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Nov. 22, 2019

Amelia Lacey will likely spend some time studying on an Aloha State beach during the winter 2020 semester.

The fourth-year biochemistry (nutrition) major and St. Johns resident will study at the University of Hawaii at Mnoa as one of 20 top Canadian students receiving a Killam Fellowship from Fulbright Canada this year.

The scholarship program allows exceptional undergraduate students to participate in a bi-national academic exchange between Canada and the United States.

I wont be able to come home for a visit while Im there, and Ive never lived away from home for that long before, so its definitely going to be a new experience for me, said Ms. Lacey about the upcoming experience.

But, Im looking forward to all of the adventurous activities there and I hope to explore the islands of Hawaii as much as I can.

Ms. Lacey says her success in receiving the fellowship is an example of what can happen when you dont give up. She applied for the Killam Fellowship twice before being successful this year let alone in the highly coveted Paradise of the Pacific spot.

You have to choose the university that best matches the courses you need to take for your degree, and Hawaii has a great nutrition program, said Ms. Lacey. I recognized that and highlighted it in my application. They also offer a lot of courses we dont have at Memorial, so Im hoping to take a few courses I wouldnt otherwise get to take.

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In September she travelled to Ottawa, Ont., for an orientation session. There, she met the other Canadian and American Killam fellows, along with the American Fulbright students and scholars who are studying and conducting research in Canada this year. This spring Ms. Lacey will gather with them once again for a seminar in Washington, D.C.

It was great to meet people who were very different from me, but who also had similar values, she continued. I only spent three days with them, but were still talking regularly. I know well be keeping in touch.

It showed her, as many past Memorial fellowship recipients have found, that the Killam network is a strong one.

Once you get a Killam, youre considered a Killam fellow for life. So, you will continue to get emails, event invitations and other opportunities from them. It certainly opens up doors, thats for sure.

A focus on health and well-being has guided Ms. Laceys academic and personal pursuits.

She has been awarded several research awards, including three MUCEPs, a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award and a Faculty of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Award.

A Deans List student for the past three years, she has also been supported by several generous scholarships. Currently, she is the vice-president (social) for the Biochemistry Society, executive director of communications with the Women in Science and Engineering Undergraduate Society and a member of the Quintessential Vocal Ensemble. Past volunteer work with Global Brigades in Honduras also inspired Ms. Lacey to become more involved in global health.

Kelly Foss is a communications advisor with the Faculty of Science. She can be reached at kfoss@mun.ca.

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Kate Ptashnik is a second-year distance free swimmer on the Case Western Reserve University swim team. With the season still young, she looks to improve on a stellar first year that featured an 18:21.88 in the 1,650 free. Swimming provides Ptashnik with countless memories, including getting punched in the face. Ptashnik is currently majoring in nutritional biochemistry and likes to spend time with her friends.

What is your favorite part of being on the swim team? Why?

My favorite part of being on the swim team is being surrounded by people who have similar work ethics, but different passions than I do. I enjoy hearing and seeing my teammates/friends being excited about things they are doing while we get to bond through something we all love.

Do you have any meets that you remember being particularly special? Why?

The Wooster Invitational meet last year, I was accidentally punched in the face by another athlete right before my race (the mile), but then proceeded to swim my best time of the season.

Aside from swimming, what other activities are you involved in on campus? Can you explain what you do in them?

I am the Greek Games chair and the executive assistant in Kappa Alpha Theta. I am also a tour guide at the CWRU Office of Admissions. Additionally, I am a part of research within the nutrition department, where we are trying to teach children with family members who have diabetes how to make healthy and nutritious foods.

Why are you majoring in nutritional biochemistry? What about it interests you?

I am majoring in nutritional biochemistry because I liked both biology and chemistry, and then got early exposure to a nutrition course my first semester here and absolutely loved it. I am interested in nutritional biochemistry because I think it is really applicable to a student athlete as well as just a person.

What are your favorite free time activities? Why?

Spending time with my friends, both on and not on the swim team, because we can always have fun no matter what else is happening in our stressful CWRU life.

What is your favorite quote or what inspires you?

Be the hammer Doug Milliken.

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A study recently published in the Journal of Cellular Biochemistry1 found that supplementation with Sabinsas patented curcumin extract Curcumin C3 Complex combined with the patented piperine BioPerine, supported liver function in subjects with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease(NAFLD). A chronic liver condition that effects about 25% of the U.S. population, according to the American Liver Foundation, NAFLD has no approved pharmaceutical treatments, and is commonly associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases.

