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Rolling with the Beats: Sebastian Valencia Amores
Sebastian Valencia Amores, PhD ’26 (CELL), looked earnestly at the display screen in front of him, and then, he saw it—movement, a beat, a pulse! He was seeing active heart tissue cells. But these weren’t just any heart tissue cells, they were engineered.
PH Honored Graduate: Parker Carlquist’s Experiential Learning Expeditions
Growing up on a farm in Idaho, Parker Carlquist gained an appreciation for the basics of life. Now as he prepares to graduate, he has engaged with people from all over the world and gained an appreciation for the complexity of human life through the lens of politics and public health.
EXSC Honored Graduate: Anne Shull's Journey of Self-Discovery
Anne Shull used to stress about getting everything done perfectly. As professors guided her to reframe her college expectations, she started taking better care of her body and spirit.
Videos
BYU Life Science PhD student researches diet and lifestyle influence on Alzheimer's Disease.
PhD student, Erin Saito, explores impairments in glucose metabolism in Alzheimer's disease, which may play a significant role in disease progression.
Researching vaccine attitudes: BYU life science student is published by age 20
Living with an autoimmune disease motivated BYU life science student Kendall Pogue (PH) to actively engage in researching the influencing factors towards vaccination attitudes.
River bugs to clouded leopards: BYU plant and wildlife student is knee deep in research
Grabbing her waiter boots and a net, BYU plant & wildlife student Maddy Tidwell heads out to the stream to study how ecosystems come back to life after a huge ecological disturbance. Engaging in inspiring learning, she explores her options in genomics and conservation through mentored research.
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Looking One Step Behind
Dr. Britlyn Orgill has connected more than 150 of BYU's premedical students with internships at premier R1 research institutions across the country, work she's added on top of her comedy and anesthesiology careers.
Be The Match—Save a Life
Dr. Julianne Grose’s family made it their mission to run stem cell donor registration drives, and almost 50 students have donated to blood-cancer patients since she started.
Skating Across the Finish Line into the Hall of Fame
As a high school senior, Barbara Lockhart qualified for the United States Speedskating Team. She was recently inducted into the US Speedskating Hall of Fame.
Lifestyle
Three ways to improve your understanding of how environmental justice affects your community
Environmental justice addresses two things: sharing of benefits and proportional distribution of consequences related to environmental degradation. Plant and Wildlife Sciences professor Ben Abbott shares three ways to improve your understanding on how environmental justice affects you and your community.
How to reduce human-caused environmental changes
Human impact makes the environment less able to sustain life due to “human-induced rapid environmental changes.” There is no way to escape the effect we have, but there are ways to lessen it in order to protect the beauty of Earth and the many species that inhabit it.
Why your spinal health and body composition will compel you to run
In addition to the well-known benefits, long-distance running has positive effects on your spine and body composition. Exercise Sciences Professor Ulrike Mitchell shares findings from her research to explain the less well-known effects of endurance running.
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