Chemistry and Biochemistry News

This summer, senior biochemistry major, Alex Abramson is working at Northwest Hospital as an Emergency Department (ED) scribe. First she took a training course and is now working as a scribe.

This summer, senior Kristin Turner is working as a research and development intern at Athena Enzyme Systems (building in picture above). She reports, "Currently I am working on a cloning project with an enzyme called Chitinas.

Yesterday, Monday, July 1 was my first day where I met with my capstone mentor, Dr. Mandal, and a post-doctoral research fellow, Chris, of the department of otolaryngology at Johns Hopkins.

This summer, Biochemistry senior, Travis Ashley is working in the environmental center at Anne Arundel Community College. Here's his description of what he's doing: "Mostly what we do is microbial monitoring in the bay around.

Each fall, our ACS Club performs the annual Chemistry Magic Show to the delight of a packed audience of students and faculty. One of the favorite experiments is Elephant's Toothpaste.