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Dr. Shirley Jackson, a theoretical physicist, served as chair of the Nuclear Regu
latory Commission from 1995 until 1999. She is now the president of Rense-
laer Polytechnic Institute. She said that “there was early isolation and disbelief
on some people’s part” in reaction to her pursuing a science career as an
African-American woman. Jackson spoke Wednesday in Rudder Theater as part
of Women in Discovery Month.
More tales from Research Week
BY SCOTT JENKINS
The Battalion
At age 12, Texas A&M University-Galve-
ston graduate student Asha Samuel saw her
first manatee, sparking her ongoing interest in
marine mammals. Her curiosity never floun
dered. The graduate wildlife and fisheries sci
ences major is now doing research aimed at
characterizing the different types of fats in dol
phin blubber to learn more about their lives,
feeding habits and deaths.
Inspiration for decisions in life can come
from many sources. At the Texas A&M Re
search Week poster session, which ends Friday
atthe Rudder Exhibit Hall, student researchers
showcase more than just their research pro
jects. They also express their unique experi
ences.
Another researcher exploring wildlife and envi
ronmental issues, rangeland ecology graduate student
Julia Liao, found tliat her early interest in wildlife
evolved into an interest in botany, and is now look
ing at the impact of the encroachment of
woodlands into grassland areas.
And while some study wildlife health, oth
ers look at human health issues.
A job as a laboratory technician at a Mary
land military laboratory started the wheels
turning on senior genetics major Stacie
Green’s project, which has investigated the
patterns of different sub-types of HIV in
Africa and ways to test for them when fresh
blood samples are not available.
.1 imior biology major Xiomara Henriquez has al
ways been interested in medicine and has parlayed
that enthusiasm into her work — investigating the
deleterious effects of the element arsenic on DNA.
In addition to being fulfilling work, "Research helps
to reinforce much of what we learn in class,” she said.
Senior biochemistry major Brian Watkins, in his
third year of a pro ject using chickens to study the
roles of melatonin receptors in circadian rhythms,
echoed other researchers when commenting about
his research. Watkins knew he was cut out for his
work when he realized that the study was actually
his own. “I realized, ‘Hey, this project is all
me,’” he said.
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for two decades. But the race to sequence the entire
genome is heating up. Naylor’s group, The Human
Genome Project, is tricing to inap the^fyfman genetic
structure against sefefril othej;projects, including its key
competitor, Maryland-basedJC^Iera Gpomics, Inc.
Understanding fri&structurei>ftehrorrSbiome 3 will allow
greater undersfandingof genetics of cancer, Naylor said.
Chromdsome 3 contains six genes related to tumor
suppression. Lung and other cancers work to destroy •
parts of those tumor suppressing sections. She said that
understanding the chromosome’s sequence may help to
replace what is missing.
Naylor said that her team’s sequencing work is help
ing to push the project toward a 2002.completion date. •
“For the entire genome, we are at- 50 percent of the *
rough draft,” she Said. “By the end of spring, about 95 •
percent of the rough draft should bty^pinplete. Then, 1
until 2002, we will be filling in fill it’s complete.”
As part of the Women in Discovery month celebration,
Naylor will give an overview of the Human Genome Project
and how her research fits into the project’s big picture. She
speaks at 10 am. in Rudder Theater.
BY DAVE AMBER
The Battalion* :
During all the numerous talks and seminars, lunch
es and receptions this week marking Women in Dis
covery-Month. Women's Week and Texas A&M Rct
search Week, for one of those hours there is only one
number to remember — three. As in chromosome 3.
Dr. Susan L. Naylor is a professor of cellular and
structural biology at the University of Texas Healthy Sci
ence Center in San Antonio. She is also Director of In
formatics and Genomics of Chromosome 3 for the Hu
man Genome Project. Her team, currently mapping
human chromosome 3, is discovering links between the
chromokoine and cancer, among other diseases. *
There are 23 chromosomes in the human genome*
Chromdsome 3, the third-largest chromosome in the
group, represents 7 percent of the human genome, of
roughly between 3,500-7.000 genes. That means 210
million base pairs, or 210 megabases of DNA.
Scientists such as N ay lor have been working to map, or se
quence, the complete genetic map of tliose 23 chromosomes
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