In the study, 70 subjects with ultrasound-determined NAFLD were randomized to either receive 500 mg of curcumin extract with 5 mg of piperine daily, or placebo for 12 weeks. Results showed that supplementation significantly reduced elevated liver function parameters including alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, as well as cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, iron, hemoglobin, and increased total iron-binding capacity. Based on sonography, the supplement group also saw improved NAFLD severity, compared to placebo.

We're encouraged by the researchers conclusion that combined supplementation of C3 Complex and BioPerine may provide a safe and viable method for curtailing the progress of NAFLD, said Sabinsa founder Muhammed Majeed, PhD, in a press release.

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1. Panahi Y et al. Curcuminoids plus piperine improve nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A clinical trial. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, vol. 120, no. 9 (2019): 15989-15996

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Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms capable of entering, colonising and growing within a host organism, thus producing an infection. Bacterial infections have been on the rise worldwide in recent years, but many mechanisms underlying bacterial pathogenesis are still poorly understood. This is highly relevant given the fact that the development of new antimicrobial therapies is largely based on current knowledge of the mechanisms behind these infections. The proteins coded by the bacterial genes are responsible for the thousands of biochemical processes essential for the efficient propagation of the pathogen. Many studies demonstrate, however, that in order to identify these genes, in vivo information is needed on what happens with the bacteria in a real case of an infected host. The in vitro studies, i.e., those recreated in laboratories with cell and bacterial cultures, later do not always correlate with data from in vivo studies. This is due to the fact that pathogenic bacterial genes essential for producing the infections depend on the environment of the colonised organism.A team of researchers from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona and from the Centre of Genomic Regulation (CRG) has created the BacFITBase database. Based on the results of the in vivo experiments, researchers systematically characterised the bacterial genes relevant for host cell invasion and infection. All the experiments performed were based on a technique named transposon mutagenesis, where the DNA fragments called transposons are transferred to the organism's pathogenic genes, thereby inactivating them. By doing so, their role in the infection can be observed directly and researchers can determine which are essential for a specific host organism to become infected. Therefore, this database will make it easier to identify target proteins that can help in fighting infectious diseases and accelerate the development of new antimicrobial agents.The database contains over 90,000 entries with information on specific pathogenic bacterial genes and their contribution to in vivo infectious conditions in five different host species. It includes information on a total of 15 bacteria (two variants ofSalmonella enterica, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Mycobacterium avium,three variants ofEscherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter jejuni, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Serratia marcescensandVibrio parahaemolyticus) and 5 model vertebrates (cow, pig, hen, mouse and rabbit), with information across 10 different tissues.BacFITBase, published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research, was developed by researchers from the UAB Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Javier Macho and Marc Torrent, alongside researchers from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Benjamin Lang and Gian Gaetano Tartaglia.

Reference:Rendn,et al. (2019) BacFITBase: a database to assess the relevance of bacterial genes during host infection.Nucleic Acids ResearchDOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz931

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Lori Loughlins Lonely Hearts Club Band, featuring musicians JP Dabu, Niles Miller, Joe Aleshaiker and Bruno Pita (right to left), beat out the competiton at Ground Zeros annual Battle of the Bands. (Photo courtesy of JP Dabu)

What do you get when a biochemistry major, a journalism major, a business major and a civil engineering graduate start a band? It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but the four members of Lori Loughlins Lonely Hearts Club Band have proven otherwise. On Oct. 25, they competed against three other groups at USCs Battle of the Bands and won a $300 Amazon gift card as a testimony to their talent.

Lead vocalist and keyboardist Joseph Dabu, or JP, was scrolling through his Instagram feed when he saw the application for the contest. He immediately contacted his high school friend Bruno Pita, a biochemistry graduate student at UCLA who plays the bass. Pita then contacted fellow Bruin Joe Aleshaiker, a recent alumnus and civil engineering major.

Lastly, Dabu reached out to Niles Miller, a junior majoring in business of cinematic arts who he met at Remedy Through Music, a student organization dedicated to visiting local hospitals and retirement homes and playing songs for the patients, nurses and visitors.

Before they even started playing, what first characterized their personality was their groups name witty, original and just a little bit controversial.

We couldnt come up with a name. We had a placeholder name [The Rivals] which was terrible, Pita said. I was actually ashamed of going up on stage like that I couldnt think of anything that was acceptable, Pita said.

