Chemistry
Myron Lard grew up just 40 miles from the East Palestine derailment site. He returned to help the community understand the impact.
Curious, young minds from the Child Development Center enjoyed hands-on learning about the ways the world works during a visit to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Using single molecule and ensemble level methods, the Balci and Basu Labs will perform in vitro and in cellulo experiments to establish the capabilities and limitations of nuclease-dead mutant of Cas9 (dCas9) to target G-quadruplex forming sequences in the promoter regions and regulate transcription.
Co-PIs Dr. Michael Strickland (Professor and Chair, Physics), Dr. Qiang Guan (Assistant Professor, Computer Science), and Dr. Barry Dunietz (Associate Professor, Chemistry) have received a $500k grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a quantum computing (QC) training program at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
