LEoPARD has presented its research in poster format at a national meeting, the 2024 Canadian Society for Chemistry annual meeting. This is an updated and revamped version of the work that was presented at the institutional meeting, the 2023 Saint Michael's College Academic Symposium. This is an exciting accomplishment, marking the first national meeting at … Continue reading LEoPARD presents its research on a national stage
LEoPARD featured in Saint Michael’s College Magazine, Fall 2023/Winter 2024 issue
LEoPARD's summer 2023 research students were recently featured in the Fall 2023/Winter 2024 issue of the Saint Michael's College Magazine, among the News Highlights of page 7. The news highlight is an abridged version of the wonderful story penned by Mark Tarnacki in June 2023. Thanks to the magazine editor, contributing writers, magazine advisory board, … Continue reading LEoPARD featured in Saint Michael’s College Magazine, Fall 2023/Winter 2024 issue
Conroy, Hearn, Macdonald featured in Saint Michael’s College story focusing on LEoPARD, Athletics nods
Jack Conroy (Dorchester, MA; rising Biology senior), Jamie Hearn (Charlotte, NC; rising Biochemistry sophomore), and Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, WI; rising Biochemistry junior) were recently spotlighted in a stunning front-page Saint Michael's College news story, written by staff writer Mark Tarnacki. You can read the story here. In the story, Tarnacki explores the reasons why these … Continue reading Conroy, Hearn, Macdonald featured in Saint Michael’s College story focusing on LEoPARD, Athletics nods
Conroy, Hearn, Macdonald named in roundup of Saint Michael’s College summer researchers
A recent story on the Saint Michael's College website has featured a number of summer undergraduate researchers and their mentors -- including Jack Conroy, Jamie Hearn, and Jack Macdonald. You can read the story here. Jamie Hearn, of Charlotte, NC, is a rising second-year student (sophomore) majoring in Biochemistry. She joined LEoPARD in the Spring … Continue reading Conroy, Hearn, Macdonald named in roundup of Saint Michael’s College summer researchers
Macdonald, Simonson present undergraduate research poster at Academic Symposium
On April 29th, LEoPARD's research students Jack Macdonald and Sebastian Simonson attended the 2023 Saint Michael's College Academic Symposium -- and presented a poster entitled "Modulation of alkaline phosphatase activity by vanilloids: a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) study." The poster represented a portion of the undergraduate research in which Macdonald and Simonson have been engaged … Continue reading Macdonald, Simonson present undergraduate research poster at Academic Symposium
Our review article “Catechin and other catechol-containing secondary metabolites” is now live at PharmaNutrition
Our recently-accepted review article, “Catechin and other catechol-containing secondary metabolites: Bacterial biotransformation and regulation of carbohydrate metabolism” is now live at PharmaNutrition. The review explores the ubiquity of catechol moieties in endogenous signaling molecules as well as dietary phytochemicals, their prospective biotransformation by gut microbiota and other microorganisms, and the roles that various catechols play … Continue reading Our review article “Catechin and other catechol-containing secondary metabolites” is now live at PharmaNutrition
Apply to LEoPARD today
We were beginning to make some interesting research progress in the Spring 2020 semester, when our research -- much like the rest of the world -- was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since spring break -- the week of March 15th -- we have not been able to get into the lab to work … Continue reading Apply to LEoPARD today
LEoPARD features in a CMUnow story
Recently, we were visited by Kelsey Coleman, Creative Content and Social Media Specialist at the Colorado Mesa University Marketing and Communications office. Visiting with student-researchers Brett Duncan and Austin Lorenz, she crafted a truly inspirational story. The story can be read at CMUnow -- the official hub for news and stories from Colorado Mesa University, … Continue reading LEoPARD features in a CMUnow story
Faculty Professional Development Funds awarded
The Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) at Colorado Mesa University has been awarded $4,800 in internal funds for individual and collaborative projects. Awards were disseminated via the Faculty Professional Development Fund (FPDP), an annual program at CMU established for projects facilitating the scholarly and creative development of faculty members. … Continue reading Faculty Professional Development Funds awarded
The Centennial State
We've moved (yes, again)! It seems like we had only just arrived at the University of Windsor -- but, for context, it had actually been about a year-and-a-half (January 2018 through June 2019), and much was accomplished during that time. We won several internal research awards for supporting undergraduate research, such as an Undergraduate Research … Continue reading The Centennial State
Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) 