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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…

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astronomy GEER science communication space

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,…

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Obesity Science Communication Series Scientific Communication

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.…

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Biology Science News

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