An UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL of LIFE SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP at LAKE FOREST COLLEGE
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.
Dear Readers,
On behalf of the Eukaryon editorial board, I would like to extend my deepest gratitude for your continuous support as we publish our 18th year. The majority of the articles published in this edition were written during the peak of the pandemic when students and faculty spent the better half of the academic year learning remotely from all over the globe. Despite the difficulties we have endured
these past few years and continue to endure, Eukaryon is prouder than ever to celebrate the academic achievements of the student body of Lake Forest College. The editorial board, which consists entirely of new members, has also demonstrated an admirable amount of dedication in order to make this publication possible. This year’s theme, “Evolution”, was inspired by our editorial board and their unwavering effort to see through Eukaryon’s revival following the tumultuous challenges brought forth by the pandemic.
-Katrina Tropico (Editor-in-chief)
VOLUME 18
Table of Contents
Faculty In Focus
Dr. Susan Long: Psychology, Statistics, and the Rest of our Lives
Margaret Boersma
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
News and Views
Tracey Nassuna
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
A Key Component of Revenge: The "Love" Hormone
Fede Bertolotti
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Sleep Deprivation: What is the Connection to Alzheimer's Disease
Raneem Samman
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Vicious Cycles: Dysfunctional GCase and Parkinson's Disease
Ryan Osselborn
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The Ability of SARS-CoV-2 to Transmit to New Hosts Evolved in Bats
Barry Khim
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Becca Ray
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Maria Jose Orozco Fuentes
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Creative Writing
Religion, Spirituality and the Black Death
Brooke Carlock
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Environmental Racism in Chicago
Sophie Rasof
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Jasmin Montes
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
College and COVID-19: an Unprecedented Learning Experience
Nila Dilosa
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Book and Film Review
Mind of the Damned: A Glimpse into a Psychotic Brain Portrayed in Film
Ilona Sergeeva
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Cane Toad Invasion: Documentary Review
Iman Shepard
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Conference Roundup
Mathieu Norcross
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Hannah Kobienia
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Grant Proposal
Grace E. Dodis, Dana S. Midani, Courtney P. Stickling
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Review Article
A Battle of Intelligence: Review of Organismal Eavesdropping and Predation
Tate Rosenhagen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The How and Why in the Origins of Sexual Reproduction
Zubair Mohammed
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
What Explains Genital Variation in Snakes? A Review of the Hypotheses of Genital Coevolution
Frances Rice
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Primary Article
Red Hue in Tadpole Tails Decreases based on Predator Presence
Lea Wong, Frances Rice, Joy Shelton
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Mathieu Norcross
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Looking at the Human Body’s Microclimate in a Biogeographic Context
Kerry Mullen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
4RNL-A (gm-ha1) Structure and Sequence Shows Homologies to Galactose Mutarotase Enzymes
Haaris Ahmed, Karina Mora, Nathaniel Kregar, Max Smith, Bomby Ahuja, Sergio Sosa, Mathieu Norcross, Anthony Sullivan, George Vladimirov, Tate Rosenhagen, Kayenath Khan, Leslie Gonzalez
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Habitat Heterogeneity of the Human Skin Microbiome: A Comparison of the Dorsal & Ventral Forearms
Megan Truman
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Tate Rosenhagen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Distribution of Rhinolophopsylla, Rhopalopsyllus, and Rhynchopsyllus
Kerry Mullen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Megan Truman
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Reducing yeast concentration in diet of Drosophila melanogaster negatively impacts female fertility
Allison Akin, Jessica Day, Amya Quillin
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
