Dr. Bryan Shaw is giving children everywhere something new to chew on. Shaw, an assistant professor of biochemistry, and Alireza Abdolvahabi, a graduate student from Tehran, Iran, working with him on the project, are developing a new tool to help blind children learn chemistry. Rather than relying solely on their sense of touch, these children will soon be able to learn the shapes of molecules and proteins with bite-size models designed to be put in their mouths. “My goal is very singular. I want to teach but that’s not the most important thing; I want to inspire,” Shaw said. “I…
Author: Jessica Babb
Recently as I was cleaning out my desk drawer, I found a letter I wrote myself a few years back before I began my freshman year of college. Of course, as the planner I am, the letter included a 10-year plan of where I see myself going in the future. According to this particular plan, by age 23, I am supposed to have graduated from Baylor with degrees in journalism and political science, have a broadcast job at a news station and “be happy.” By age 28, I am supposed to for sure be married, have a great job in…
The Louise Herrington School of Nursing was awarded a $652,800 grant from the United States Agency for International Development American Schools and Hospitals Abroad to partner with the Bangalore Baptist Hospital in India. “It is so important because of development of both the nursing school in India and the hospital and its something they themselves at least would not have been able to do,” said Dr. Rebekah Naylor, who was a missionary surgeon at the Bangalore Baptist Hospital and was the founder of the adjoining Naylor nursing school. “It will be important in education, training nurses in India, helping them…
WACO – Now, in the midst of election year, is the perfect time for many students to get involved in political campaigns, and that is exactly what one Baylor student is doing. Caleb Gunnels, a first-year Baylor Law student from Fairfield has been involved with political campaigns since his junior year of Baylor undergrad. Starting out, he interned for Greg Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign. Afterwards, he was offered a full-time staff position as a field representative, where he managed multiple Texas counties and oversaw campaign events all while he was a student. Currently, he is assisting with Ralph Patterson’s campaign for…
Last year, Baylor University assistant professor Dr. Bryan Shaw and his team developed an app called Cradle that is able to detect eye cancer in young children. Since then, the app has helped save lives. The app can detect rare eye cancers like leukocoria and retinoblastoma simply by scanning pictures on one’s phone to detect white-eye. It was developed after Shaw’s son was diagnosed with retinoblastoma when he was just 3 months old. “When we went back and looked at the pictures, we realized it had been showing up since he was 12 days old,” Shaw said. “ A parent…
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By Jessica Babb Lariat Broadcast Editor Behind the closed doors of the Baylor Sciences Building, biochemistry associate professor Dr. Michael Trakselis and his students are researching the building blocks of life. “Research is intellectually challenging, but having students work with you and get excited about the project, to me its great,” Trakselis said. “It’s really fun and just to see the light click on sometimes or just to get that great result for them. It’s exciting and it’s great to see that excitement.” Trakselis’ research focuses primarily on mechanisms of DNA repair and replication to learn how enzymes work on…