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 8
Table of Contents
Editor's Corner
Year Eight: Branching Out
Saajidha Rizvydeen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Campus Outreach
Stephanie Beltrami and Lani Leong
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Conference Roundup
Strong Women Leading Stronger Research: My Encounters at the Cold Spring Harbor Telomere Meeting
Saajidha Rizvydeen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Current Trends in Neuroscience Education: Chicago Chapter of the SFN
Rabia Khan
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
ACM Schools: Fostering Student Inquiry
Shabana Yusufishaq
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The Chance of a Lifetime: Lake Forest Students Come Face-to-Face with Neuroscience Icons
Kayla Ahlstrand
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Science News
The Cure for Cancer Lies in the HIV Virus?
Roberta Dume
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Lab in Focus
Richter Research Ranges: Ecology and Ants to Proteins and Parkinson’s Disease
Kaya Cuper and Rida Khan
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Faculty in Focus
Dr. (Dr.) Verena Bonitz: Polymeric Materials Engineer Turned Psychologist
Ashley Reich
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
“50 Years in the Forest” - with William B. Martin
Tyler Hauer
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Science of Teaching
Mentors: Peers with Knowledge and More!
Allie Urbanik
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Biogeography: The Study of More Than “Um, Biology and Geography”
Allison Hamel
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Beyond the Classroom
Writing from Every Angle
Daniella Brutman
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Kookaburra Sits in an Old Gum Tree While Students Study Below
Nicole Vachter
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Natalie Kukulka
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Expanding Horizons
Through the Microscope: a Study in Dissecting the Scientist Archetype
Nadia Vinogradova
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Science and the Arts at Lake Forest College
Leah Frenette, Sam Pinto, and Nadia Vinogradova
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Immersed in the Natural World: Necedah, Wisconsin
Hilary Wind
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Book and Film Review
Jillian Pastick
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Humans and nature: how the un-wilding of both may lead to our demise
Alexandra Dober
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Spicy and Kinky: an inspiration for sex
Gwen Grimes
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The vindication of Ecology, looking backwards to guide us forward
Mahir Mameledzija
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Margo Wallace
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Creative Writing
Dopi Neuro- Life, Death and Everything in Between
Rida Khan
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Grant Proposal
Robin Graber
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
News and Views
Induced Fatal Familial Insomnia: A Genesis Mystery Debunked
Ryan Vlaar
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Connexin Connections in Neurogenesis
Saajidha Rizvydeen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Review Article
Kaila Stephens
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Saajidha Rizvydeen
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
A Difficult Reality to Digest: The Effects of a Corn-Based Diet on the Digestive System of Cattle
Robin Graber
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
What is Happening to all the Rabbits?
Grace Brandon
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
A Dead End: A Review of Glioblastoma Multiforme
Ashleigh Porter
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Sydni Cole
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Tasty Genes: Diverse Receptors Mediate Distinct Taste Modalities
Menzi Mhlanga
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Jillian Pastick
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Genetics and Cancer: Clonal Evolution in Fanconi Anemia
Christian Athens
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
A Local Soul Trapped in an Alien Body
Grant Alexander
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