Olivia DrakePhilip Bolton, professor of chemistry; Dobroslawa Bialonska, postdoctoral fellow in in chemistry; and chemistry graduate student Kenneth Song are the co-authors of "Complexes of mismatched and complementary DNA with minor groove binders. Structures at nucleotide resolution via an improved hydroxyl radical cleavage methodology," published in Mutation Research, 726(1): pages 47-53, 2011. In this paper, the authors explain how they've developed a protocol to investigate the structures of the complexes of damaged DNA with drug like molecules. Tumor cell lines can replicate faster than normal cells and many also have defective DNA repair pathways. This has lead to the investigation of the inhibition of…
Bill Herbst, the John Monroe Van Vleck Professor of Astronomy, chair of the Astronomy Department, is the author of "Infrared Variability of Evolved Protoplanetary Disks: Evidence for Scale Height Variations in the Inner Disk," published in The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 748, Issue 1, article id. 71, 2012. Roy Kilgard, research assistant professor of astronomy, is the author of "Chandra Observations of the Collisional Ring Galaxy NGC 922," published in The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 747, Issue 2, article id. 150, 2012.
Phil Resor, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, received a $246,728 grant from the National Science Foundation for his study on "Three Dimensional Characterization of a Pseudotachylyte-bearing Fault." The grant was awarded on March 15 and expires on June 30, 2014. In this study, Resor and Wesleyan students will use high-resolution x-ray computed tomography imagery of natural and experimental fault surfaces to quantify surface roughness, frictional contact area, and Pseudotachylyte fault rock thickness. "Pseudotachylytes are generally considered the only unequivocal evidence of earthquake slip velocities that is preserved in fault zones," Resor explains. The proposed project will improve the…
Two undergraduates each received a $5,000 grant from the NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium on Jan. 1. Lavontria Aaron '14 to will study minerals on Mars with Martha Gilmore, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences; and Craig Malamut '12 will research local interstellar mediums with Seth Redfield, assistant professor of astronomy.
The Green Street After School Arts and Science Program received a grant worth $9,405 from the Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts. The DECD receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. The grant was awarded on March 6.
Through the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute, Wesleyan's Muslim Chaplain Marwa Aly is engaging with experts in various fields and is articulately developing a vision and purpose in her work as a chaplain. As one of 22 prominent Muslim Americans who received a 2011-2012 Civic Leadership Fellowship, Aly is connecting to a network of civic leaders across the country and facilitating a forum for constructive intra-Muslim dialogue. She's learning how to identify leadership needs, ways to guide the development of projects, partnerships and resources and gaining practical skills in communication, community mobilization, leadership, advocacy and organizational management. "I am looking…
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