ABOUT THE COVER ARTWORK
“SUPERNOVA” BY MAGGIE LYNCH
“When I thought about chaos my first thought was space. Our universe is in constant flux and with that comes chaos. I don’t have a large knowledge of space or astrophysics, but as an artist I’ve always had a love affair with viewing the ever-changing sky above me. The definition of a supernova is literally, “dramatic and catastrophic destruction…marked by one final explosion.” From my understanding, a supernova disturbs the equilibrium of our so very complicated universe. Even though they disturb our universe, there are stars still sitting among the sky when a supernova occurs. To me that is a picture perfect example of chaos vs equilibrium. I am a digital illustrator so my immediate thought was to carefully illustrate a beautiful supernova to abstract it into art.”
- MAGGIE LYNCH
ISSN 1937-2604
About the Authors
Editor’s Corner |
Chaos and EquilibriumAasimah Tanveer |
Accolades |
AWARD WINNERS, INDUCTEES, and SCHOLARS of 2017 |
Our Courses and Professors |
The New Science CenterErica Saldana91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Plant BiologyMax SpehlmannDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Interesting Class: Literature and MedicineZubair MohammedDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
Beyond the Classroom |
The CSfN Conference: Research of the Best Minds in NeurosciencePhilip FreundDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Broken Gender Barrier in Scientific AcademicsMaggie LynchDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Optimizing my Summer InternshipPhilip FreundDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Brain Awareness Week: A Time of Stress and RewardAriane Balaram91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
Abroad and In Our Backyards |
Abroad in ChinaCaitlin BrownDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Neuroscience and DenmarkNikki Heung91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
Faculty in Focus |
“Everyone Should Love Neuroscience!”Danielle Berninzoni91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Crazy About ChemistryChisomo Mwale91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The End of an Era: Dr. Douglas Light Set to RetireMohini VermaDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
News & Views |
A New Map of Frontotemporal Dementia: Defining How Tau Mutations Cause FTDPhilip Freund91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Positive Effects of Brain Discoveries on a Lawyer CareerDaria PolyarskayaBiology Department 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Seizing The SeizuresBrett Palmero91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Nitric Oxide: The Gaseous Culprit of NeurodegenerationAgnieszka Pastwa91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Spreading InhibitionAnna Sandler91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Scanning the Skin With AI: Using Deep Learning Algorithms and Conventional Neural Network (CNN) to Diagnose Skin CancerJoshua Spreng91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Could Mast Cells Partially Explain Female Prevalence of Autoimmune Disorders? A Closer Look at the Importance of Mast Cells in Multiple SclerosisSam Curry91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The emerging study of kinship theory in the honeybee, Apis melliferaJeanne McDonaldDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Lung TransplantSana ShariffDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 In Then Out of ControlRobin Redmond91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Climate Change the Silent KillerHamza MahmoodDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Half-Century Sharks of GreenlandEmily Staufer91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Dengue in Sri Lanka: 80,000 & CountingNiam Abeysiriwardena91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 How our Genes Lie: Honest and Dishonest Genes in Sexual SelectionSamuel Gascoigne91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Restoring Balance: Tail regeneration in Eublepharis macularius and its implications for spinal cord treatmentJoshua SprengDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
Creative Writing |
The Ages of a Neuron: My TribulationsPhilip FreundDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 A Brief History of Cranial Nerve VIISandra CamposDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Life of a Neuron: Parkinson’s and the Dopaminergic NeuronIsaac OrdonezDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Viennese ChildRachel HastingsDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 A Peculiar EncounterCourtney LevittDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Dining with DannyMolly SchulDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 When Worlds CollideMaddie Strejc91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 A Difference of HearingLexi DejnekaDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Schizophrenia: The Life of a Misplaced CellDana Midani91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Death of a NeuronLexi DejnekaDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Heidi’s Favorite DayHannah Gurholt91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
Book/Film Review |
