Claire and Kyle participated in Summer Research Expo hosted at UWL. Claire presented a poster on her discovery of synthetic approaches towards tridentate curcuminoids. Kyle shared his findings on applicability of regenerable water scavengers in curcuminoid syntheses. These are their first poster presentations in-person!
19 July, 2021
Students adapt their research amid COVID-19
A pair of UW-La Crosse biochemistry students didn’t let COVID-19 stand in the way of their research.
Cullen Schull and Nico Lang, who each graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry in May, had spent the past couple years researching “greener” routes of synthesis for high-purity curcumin, a powdery orange chemical produced by certain plants. Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, has been used as a cooking ingredient and alternative medicine for centuries but also has numerous biological applications as a “wonder drug.”
