Current Pilot Project Research

Characterizing Human-Disease Mutations in the Essential RNA Exosome with Budding Yeast

Characterizing Human-Disease Mutations in the Essential RNA Exosome with Budding Yeast

  Investigator: Maria Sterrett, Ph.D., Bowdoin College RNA molecules encode proteins and regulate other essential molecules in our cells. The RNA content of a cell is regulated in part by evolutionarily conserved RNA decay machines such as ...
Integrating computational and neural methods to identify explore-exploit tradeoffs in memory search

Integrating computational and neural methods to identify explore-exploit tradeoffs in memory search

Investigator: Abhilasha Kumar, Ph.D., Bowdoin College Project Summary Retrieval of concepts from semantic memory involves interactions between several brain regions and a complex interplay of lexical sources. Recent work with the verbal...
Polyphenic muscle development and histolysis as a novel model of sarcopenia

Polyphenic muscle development and histolysis as a novel model of sarcopenia

Investigator: David Angelini, Ph.D., Colby College Project Summary Sarcopenia, or age-related muscle loss, is poorly understood at the genetic level. This study uses soapberry bugs as a model for muscle plasticity, leveraging their nutritionally...