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TABLE of CONTENTSVOLUME 7 | MARCH 2011
Eukaryon is published by students at Lake Forest College, who are solely responsible for its content. The views expressed in Eukaryon do not necessarily reflect those of the College. Articles published within Eukaryon should not be cited in bibliographies. Material contained herein should be treated as personal communication and should be cited as such only with the consent of the author. |
ABOUT THE COVER ARTWORK
Artwork by Samantha Pinto ’13. The front cover illustrates our issue’s theme of “Parts of a Whole.”
In order for the picture of the heart to be complete, each piece of the puzzle must be present. Furthermore, the heart was chosen as the organ system to illustrate parts of a whole because our inauguration speaker conducts cardiovascular research.
ISSN 1937-2604
About the Authors
| Editor’s Corner |
Year Seven: Spicing Up Our Success
Alina Konnikova
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| Accolades |
When Art Meets Biology
Alina Konnikova and Keith Solvang
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| Alumni in Focus |
An Alternative Lifestyle Leading to an Alternative to Debt
Daniella Brutman
Some Biology Majors are Left in Limbo
Jaime Perez
Breathing for Birds: My First Year as a Student of Veterinary Medicine
Beth Noe
The Real (Estate) Biologist of Lake Forest College
Clare Culkin Conlisk
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Getting Ahead of the Game: Insight from Lake Forest College Alumni
Kayla Ahlstrand
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Campus Outreach |
An Intellectual Insight into the Problems of the XXI Century
Natalie Kukulka
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| Conference Roundup |
CSFN Conference: A Close Up into the Mysteries of Our Brains
Natalie Kukulka
My Perfect Scientific Vacation
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Science News |
Mind over Muscles: Linking Movement to Neurons in Neonatal Diabetes
Saajidha Rizvydeen
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Alkanes Replacing Alkanes: Frontiers in Renewable Fuel
Thandeka Mabuza
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Lab in Focus |
An Evening at the Lab at the End of the Chromosome
Madhavi Senagolage
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Faculty in Focus |
Bringing Nature to Our Backyard
Lauren Leeber
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 “Paracrine Stimulation”: The Lesser-known Facts of Beth Herbert
Zakea Boeger
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Science in Teaching |
BIO106: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Non-Science Majors
Alina Konnikova
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Diverse BIOLOGICAL Choices for INQUIRING Minds
Alex Reeder, Nadia Vinogradova and Allie Urbanik
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Lake Forest College: A Model for Teacher Education
Shabana Yusufishaq
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 A DeLIGHTful Class
Alina Konnikova
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Beyond the Classroom |
Adventures in a Lithuanian Hospital: Pathway to a Future Decision
Paulius Kuprys
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Furry Side of Medicine: The Life of a Veterinary Intern
Alex Reeder and Allie Urbanik
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 My Life as a Lab Rat: Participating in a Long-term Longitudinal Study
Julia Coltri
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Expanding Horizons |
Lake Forest College and Rosalind Franklin University: Teaming up for Success
Jon Flaksman
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 I Am Not Crazy…I Am Simply Neuro-Obessed! Insight into the Neuroscience Major
Natalie Kukulka and Ashley Reich
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 New Rush University Nursing Partnership “Aids” Undergraduates
Shannon Ver Woert
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Book/Film Review |
Size Matters: A Look at Evolution in Action
Giuseppe Conoscenti, Courtney King, Natalie Kukulka and Nicole Vachter
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 What Does it Mean to be Human: How Neuroethics Alters Our Perception of Mankind
Amanda Allred
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Brain: A Clump of Play-Doh or a Hardwired PC
Kayla Ahlstrand
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 When Fascinating Science Combines with Powerful Emotion
Sohail Khan
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Awakening the Heart inside the Mind-A Comparative Movie Review
Victoria Egedus
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Creative Writing |
Mental Modifications to the Constructs of Change
Vicki Gerentes
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 My Life as a Magnocellular Neuron
Catie Szabo
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 My Life as a Neuron
Lauren Leeber
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Grant Proposal |
Identifying the Protein Interactions between Plasmodium Sporozoites and Hepatocytes that Lead to Malaria
Saajidha Rizvydeen
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Determining the Missing Link: PGRN and TDP-43 in FTDP-17
Madhavi Senagolage and Peter Sullivan
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| News & Views |
CK1ε: Setting the Clock
Keith Solvang
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Sex Requires Kisses
Alina Konnikova
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Toxic Breakups: The Deadly Relationship Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Nitric Oxide Gas
Anna Naditz
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Defeating Alzheimer’s with New Gene Therapies
Julia Coltri
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Review Articles |
Verdict in Neurodegeneration: Murder by Amyloid Protofibrils
Jaime Perez
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Fish Decline, Caused by Global Warming, May Leave Many Hungry in the Amazon
Elizabeth Ross
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Reemergence of Dengue Fever in Argentina as a Result of Climate Change
Lisa Pahomov
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Effects of Dietary Specialization on Chemical Defense of Poison Dart Frogs
Erika Alto
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 A Unique Mutualism: Seed Dispersal and Primate Self-Medication
Jody Buck
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 How We Smell: The Molecular Basis of Olfaction
Lisa Pahomov
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 TRP’S Sensational Pathways: Unlocking Mysteries of Pain & Temperature
Jon Flaksman
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Primary Articles |
Effect of Competition of Mate Choice in Male Guppies Poecilia reticulata
Kaylyn Gasparotto, Isabel Luna and Daysi Vargas Gonzalez
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Auditory Frequency Threshold and Signal Detection Theory
Natalie Simak
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Phosphorylation and Alanine-76 Contribute to α-Synuclein’s Plasma Membrane Binding and Aggregation
Rebecca Brezinsky, Keith Solvang and Michael Fiske
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Beyond Papers |
Effects of Decaying Plants on Biodiversity
Dillon Gilbow, Lauren Leeber, Ashley Reich and Daniel Sanchez
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Sex, Sexuality, and the Brain: The Neurobiology
Alina Konnikova and Daniel Sanchez
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Neurobiology of Huntington’s Disease
Dillon Gilbow, Lauren Leeber and Ashley Reich
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Neurobiology of Alzheimer’s Disease
Karla Avila-Peregrina and Kristi Johnson
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Alkaline Phosphatase: Assessing Streptomyces griseus as a Model Organism
Leah Frenette and Santina Bleil
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Using a Zinc Binding Site to Understand Alkaline Phosphatase Activity
Saajidha Rizvydeen and Shabana Yusufishaq
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
| Senior Thesis |
Genetic Mapping of the M77 Short Pharynx Phenotype in C. elegans
Yama Sadozai
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Frontal Brainwave Synchrony Between Hemispheres: A Function of Visual Semantic Categorization
Alexander Pirrotta
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Age Dependent Effects of Repeated Cocaine Exposure and Withdrawal on Cortical Activity
Daryn Cass
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Molecular Determinant of α-Synuclein Pathotoxicity in Yeast Models
Michael Fiske
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Time-Course of the Effects of Stress on Behavior in Rodents
Derek Atchley
Department of Psychology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Does α-Synuclein use Endocytosis as a Route for Degradation by the Lysosome?
Jaime Perez
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |