An UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL of LIFE SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP at LAKE FOREST COLLEGE
Eukaryon is an award-winning undergraduate research journal that publishes the very best of life science scholarship conducted at Lake Forest College within its research-rich classrooms and faculty labs. The journal is governed, peer-reviewed, and published by an undergraduate editorial board.
A message from Raneem Samman, Editor-in-Chief
Dear Readers,
On behalf of the editorial board of Eukaryon, I write to you with the deepest wishes for you to enjoy our 20 th anniversary of celebrating the best scientific scholarship at Lake Forest College. This year, Eukaryon is commemorating the 20 th edition with your continued support. We are also celebrating the re-establishment of the physical copies of the journal after years of discontinuation. This big achievement goes hand in hand with the accomplishments of this editorial board. I am inspired by surrounding myself with such a diligent and hardworking team that exceeded expectations. I also treasure the leadership of the chairs of those boards. Their leadership and guidance allow Eukaryon’s mission, which has always been to showcase the hard work students put in to produce thought-provoking and intriguing scholarship, to be smoothly met. This year’s theme, Inspire and Empower, was influenced by witnessing the numerous ways diverse cultural backgrounds came together to empower each other towards liberation and inspire one another to grow, create, and develop.
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Sincerely,
Raneem Samman
Eukaryon Editor-in-chief 2023-2024
VOLUME 20
Table of Contents
Being a Student During the Pandemic
Fatma Allam
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Mental Health Issues During Online Learning Towards Students Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
Leslie Casares
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Beyond the Classroom
Hands-on science; beyond the labs
Valentina Ferreira Figueroa
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Janitza Elena Torres
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Book and Film Review
Navigating ethics in the gene editing era through “Gattaca”
Martha Alatorre
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
We need to talk about postpartum depression
Valeria Almendares
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Mac Chan
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Memoir of a murderer (director’s cut)
Kesang Yuden Dorji
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Breaking barriers and building dreams
Lira Zajmi
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Faculty in Focus
Dr. Will Conrad: The ‘Cell’-fless Mentor, Collaborator, and Partner
Jorge Adan Garcia
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Grant Proposal
Chagas disease in Latin America
Amelie M. Andres
Department of Biology, Lake Forest College
BIO 134: Emerging World Diseases
Dr. Ann Maine
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The Public Health Threat of Antibiotic Resistance with a Reference to India
Stella Ebner
Department of Biology, Lake Forest College
BIO 134: Emerging Global Diseases
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Maria Jose Orozco Fuentes
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Diana Huszti
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
An Insight into Addiction from a Genetics Perspective
Jovana Jovanovska
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
A review of the LCT gene and research proposal
Lisa Mizuno
BIO352: From Genotype to Phenotype
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Beta-Thalassemia: A review of HBB and research proposal
Alexia Myers
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Lab in Focus
Memory and Cultural Continuity as a Form of Resistance in Black Shack Alley and Even the Rain
Daniela Angel
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Lab in Focus: An Insight to the Lab of Dr. Vivian Ta
Cadence Dempsey
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Jeremy Levin
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Katina Lucas
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Peripheral nerve function of the median nerve
Becca Ray
NEUR 301
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Mammalian dive response lab report
Ilona Sergeeva
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
News and Views
When pride replaces dignity: the dark side of academia
Alexandra Gascoigne
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Olivia Godek
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Primary Article
Purifed Duck Lysozyme Presents a Higher Rate of Reaction-Cleaving Bacteria than Hen-Stock Lysozyme
Federica Bertolotti
Department of Chemistry, Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The effect of maternal age on fertility in Drosophila melanogaster
Roxana Izaguirre
Department of Biology, Lake Forest College
BIOL 342: Developmental Biology
Dr. Delventhal
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Oxidation rates of apple slices under different pH conditions
Holly Kiernan
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The Impact of Birth Sex and Activity Level on Resting and Active Heart Rate
Holly Kiernan
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Kateryna Malkina
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,William Conrad, Ph.D,
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Ilinois 60045
Effects of Diet on Developmental Timing in Drosophila melanogaster
Lorena Monroy
BIO 342
Dr. Rebecca Delventhal
Biology Department, Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The Innate Immune Response Transcription Factor Relish Is Necessary for Neurodegeneration in a Drosophila Model of Ataxia-Telangiectasia
Andrew J. Petersen,*,† Rebeccah J. Katzenberger and David A. Wassarman
Doyinsola Ogunshola
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Yeast-deprived diet extends Drosophila melanogaster larval period
Laurel Robbins
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Lab Report One: (PARE) Antibiotic Resistance of CFUs from Collected Ground Soil
Alexander Shanov
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Malnourishment in Drosophila lengthens developmental timing and decreases offspring viability
Iman Shepard
Department of Biology
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Reece Wearing
Chad McCracken
PHIL 225
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Isabella Wojewski
BIO 342X
Dr. Rebecca Delventhal
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Dark Humor: The Brain’s Necessary Evil
Bryce Zabat
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Review Articles
Helena Blumenau
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Emerging World Diseases: Trachoma
Charlotte Cleveland
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Morgan Cronin
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Jordan Garland
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Emotional Dysregulation in ASD/ADHD, and the Impact of Comorbidity
Rabia Fatima
Neuroscience Program and Psychology Dept.
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The use of visual reality (VR) in therapy and its effectiveness
Nilufar Imomdodova
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
KAPHAWKS DISEASE
First Episode of fear
Hridey Kapoor
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Is Hollywood and Effective Neurodegenerative Disease Educator?
Joysiaeli C Kimambo
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The dark side of AFG3L2 in mitochondrial degeneration
Teresa Louro
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Comparison of extinction threats to coral-reefs during the devonian and today
Alyssa Silva
Department of Biology, Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
The Cultural and Socioeconomic Factors Influencing HIV in South Africa
Megan Tanquilut
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Megan Tanquilut
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Amy Tishler
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Tara N. Thompson
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
