DNA barcodes, chronic arsenic exposure, plants with an edge in hot summers
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE NEWSLETTER |
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DNA ‘barcodes’ developed at Clemson could help open new frontiers in the study of disease |
Barcodes help retailers track the flow of goods from the shelves to the cash register. Clemson University researchers are creating tiny tags made from DNA and fluorescent dyes that light up in unique patterns like barcodes to track specific proteins in cells. The “barcodes” will offer researchers a deeper view into how those cells behave, interact and change and allow them to better understand disease.
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Wildfires can cause long-lasting impact on soil ecosystem |
Wildfires leave a dramatic and noticeable impact on the landscape — scorched trees, missing canopies and a forest floor devoid of plants and shrubs. But they leave an impact underground as well. Research by Clemson’s Antonino Malacrino showed that the changes can be long-lasting.
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| Grad student turns love of crustaceans into research to better understand spiny lobsters |
Allysa Baker believes crustaceans are interesting — and understudied. She’s trying to change that. Using a leg tissue sample that has been preserved in ethanol longer than she’s been alive, Baker generated genomic resources for the Robinson Crusoe’s spiny lobster for the first time, and she’s got other species of spiny lobsters in her sight.
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Fruit fly study shows the toxic effects of chronic arsenic exposure on central nervous system |
Arsenic is a major pollutant of groundwater in Asia and some areas of the United States. A researcher at the Clemson Center for Human Genetics has studied the neurological effects of small doses of the pollutant over longer periods of time.
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Alumni Spotlight: George Meister ’00 |
George Meister ’00 doesn’t see patients or research cures for diseases, but the Clemson University mathematics graduate plays a vital role in the health care of millions of people as vice president of the global information technology project management office at Labcorp, a life sciences company that provides laboratory testing for a wide range of medical needs.
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A quick look around the College of Science…
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Plants with traits that help them thermoregulate have advantage in a warming world |
From bats to bones: Award winner adds high-tech tools to Libraries’ collection to support hands-on learning |
As the winner of the Phil Prince Innovation in Teaching Award from Undergraduate Student Government, John Cummings received funds to purchase items for Clemson Libraries to support field work in the study of wildlife and ecology. Find out what items he chose.
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