For the past two and a half years, I've worked as a research assistant in the Daggett Lab (bioengineering) studying peptide inhibitors of amyloid diseases, a broad category that includes such disorders as Alzheimer's disease and type II diabetes. Though they affect different parts of the body, the amyloid diseases all operate by a similar mechanism of pathogenesis, wherein normal proteins "misfold" and cause deleterious effects within their native tissue environment.

 

In addition to my experiential learning writeup, I also presented a poster at the 2015 Undergraduate Research Symposium, an annual celebration of student research that takes place annually in Mary Gates Hall.

 

Feel free to check out the lab's website here, or you can read my full experiential learning reflection by clicking on the "PDF" icon below. I've embedded a link to my actual poster, as well.