Zinc is a micronutrient that plays diverse roles in cellular biochemistry. It is utilized by a number of proteins, serving either a catalytic or a structural role. Zinc is critical to over three hundred enzymes and thus, essential for all forms of life.
[more]
The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding hosted current U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Postdoctoral Fellow, Sabrina Karim and Special Guest Karin Landgren.
[more]
"I am interested in learning about how development is impacting the everyday life and culture of the Bhutanese. Specifically, my research focuses on the nomadic yak herders of Merak, a town in Bhutan. The Graduate Alumni Research Award allowed me to afford travel to Bhutan to live there for several months with a Bhutanese family.
[more]
Rishika De is a PhD candidate in computational genetics in the Department of Genetics with experience in obesity-related interdisciplinary research combining genetics, computer science and statistics, and a deep-set interest in the business of healthcare.
[more]
The objective of my graduate work is to elucidate the dynamics of the debris-covered glaciers in the Himalayan region of HMA and to quantify their melt. Glaciers whose melt zones are covered in rock from the surrounding valley walls comprise a significant portion of the ice in HMA; roughly two-thirds of glaciers in the South Central Himalaya have at least 20% debris cover. But these glaciers behave quite differently than clean ones, and their melt is more difficult to detect and model.
[more]