The Future of the Courtroom According to The Future of the MindRachel Hastings91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Plasticity: Importance of Use it or Lose itEmma LevineDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Another Voice in EthicsPeter Simmeth91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Neuroethics: Should We or Shouldn’t We?Blakely Drake91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Brains Behind the DilemmaAllison FairDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Brain Disease: A Lethal StoryMaddie StrejcDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Bravery To Go FarPeter Simmeth91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Education: One For All, All For OneLauren Giurini91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Secret Memories of Leaves: Hope Jahren’s Lab GirlEmily Staufer91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
Review Articles |
A Tale of Two Moods: Energy Deficiency in Bipolar DisorderHamza Mahmood, Rosemary Thomas, Danielle SychowskiDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Manipulations of Protective Post-Translational Modifications of Ataxin-3 as a Possible Treatment of SCA3Yoan Ganev, Trevor Buhr, Hamza MahmoodDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Epileptic Channels: Dysfunctional Trio of Excitable CellsYoan Ganev, Sam Plutchak, Parth TankDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Novel Insights into CTE Treatment and DiagnosisAlexander Blumfelt, Eliska Mrackova, Krista MeuliDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Unsuppressed Growth in NF: A Trio of Tumorigenic MutationsAlexander Blumfelt, Schuyler Kogan, Roxy SandorDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Neuroscience: Epigenetics and the “social” geneJeremy BergDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Lost and Found: Deletion of Zdhhc8 gene is associated with schizophreniaKristina KarapetyanDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 How the Right Path Can Go WrongBrittany AvontsDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Sweating Up a Storm: Areas of Regular Flooding Disturbance Modeled Through Human Skin Bacteria on Athletes and Non-AthletesDaniel BeintemaDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Invasion of Indo-Pacific Red Lionfish in Atlantic Coral ReefsEmily StauferDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Northern Snakehead, Channa Argus, as an Invasive SpeciesHannah StinsonDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 The Burmese Python: An Invasive Species Who Eats to Its Heart’s ContentIbtihaj KhanDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Rusty CrayfishJacob LevinDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Patterns of morphospecies richness, diversity, and community similarity across a hair density gradient in the human skin microbiomeJeanne McDonaldDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Evidence Found of a Learned Navigational Map in White Crowned SparrowsMattew McMahon91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Female Guppies’ Preference of Novel MalesAaron O’NeillDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Peacock CourtshipBritt DahlinDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 InSyncTed NowakDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Argentine Ant InvasionMegan CrapoDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
Primary Articles |
Pur α and Hsp70 as Protective Agents Against RNA-mediated Toxicity in Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia SyndromeRosemary Thomas and Danielle ShawDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Molecular mechanism of OXT/OXTR pathway manipulation in mouse and iPSC hypothalamic neuron modelsJeremy Berg, Logan Graham, Scott JohnstonDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Complex Complement 4: Where the Immune System Ends and Schizophrenia BeginsMalia Hansen, Kristina Karapetyan, Dasha PolyarskayaDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Habitat Heterogeneity, Morphospecies Richness, and Niche Exploitation in the Human Skin MicrobiomeHailey BroekerDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Dissochaetus range is determined by precipitation, temperature, and elevationHaley BroekerDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Prediction and Comparison of Dissochaetus Distributions According to Biogeographical Realm, Country, and Trap TypeJeanne McDonaldDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Extinction, Invasion, Succession, and Climax Communities on the Human Hand: A Biogeographical Exploration at the MicroscaleMax SpehlmanDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 N-Terminal Truncations of α-Synuclein for Use in a Yeast Model of Parkinson’s DiseaseYoan Ganev and Ayesha QuraishiDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Creation of the K6R A53E and K6Q/K10Q A30P Novel Yeast Models of α-synuclein Mutations Linked to Parkinson’s DiseasePhilip Freund, Larissa Pentland, Arthur SimenasDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Acetylation Sites Lysine 6 and Lysine 10 are Potential Targets to Influence Alpha-Synuclein Toxicity in Six Mutants Known to Cause Familial Parkinson’s Disease: A30P, A53T, E46K, G51D, H50Q, and A53EAlex Biel and Nicole HedgerDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Mutating the α-Synuclein gene to examine the relationship between acetyation and glycation and familial mutations for future studies in S. cerevisiaeSam Gascoigne, Ariane Balaram, Tubanji Walubita91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Shyness and boldness in squirrels: risk-taking while foraging depends on habitat typeTed Nowak, Sima Riahi and Mel Ward91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |
Senior Thesis |
Mutations Drive Evolution and Disease AlikeEmily OngDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Observing the Functional Maturation of the Female Prefrontal Cortex Using Ventral Hippocampal StimulationLily VeldranDepartment of Biology 91¿´Æ¬Íø Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 |