On the last day the band was able to change its name for the competition, Pita desperately pulled up the Los Angeles Times and saw a headline about Lori Loughlins indictment. A lightbulb went off in his head. The alliteration of the three Ls was brilliant, and the callback to the quintessential Beatles album worked perfectly.

Its funny because both Bruno and Joe are from UCLA and Niles and I are from USC, Dabu said.

But Pita hopes no ones feelings were hurt.

I like to think of it as making your food spicy, Pita said. It might sting a bit but it makes the food more interesting to eat.

Although the spice in their name is certainly ear-catching, the food or in this case, their music is what kept the audience enthralled and eventually led them to victory. Their renditions of Dont Let Me Down, Something and Somebody to Love showcased their skills as musicians and proved that you dont have to major in music to find your passion in music.

Aleshaiker is living proof of this. Since graduating, he has been working on his music full time.

Ive been playing since I was 9 years old, so its always been a passion of mine, he said. For me at least, its definitely a big part of my life.

Likewise, Miller, the bands drummer, said his passion for music has always been present in his life. He learned to play the djembe and bongos with his dad and went on to play percussion and drums in middle school and high school.

I did do jazz ensemble for about a year, but then I stopped because it was too much with my current workload, Miller said. However, he still considers playing the drums a great passion.

Pita, on the other hand, only started playing music his junior year, learning to play the piano on an iPad app and eventually picking up the guitar. But unlike his bandmates, Pita mostly sees the instrument as a stress-relieving hobby.

Thats how we actually started jamming together, he was just so hyped I think to have someone that played with him, Pita said.

Even though Lori Loughlins Lonely Hearts dont identify as a Beatles cover band, the undertone and general respect for the iconic group is clear in their bands style, and each member identifies with an individual Beatle.

Im George, 100%, Aleshaiker said. I feel like George is always kind of in the background but is always contributing.

The other three have yet to reach some consensus. Bruno says hes a Paul because he plays the bass and sings the higher harmonies. Dabu says hes a Paul because hes left-handed. And although one might be tempted to call the drum player a Ringo, Miller objected.

I decided to leave it up to the BuzzFeed quiz on there, Miller said. And I got that Im a Paul!

Even though Lori Loughlins Lonely Hearts Club Band started out as a one-time performance, their win at Battle of the Bands was a definite confidence booster.

There was a lot of good competition, so I was actually kind of surprised that we won, Aleshaiker said.

Dabu agreed and lauded the other three bands they competed against.

We just banded together in September and the other bands Im sure, had been established, and probably were practicing more often than we were, he said.

But Natalie Williams, a freshman majoring in art who attended Battle of the Bands, dismisses their humble remarks.

I wasnt really surprised they won, she said. They had a lot of energy and were really hyped up. It was obvious they practiced a lot.

In the end, it wasnt just their hard work but their passion for music indisputably paid off.

We just wanted to have a good time, Dabu said. Im glad we did that.

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Impeachment hearings are underway on Capitol Hill as the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence works to decide if there will be an impeachment trial for President Donald Trump. The Daily Nebraskan asked students if they have been paying attention to the hearings and if they think impeachment is likely.

Pierce Leef, sophomore biochemistry and science education double major

Pierce Leef, sophomore biochemistry and science education double major

I havent been really paying attention. Ive wanted to, but theres a lot of other stuff going on right now, and its really busy. I personally hope that there is something involved with at least the process of going through and seeing what actually has happened and what hasnt because theres been a lot of misinformation on both sides. Just figuring out the real truth would be good.

Cleopatra Babor, freshman plant biology major

Cleopatra Babor, freshman plant biology major

I have been paying attention, and I believe that impeachment is very unlikely. Just all the information [President Trump] has been hiding is probably the most shocking thing, but in my personal opinion, we kind of all already knew [he was hiding information]. Its very close to the 2020 election and thats why I think impeachment is pushing to the unlikely side. But theres still hope.

Louis Lu, junior actuarial science major

Louis Lu, junior actuarial science

I havent been paying attention. For me, I am not really sure about politics in America because I dont really care about that because Im a Chinese student. Maybe [impeachment] is possible.

Alex Bartels, junior advertising and public relations major

Alex Bartels, junior advertising and public relations major

I have not been paying attention to the impeachment hearings. I just dont really pay attention to politics and dont really follow anyone on social media that talks about politics. I dont know much about it and also just dont really know if [impeachment] is possible or not. I feel like they probably wont impeach since the election is already coming up next year.

