To Your Health
08/14/2012
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) hosted its first Journal Club meeting, a monthly presentation by a faculty member and student to present scientific literature.
Megan considers how to respond to a question.
The research demonstrated that the synthesis and complexation of gadolinium-containing contrast agents with viral capsids were successful and more potent contrast agents than those currently being used.
She returns to a previous slide to help clarify one of the concepts from the research.
She explains how mice can be used for testing responses in the human immune system
Students and faculty listen attentively to the details of the research.
Students and faculty had the chance to pose questions.
Biology major Megan Kummerlowe ‘13 introduces the topic of her presentation, “Human responses against HER-2 positive cancer cells in human immune system-grafted mice.”
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Aaron Amick begins his presentation on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Contrast Agents.
Students watch as Megan proceeds through the presentation.
An engaged audience sparked a dialogue about implications of the research following the presentation.
Dr. Amick describes how an MRI works on an atomic level.
Megan elaborates how HIS mice were separated into two groups based on matched levels of CD45+ human circulating cells.
Dr. Amick explains illustrations for help visualizing the concepts.