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 7| MARCH 2011
Table of Contents
Editor's Corner
Accolades
Alina Konnikova and Keith Solvang
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Alumni in Focus
Getting Ahead of the Game: Insight from Lake Forest College Alumni
Kayla Ahlstrand
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
An Alternative Lifestyle Leading to an Alternative to Debt
Daniella Brutman
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The Real (Estate) Biologist of Lake Forest College
Clare Culkin Conlisk
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Breathing for Birds: My First Year as a Student of Veterinary Medicine
Beth Noe
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Some Biology Majors are Left in Limbo
Jaime Perez
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Campus Outreach
An Intellectual Insight into the Problems of the XXI Century
Natalie Kukulka
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Conference Roundup
CSFN Conference: A Close Up into the Mysteries of Our Brains
Natalie Kukulka
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
My Perfect Scientific Vacation
Lisa Pahomov
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Science News
Alkanes Replacing Alkanes: Frontiers in Renewable Fuel
Thandeka Mabuza
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Mind over Muscles: Linking Movement to Neurons in Neonatal Diabetes
Saajidha Rizvydeen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Lab in Focus
An Evening at the Lab at the End of the Chromosome
Madhavi Senagolage
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Faculty in Focus
“Paracrine Stimulation”: The Lesser-known Facts of Beth Herbert
Zakea Boeger
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Bringing Nature to Our Backyard
Lauren Leeber
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Science of Teaching
Alina Konnikova
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
BIO106: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Non-Science Majors
Alina Konnikova
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Diverse BIOLOGICAL Choices for INQUIRING Minds
Alex Reeder, Nadia Vinogradova and Allie Urbanik
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Lake Forest College: A Model for Teacher Education
Shabana Yusufishaq
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Beyond the Classroom
My Life as a Lab Rat: Participating in a Long-term Longitudinal Study
Julia Coltri
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Adventures in a Lithuanian Hospital: Pathway to a Future Decision
Paulius Kuprys
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The Furry Side of Medicine: The Life of a Veterinary Intern
Alex Reeder and Allie Urbanik
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Expanding Horizons
Lake Forest College and Rosalind Franklin University: Teaming up for Success
Jon Flaksman
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
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
New Rush University Nursing Partnership “Aids” Undergraduates
Shannon Ver Woert
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Creative Writing
Mental Modifications to the Constructs of Change
Vicki Gerentes
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Lauren Leeber
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
My Life as a Magnocellular Neuron
Catie Szabo
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
News and Views
Defeating Alzheimer’s Disease with New Gene Therapies
Julia Coltri
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Alina Konnikova
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Toxic Breakups: The Deadly Relationship Between Alzheimer's Disease and Nitric Oxide Gas
Anna Naditz
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Keith Solvang
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Book or Film Review
The Brain: A Clump of Play-Doh or a Hardwired PC
Kayla Ahlstrand
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
What Does it Mean to be Human: How Neuroethics Alters Our Perception of Mankind
Amanda Allred
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Size Matters: A Look at Evolution in Action
Giuseppe Conoscenti, Courtney King, Natalie Kukulka and Nicole Vachter
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Awakening the Heart inside the Mind: A Comparative Movie Review
Victoria Egedus
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
When Fascinating Science Combines with Powerful Emotion
Sohail Khan
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Review Articles
Effects of Dietary Specialization on Chemical Defense of Poison Dart Frogs
Erika Alto
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
A Unique Mutualism: Seed Dispersal and Primate Self-Medication
Jody Buck
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
TRP’S Sensational Pathways: Unlocking Mysteries of Pain & Temperature
Jon Flaksman
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
How We Smell: The Molecular Basis of Olfaction
Lisa Pahomov
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Reemergence of Dengue Fever in Argentina as a Result of Climate Change
Lisa Pahomov
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Verdict in Neurodegeneration: Murder by Amyloid Protofibrils
Jaime Perez
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Fish Decline, Caused by Global Warming, May Leave Many Hungry in the Amazon
Elizabeth Ross
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Primary Articles
Phosphorylation and Alanine-76 Contribute to α-Synuclein’s Plasma Membrane Binding and Aggregation
Rebecca Brezinsky, Keith Solvang and Michael Fiske
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Effect of Competition of Mate Choice in Male Guppies Poecilia reticulata
Kaylyn Gasparotto, Isabel Luna and Daysi Vargas Gonzalez
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Auditory Frequency Threshold and Signal Detection Theory
Natalie Simak
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Grant Proposal
Saajidha Rizvydeen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Determining the Missing Link: PGRN and TDP-43 in FTDP-17
Madhavi Senagolage and Peter Sullivan
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Senior Thesis
The Time-Course of the Effects of Stress on Behavior in Rodents
Derek Atchley
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Age Dependent Effects of Repeated Cocaine Exposure and Withdrawal on Cortical Activity
Daryn Cass
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Molecular Determinant of α-Synuclein Pathotoxicity in Yeast Models
Michael Fiske
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Does α-Synuclein use Endocytosis as a Route for Degradation by the Lysosome?
Jaime Perez
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Frontal Brainwave Synchrony Between Hemispheres: A Function of Visual Semantic Categorization
Alexander Pirrotta
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Genetic Mapping of the M77 Short Pharynx Phenotype in C. elegans
Yama Sadozai
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
