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Grace Christensen

College of Life Sciences Freelance Writer
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Tragic Love Stories: Agar Art 2023

By Grace Christensen
March 09, 2023
Students from across campus gathered at the annual Agar Art Competition to paint “Tragic Love Stories” with harmless strains of E. coli. Scientists, artist, and curious enthusiasts trustingly layered their Petri dish canvas with six color options of the clear, genetically modified bacteria created in the agar lab.
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Preventing Muscle Atrophy? Just Add Heat

By Grace Christensen
December 13, 2022
When he was in fifth grade, Boston Andersen (‘22) was diagnosed with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, a condition that prevents blood from reaching the hip bone, causing the bone to die. As a kid who enjoyed being physically active, having a disease that kept him on crutches for a year was devastating.
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The Science Behind Smaller Things

By Grace Christensen
December 01, 2022
“Growing up, I was always interested in the science behind the smaller things that cause disease and illness.” —Hunter Cobbley
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Three BYU student finalists at sports medicine conference

By Grace Christensen
November 23, 2022
Three undergraduate students from BYU's exercise science program were selected as finalists in the Undergraduate Student Research Competition at the annual meeting of the Southwest Region of the American College of Sports Medicine.
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Coming to Know Christ Through Medicine

By Grace Christensen
October 24, 2022
After spending a significant amount of time in hospitals addressing her firstborn's health challenges, Shanna Crow (‘22) decided she wanted to work in medicine. She further cultivated her passion for medical lab work as an intern at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado.
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Taking Flight In Genomics

By Grace Christensen
October 11, 2022
Andy VanDomelen (‘22) developed an interest in photography as a teenager. When he was on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his father borrowed his camera, and the two bonded through an interest in bird photography. This interest morphed into an intrigue in different bird species, which ultimately led VanDomelen to study bacteria samples from turkeys in microbiology and molecular biology professor David Erickson’s lab.
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Microscopic and Deadly Organisms In a Bustling City

By Grace Christensen
October 06, 2022
Thea Ward (‘23) came to BYU with a strong desire to understand how her education could have a broader impact on the world. She was intrigued when the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology offered a study abroad to Gwalior, India, to study the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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From the Classroom to Gwalior: The Hunt For Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

By Grace Christensen
October 01, 2022
Madison Duffy's research of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria that resides in India’s rivers went hand-in-hand with one of the country's greatest wonders: the Ganges River. Legend says that anyone who bathes in the Ganges will be cured of any disease due to the bacteria phages that reside in the river.
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Cultivating Connection Across the Globe: Studying bacteria in the rivers of India

By Grace Christensen
October 01, 2022
Fascinated by microbiology from the time she was in high school, Abby Johnson (‘22) knew she couldn’t pass up the opportunity to research antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Gwalior, India. Johnson spent a month collecting samples of water containing antibiotic-bacteria.
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