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Eukaryon Volume 5

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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. 

VOLUME 5

Table of Contents

Editor's Corner

Year Five: Evolution of a Journal

Shaun Davis

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Lab in Focus

Dr. DebBurman’s Lab in Focus

Elizabeth Pahomov

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Faculty in Focus

Bucky –The Biology Professor

Claire Konefal

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Science of Teaching

Seminar or Thesis? That is the Question

Alexandra Ayala

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Coevolution of Biology and Chemistry in the Development of a New Major

Emily Pospiech

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Beyond the Classroom

ASCB 2008: A Light at the End of the Tunnel

Michael Fiske

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Argonne Undergraduate Symposium: Another Successful Year

Alina Konnikova

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

2008 Fall Seminar Series

Julian McLain

Lake Forest College 

Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Shadowing – An Imperative Experience for All Pre-Med Students

Yama Naser Ahmad and Mona Sobhani

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Lions and Tigers and…SNAKES?! A Summer Spent at the Wildlife Discovery Center, the Middlefork Savanna, and the Importance of these Institutions to the Study of Conservation Biology


Terese Noe

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Richter Scholar Program: Independent Undergraduate Research at Lake Forest College

Ashleigh Porter

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

News and Views

Basis of Biology: 150 Years Running

Lauren Ferrell

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Book and Film Review

Summary of Life Itself

Ejaz Ali

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Response: Phantoms in the Brain

Alexandra Ayala

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Hollywood “Awakens” Its Curiosity

Daniella Brutman

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

The Brain Can Do What?! A Review of The Brain That Changes Itself

Michael Fiske

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Speaking on Behalf of a Brain That Changes Itself

Brian Kinsman

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Ethical Blurs of The Ethical Brain

Saajidha Rizvydeen

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Review Article

Polycystic Kidney Disease: The Cyst-ematic Destruction of Renal Function

Sadaf Ahmad, Ray Choi, Quincy Roberts, Ben Simpson, and Jennillee Wallace

Lake Forest College 

Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Cystic Fibrosis: Channeling the Discovery of CFTR Mutations

Jennifer Brown, Jessica Disch, Jaymie Honold, Melissa Schramm, and Nengding Wang

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

The Hunt in Huntington: What Causes Toxicity?

Daryn Cass

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Stepping Forward With MD: Current Research on Five Common Types

Elizabeth Dean, Sheiva Jahaban, Jillian Olejnik, Katie Rice, and Cejey Roman

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Leading the Blind: Guidance of Neuronal and Vascular Growth

Brian Kinsman

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C: At the Heart of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Humans and Domestic Cats


Stephanne Levin

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

The Sympatric Speciation of Rhagoletis pomonella

David Piper

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Timema cristinae

Lorraine Scanlon

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

The Myostatin Gene

Geoffrey Weiner

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Primary Article

The Effects of Ethanol Exposure on the Development of Caenorhabditis elegans

Alexandra Charron, Jeffrey Fox, and JaymieHonold


Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

The Effect of Increased VEGF Levels on Limb Bud Angiogenesis in a Developing Chick Embryo

Spenser Hicks and Brian Kinsman

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Editor's Corner

Gene Therapy Combined with IPC Cell Induction to Treat Huntington’s Disease

Alexandra Ayala, Daryn Cass, and Michael Fiske 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

P74 NTR and its Role in Regeneration: Potential Neuroprotective Effects

Grace Dunford, Brian Kinsman, Max Meltser, and Samantha Pusateri

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

cMyBP-C Phosphorylation, Binding to Actin, and the effects on Cardiac Function

Stephanne Levin 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Can Gene Therapy For Alcoholism Lead to Gastrointestinal Cancer?

Nengding Wang

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Senior Thesis

Mutagenesis Screen in C. elegans Suggests Role of mor Genes in Pharyngeal Development

Andrew Ferrier

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

An Examination of the Fueling Strategies and Energy Sources Utilized by Neartic-Neotropic Migrants

Jacqueline M. Fiala 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Evaluating Factors That Affect α-Synuclein Toxicity in Yeast Models: Protein Concentration, Phospholipids, & Oxidants

Lokesh Kukreja 

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

The role of Ca2+ and K+ in the regulatory volume decrease mechanism of Alligator mississippiensis erythrocytes


Shruti Pore

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

Insight into Familial and Sporadic Parkinson’s Disease: α-Synuclein Mutant Analysis in a Fission Yeast Model


Stephanie Valtierra

Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

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