LEoPARD presents its research on a national stage

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

Hearn, Macdonald earn Trustee Scholar summer fellowships

The Laboratory for Evaluation of Pharmacological Agents in Remediation of Disease (LEoPARD) is ecstatic to announce that two of our current research students -- Jamie Hearn and Jack Macdonald -- have been awarded Trustee Scholar summer fellowships by the Office of the Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Saint Michael's College. The fellowships enable and fund … Continue reading Hearn, Macdonald earn Trustee Scholar summer fellowships