiry about Non-native Pinus contorta and Its Capability to Accelerate Disturbed Forest Restoration
Derek Pascal 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Fragmentation Reduces Dietary Diversity, yet Expands Dietary Options of Madagascar Lemurs
Peyton Schrag

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Is There A Correlation Between Deforestation And The Rise Of Malaria In Sub-Saharan Africa?
Kyle Siverhus 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Enhancement of Memory Through Curiosity-Driven Learning
Sarah Goldberg, Amanda Gibbs, Belen Martinez-Caro Aguado, & Maribel Munoz

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Everybody’s a Little Bit Sexist: A Re-evaluation of Aristotle’s and Plato’s Philosophies on Women
Kayla Huber

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Evolutionary Consequences of the Plasmodium falciparum Sporozite Vaccine in Humans
Shannon Lakemacher

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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The Immortality of Turritopsis nutricula
Tyler Kaplan

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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How the Work of Marie Curie Restricted the Advancement of Future Female Scientists
Kayla Huber

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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FRAGILE X: Mental Retardation Caused by Expanded CGC and Silenced FMR

Rida Khan

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: A Century of Winners
Amber Craghead

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Disestablishing the Dichotomy: Fusing the Spheres of Religion and Science
Sarah Chiren

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Debate Over Origin Of Long Necks In Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Javier Martinez

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045 
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A Comparison of Extinction Risk in Shallow Versus Deep Water Reefs
Hilary Wind

Lake Forest College 
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Primary Article
Creating a plasmid for the study of A30P and A53E mutations and the effects of decreased sumoylation in alpha-Synuclein in Parkinson’s
Sierra Smith & Lily Veldran

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Creation of Novel alpha-Synuclein Mutation A53E Truncations 123 and 120 for Future Study in Budding Yeast
Alex Dunn & Logan Graham
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Influence Of Oral Morphology On Dietary Specialization In Two Herbivorous New Zealand Fishes
Ryan Drake

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Female Mating Preferences As A Result of Coloration And Movement In Betta splendens
Abby Brownell, Luis Carlos Beltrán & Elina Shapiro

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Spatial Distribution and Density of Lauraceae Trees: A Preliminary Assessment of Lauraceae Species in Primary and Secondary Tropical Premontane Wet Forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Luis Carlos Beltrán

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045 
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Chronic Piscine Diet Induced Metallic Phantogeusia, Dysgeusia and Hypogeusia
Saul Bello Rojas

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, IL 60045
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The Effects of Distance from a Tree, Elevation, and Food Type on Foraging Patterns of Sciurus carolinensis and Sciurus niger
Lindsay Hartup
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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Senior Thesis
The Contribution of Soil Aggregates to Carbon Sequestration in Restored Urban Grasslands

Jenifer L. Yost


Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Fitness and Morphological Variation in Native, Non-Native, and Hybrid Echinacea Seedlings
Jillian Pastick

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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Two Studies on Parkinson’s Disease Protein, α-Synuclein: Amino Acid Determinants and Truncations

Katrina J. Campbell


Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
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A Study of Female Courtship Behavior and Mating Preferences in Betta splendens
Abby Brownell 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL 60045 
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