Ali Mohamed, junior education major

Ali Mohamed, junior education major

Ive seen clips here and there, but I havent been really paying attention. [Impeachment] is probably not going to happen. Its been going on for a while, and I feel like theyre dragging it on. By that time, hes probably going to be out of the office.

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The previously unfunded Longhorn Stop the Bleed program recently received five years of funding from Campus Safety and Security.

The program is a chapter of a national organization created after Sandy Hook to teach people how to respond in bleeding emergencies. UT alumna Claire Zagorski said she started a chapter of the program on campus to reduce fatality and helplessness.

I was inspired to bring it to UT after Harrison Brown was stabbed to death, program director Zagorski said. The bystander was saying, This is terrible because he was laying there bleeding and no one could do anything, just wait. Im a paramedic, and I knew that wasnt true, but I also knew people had to be taught what to do.

Zagorski said the funding will consist of $2,500 every year and is the result of safety advocacy nonprofit SafeHorns stressing the programs importance to Campus Safety and Security.

It was very validating, Zagorski said. Im glad that the work that were doing is getting noticed and that were making a difference, and now were going to be able to take a big step forward in expanding the program because of that.

Zagorski said the program will use the funds to buy more training equipment for larger classes and to launch a promotional campaign to increase awareness. She said the training is useful in many contexts, but people pay attention to the program if they see a recent uptick in campus violence.

UT is an open campus, biochemistry sophomore Sonia Patel said. I think its a necessity for people, and students especially, to be aware of what to do in the event of a shooting or stabbing. If we were aware of it, we could help save people.

Zagorski said the program partners with the certified EMTs in Longhorn EMS to lead training courses. David Wu, lead instructor of Longhorn Stop the Bleed in Longhorn EMS, said empowerment is a huge goal of the training.

It isnt necessarily having the skills, biochemistry junior Wu said. Its having the confidence of knowing you have the training to know what to do in that scenario. Most bystanders are in shock when something happens, and with a little training, it gives you a bit of confidence to go, Okay, I know what to do in this situation. This is how I should move forward.

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Explore schools that excel in biology and biochemistry.

Students might pursue a degree in biology or biochemistry as a path to medical school or a variety of professions. Whatever their career goals, prospective students can explore the top 10 Best Global Universities for Biology and Biochemistry, as ranked by U.S. News based on academic research performance in this subject area.

10. Cornell University

Location: Ithaca, New York

Best Global Universities overall rank: 23

Fact: Cornell University offers multiple college majors that relate to biology and biochemistry, including biology and society, chemistry and chemical biology, biomedical engineering, biological sciences and biological engineering.

9. Johns Hopkins University

Location: Baltimore

Best Global Universities overall rank: 11

Fact: Johns Hopkins University conducted $2.56 billion in medical, science and engineering research in the fiscal year 2017, according to its website.

8. University of California--San Diego

Location: La Jolla, California

Best Global Universities overall rank: 19

Fact: The University of California--San Diego's biological sciences division has more than 100 research labs, according to its website.

7. University of Oxford

Location: Oxford, England

Best Global Universities overall rank: 5

Fact: The University of Oxford's biochemistry department offers a four-year program for undergrads that culminates in a master's credential, according to the department's website.

5 (tie). University of Cambridge

Location: Cambridge, England

Best Global Universities overall rank: 9

Fact: The University of Cambridge's department of biochemistry is home to more than 50 research groups investigating "how cells and their constituent molecules work in life and relate to disease," according to the institution's website.

5 (tie). University of California--San Francisco

Location: San Francisco

Best Global Universities overall rank: 15

Fact: For globally minded students, the University of California--San Francisco offers a one-year master's program in global health and a doctoral program in global health sciences, according to the school's website.

4. University of California--Berkeley

Location: Berkeley, California

Best Global Universities overall rank: 4

Fact: The University of California--Berkeley has six field stations for biology researchers in places as close as San Jose, California, and as far as French Polynesia, according to the school's website.

3. Stanford University

Location: Stanford, California

Best Global Universities overall rank: 3

Fact: During the 2017-2018 school year, human biology was the second most popular undergraduate major at Stanford University, according to the institution's website. Computer science was the most popular.

