Author: Nicole Tackmann

Nicole is a fourth-year student in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Program. She is currently studying the regulation and tumor suppressor functions of p53.

Blog / “GEER”ing up for Planet Simulation

January 24, 2017January 23, 2017 / Nicole Tackmann /

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the surface of another planet up close? Well, NASA researchers in Cleveland are making this possible right here on…

Blog / “Biggest Loser” Weight Loss Woes

July 20, 2016 / Nicole Tackmann /

Contestants on the TV show “The Biggest Loser” may not be “losers” after all. A recent study of Season Six contestants has revealed that six years after the show ended,…

Blog / What’s the big deal about Zika?

April 13, 2016April 14, 2016 / Nicole Tackmann /

To me, it seems that the media hypes all new disease outbreaks as the advent of the apocalypse. More often, the facts about these epidemics are simply overstated or misrepresented.…