Deborah Lycan Alumni Speakers Fund
The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BCMB) program was established at Lewis & Clark College in 1990 as an interdisciplinary program bridging the Biology and Chemistry departments.
The Deborah Lycan Alumni Speakers fund was initially endowed by Dr. Lycan in 2008 to support the research-active culture of the program. Its primary purpose is to provide financial assistance to bring BCMB alumni back to campus to present on their scientific work and to meet with current undergraduates, as part of the BCMB seminar program. It will also support senior thesis students who want to present their work at national scientific conferences.
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Alumni speakers supported by the Deborah Lycan Alumni Speakers Fund
2023:
Daniel Saxton (LC ’12 Biology, Berkeley/MIT):
New clues to an old mystery: Do histones drive cellular memory?
2021:
Chris Ritchie (LC ’13 BCMB, Stanford University):
Cellular import mechanisms of the anti-cancer immunotransmitter 2’3’-cG AMP
Charlie Morgan (LC ’08 Chemistry, Cambridge University):
Modulating Enzyme Function By Expanding the Genetic Code
2020:
Travis Walton (LC ’10 BCMB, Harvard):
Novel mechanism of RNA polymerization/structure of intraflagellar transport complexes
2019:
Zachary Wilson (LC ’10 BCMB, U. Utah):
The Consequences of Defective Nutrient Utilization
2018:
Natalie Miller (LC ’08, U. of Washington):
Immunology beats cancer: lessons from a rare virus-driven skin cancer
2017:
Steffen Bernard (LC ’09 BCMB, Scripps):
Recognition of glycan sulfation by a variable lymphocyte receptor
2016:
Charlie Morgan (LC ’08 Chemistry, UCSF):
Determining How Cells Die: Applying Protein & Cellular Engineering to Decipher Apoptosis
2015:
Beverley Rabbitts Dancy (LC ’06 BCMB), National Institutes of Health:
Acetylation dynamics in living color
2014:
Brett Schofield (LC ’07 BCMB):
Satb1 as Traffic Cop: Directing Chromatin Compaction, Transcription, and Molecular Flux
2013:
Aaron Kerschner (LC ’05 BCMB, U. Wisconsin-Madison):
Two novel Notch target genes are essential for germline stem cell self-renewal in C. elegans