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Best Global Universities overall rank: 2

Fact: Three members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's biology department faculty are recipients of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, according to the university's website.

1. Harvard University

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Best Global Universities overall rank: 1

Fact: Harvard University is affiliated with 19 hospitals and health-focused research institutes in the Boston area, per its website, creating many opportunities for student research in life sciences fields.

These are the top 10 global universities for biology and biochemistry.

-- 1. Harvard University

-- 2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

-- 3. Stanford University

-- 4. University of California--Berkeley

-- 5 (tie). University of California--San Francisco

-- 5 (tie). University of Cambridge

-- 7. University of Oxford

-- 8. University of California--San Diego

-- 9. Johns Hopkins University

-- 10. Cornell University

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Relay Therapeutics, a new breed of company at the intersection of computation and biotechnology, today announced that Ben B. Wolf, M.D., Ph.D., has joined as chief medical officer, Mrunal Monica Phadnis has joined as vice president of clinical operations and Iain Martin, Ph.D., has joined as vice president, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics.

As we advance multiple programs into the clinic in the coming year and continue to deepen our early stage pipeline, Bens extensive experience in clinical development and translational medicine, Monicas background in clinical operations, and Iains expertise in drug discovery will be critical in helping propel the company in the next phase of our growth, said Don Bergstrom, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president and head of research and development of Relay Therapeutics. We are pleased to welcome these respected leaders, who together bring a wealth of expertise to our growing team.

Dr. Ben B. Wolf is a precision oncologist who brings to Relay Therapeutics nearly 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, with expertise advancing new oncology programs in the clinic and optimizing patient selection to enable rapid proof of concept and registration. He has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and multiple patents related to drug discoveries. Most recently, Dr. Wolf served as chief medical officer at KSQ Therapeutics, a biotechnology company advancing a pipeline of CRISPR-based tumor- and immune-focused drug candidates for the treatment of cancer. Prior to KSQ, Dr. Wolf was senior vice president, clinical development at Blueprint Medicines, where he advanced three oncology programs for novel kinase inhibitors from investigational new drug (IND) applications to clinical proof-of-concept. Prior to Blueprint, Dr. Wolf held clinical and medical director roles at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, ImmunoGen, Amgen and Genentech. Dr. Wolf holds an M.D. and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Virginia and a B.S. from Union College. He completed medical training in internal medicine and medical oncology at the University of California at San Diego.

Monica Phadnis is an end-to-end delivery expert with more than 15 years in clinical oncology research. Prior to joining Relay Therapeutics, she was the executive director of clinical development in oncology and hematology at Syneos Health, where she worked primarily on early phase solid tumors. Before Syneos, she was the director and clinical operations lead at EMD Serono, where she led Precision Medicine clinical programs in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Additionally, she held roles of growing responsibility at Quintiles Translational Corporation, Sanofi-Aventis, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Selventa Inc. Ms. Phadnis received a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Mumbai in Mumbai, India and a pre-medical diploma with specialization in genetics from Harvard University.

Dr. Iain Martin brings to Relay Therapeutics more than 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) across therapeutic areas, including oncology and neuroscience. Prior to joining Relay Therapeutics, he was executive director within the department of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug metabolism at Merck, where he led groups responsible for DMPK support of small molecule and peptide programs across the company. Prior to Merck, Dr. Martin held roles of increasing responsibility at The Upjohn Company, AstraZeneca, Organon and Schering Plough. He received his Ph.D. in drug metabolism and a B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Surrey (UK).

About Relay TherapeuticsRelay Therapeutics is committed to creating medicines that will have a transformative impact on patients by building a unique discovery platform centered on understanding how the conformation of proteins relate to function. Whereas prior approaches to imaging proteins have been limited to static pictures, Relay Therapeutics approach overcomes this challenge by combining unprecedented computational power with leading edge experimental techniques in structural biology, biophysics, chemistry and biology. This integration illuminates for the first time the full mobility of a protein and provides key insights into how the dynamic nature of a proteins conformation regulates function. By applying these insights, Relay Therapeutics aims to modulate protein conformation to develop novel therapies for patients. The companys initial programs are focused on developing therapeutics in oncology. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Relay Therapeutics is a private company launched in 2016. To date the company has raised $520M from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund, Third Rock Ventures, Casdin Capital, GV, BVF Partners, EcoR1 Capital, Foresite Capital, Perceptive Advisors, Tavistock Group and an affiliate of D.E. Shaw Research.

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