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On Friday, August 10, 1945, Esther Goddard opened a pocket-sized diary and turned to the day’s page. Picking up her pen, she carefully wrote, “Darling Bob slipped away.” The journal was not her own. Her husband, rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard, was a compulsive diarist, recording his work and activities over nearly 50 years. That summer, when worsening esophageal cancer and hospital visits had made it impossible for him to keep the diary current, Esther did it for him.

Geographer Florencia Sangermano and her global colleagues conduct research on how Indigenous lands in the Amazon region help buffer and protect humans from forest fire-related illnesses and, in many cases, animal- and insect-borne diseases.

The Jack lab at Clark University studies plant-microbe interactions in agricultural and natural systems to gain an understanding of their influence on below-ground population dynamics. Our goal is to foster an open, inclusive environment where people are excited to do good science. We believe that a healthy, inclusive lab culture is built on three principles: communication, education, and action.

The regulation of enzyme catalysis and protein function resulting from the specific interactions between two or more proteins plays an integral role in cell division and homeostasis. The development of various human diseases can occur when these protein-protein interactions are disrupted or modified. Understanding how these protein-protein interactions affect an enzyme’s ability to make or break bonds and its underlying mechanism is an important step in drug design/development.

Current laboratory members (left to right): Brianna Leckie (BCMB, Class of 2023), Merc Kemeh (PhD student), Joseph Tramontozzi (BCMB, Class of 2024), Nathaniel Collins (BCMB, BA/MS expected in 2024), and Noel Lazo CURRENT TOPICS: PROTEIN/PEPTIDE AGGREGATION ASSOCIATED WITH LATE ONSET DISEASES; PROTEOLYTIC DEGRADATION OF AMYLOIDOGENIC PROTEINS; DEVELOPMENT OF SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF PROTEIN COMPLEXES Proteins of interest:Amyloid-β (Aβ), the peptide that aggregates in the...

Home Michael C. Boyer Associate Professor Department of Physics Clark University 950 Main St. Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: 508-793-7470 Office: Math-Physics Building Room 227 Laboratory: Math-Physics Building Room 110 Email: mboyer@clarku.edu Previous Event: NanoWorcester Symposium Clark University September 28th, 2013

Most of the diversity found across the animal kingdom is related to sex. Individuals invest an incredible amount of time and energy into fighting for mates and gaining the attention of potential mates. This competition over reproduction has resulted in a diverse array of sexually selected traits and mating strategies. The McCullough lab is interested in the costs and benefits of these sexually selected traits, and how and why they differ among populations and species.

WELCOME TO THE POLAR SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY Welcome to the Polar Science Research Laboratory in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University. Our short films highlighting Earth System Science and Geographic Information Science will give you insight into our research here.

Professor Granados-Focil is a polymer scientist with 20+ years of experience in his field. He is an expert on the synthesis and characterization of macromolecules that exhibit selective transport properties for several applications, such as energy storage, building temperature regulation, carbon capture, sustainable concrete, and sensing technologies.

C. Agosta is a low temperature experimental physicist who was originally trained to study the properties of fluids at very low temperatures. His present research interests are lower dimensional superconductors in very high magnetic fields, dc microgrids, and heat transfer in gas boundary layers.