A Pipette in One Hand and a Laptop in the Other: Dr. Wolujewicz!

Borrelia, Bacteriophages, & Becoming a “College Professor in New England”: Meet Dr. Eggers

Meet Dr. Eggers! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Eggers Lab, which mainly investigates the genetic makeup of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (the causative agent of Lyme disease), including the role bacteriophages play in their genetic makeup and how this potentially influences disease pathogenicity. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/christian-eggers/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/ [https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/]

A Man of Many Passions – Teaching, miRNAs, and C. elegans: Meet Dr. de Lencastre!

Meet Dr. de Lencastre! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the de Lencastre Lab which utilizes C. elegans as a model to help investigate the roles of miRNAs in adults on aging and neurodegenerative diseases. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/alexandre-de-lencastre/ Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/ [https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/]

The Opposite of a Toxic Trait- Performing Toxicology Research! Meet Dr. McGinnis

Meet Dr. McGinnis! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to her journey of becoming a scientist and what led her to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the McGinnis Lab whose main research focus is investigating the effects of the chemical spill- containing PFOS ‘forever chemicals’- into the Farmington River in CT, on the ecosystem and human health on the molecular level. QU page: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/courtney-mcginnis/ [https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/courtney-mcginnis/] Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/ [https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/]

Shining Light on Rare Tropical Diseases: Meet Dr. Pilotte!

Meet Dr. Pilotte! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into Pilotte lab in which the overarching goal is working to create more sensitive and specific molecular tests for diagnosing rare tropical diseases. QU page : https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/nils-pilotte/ [https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/nils-pilotte/] Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/ [https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/]

A Pipette in One Hand and a Laptop in the Other: Dr. Wolujewicz!

Meet Dr. Wolujewicz! Bobcat 🐯: Listen to his journey of becoming a scientist and what led him to teach/research at Quinnipiac University.  Beaker 🧪: Get a peek into the Wolujewicz lab, whose focus is to gain a deeper understanding of genetic disorders using computational genomics. QU page : https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/paul-wolujewicz/ [https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/paul-wolujewicz/] Music credit to: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/ [https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-science-tech-corporate-154936/]