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Clemson undergraduates invest in the future by teaching science to middle-schoolers despite pandemic

November 9, 2020

Despite the challenges COVID-19 has brought, Clemson University students continue to reach out to local middle schools in an effort to engage young students in scientific exploration and generate interest for the natural sciences.

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M. Morris Lab receives $369 grant to study Trypanosomes

November 2, 2020

EPIC faculty member, Meredith Morris, recently received a $369 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her parasitology research studying the mechanisms and behind African sleeping sickness.

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Congratulations to Jessica Jones for being a new SMART scholar!

April 6, 2020

Jessica Jones, the senior graduate student in the JCM lab, has been awarded a SMART (Science, Mathematics, and Research For Transformation) scholarship, an award that is part of the National Defense Education Program. This award will fund Jess’s stipend through the completion of her doctorate, at which point she will move to the U.S. Army Public Health Center located in Edgewood, MD.

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The Cryo-EM structure(s) of the Plasmodium vivax hexokinase have been published!

April 1, 2020

In a collaborative effort with Dr. Sriram Subramaniam’s group at the University of British Columbia, the cryo-EM structure of the tetrameric P. vivax hexokinase has been solved and the work published in IUCrJ. While the active site of the hexokinase is similarto the mammalian enzymes, the tetrameric organization is distinct with the structural requirements foroligomerization offering the possibility of structure-guided development of antimalarial drugs.

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Recent Article Featuring the MTM Lab in Clemson University's Online News

February 21, 2020

In an article featured in Clemson's online news, the MTM lab's research discovering the function of the protein Pex13.2 is described, along with its potential impact in the future of curative medicine for treating the infection of T. brucei, T. cruzi, and Leishmania.

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Community Outreach: CU INVESTors

2014-Present

Since 2014, Meredith Morris has been heading a Creative Inquiry program through Clemson University that reaches out to students in high school, middle school, and elementary school in order to expose students of all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds to STEM fields. The goal of CU INVESTors is to ensure that the future of STEM is just as representative of minority populations as the American population, itself.

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