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Summit to St. Clair CAMPUS NEWS SUMMARY A GAZELLE AND FLESH-EATING BEETLES I IN AN UNEXPECTED PART of their summer research, a couple of biology students found themselves driving two coolers of frozen gazelles from Wichita, Kan., to Macalester’s histology lab. McKenna Bernard ’14 (Mt. Vernon, Iowa) and Samantha “Sam” Zimmerman ’14 (Northampton, Mass.) had spent the summer working with biology and geology professor Kristi Curry Rogers, a vertebrate paleontologist best known for her study of dinosaur bones. But this particular summer Curry Rogers and her student researchers were instead studying the bones of modern animals, from a gazelle to a skink. “We’re working on modern animals for their insights into dinosaurs,” says Bernard. “By studying the bones of modern animals, we get a better idea of how accurate our theories of dinosaur growth may be.” The modern animals they studied came from a zoo, where they have good records of each animal’s age. When an animal dies at a zoo—in this case, the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita—the carcass is frozen and may be released for research to qualified laboratories. Histology is the study of bones at the microscopic level. To be prepared for histological study, the animal carcasses were first taken to the Science Museum of Minnesota, where the flesh was removed by flesh-eating beetles. That took several weeks, depending on the animal’s size. Back in the lab, Zimmerman and Bernard took thin slices of various bones to study, noting growth rates, periodic cessations of growth (marked by lines in the bones similar to tree rings), and the relative abundance of blood vessels, as recorded by holes in the bone. When the zoo called to offer the gazelle, Zimmerman and Bernard volunteered for a quick road trip to Wichita to pick up the animal—and a few surprises. As they were packing up, the zoo veterinarian looked up from the deep freeze to ask, “Would you like a flamingo?” McKenna Bernard examines a thin section of lizard bone. Other summer science research projects at Macalester included: • Searching for less expensive ways to make thin films to harness solar energy • Using DNA and a scanning electron microscope to identify microscopic crustaceans from the St. Croix River • Using eye tracking equipment to determine how people read and what placement is most effective • Investigating how copper interacts with proteins in the body, where too much or too little copper threatens health • Exploring how inflammation gone awry can result in chronic pain Sam Zimmerman returns a properly preserved and labeled river otter carcass to the lab freezer. PHOTO: DAVID J. TURNER 8 MACALESTER TODAY
LONGTIME EMPLOYEES DEPART M Jimm Crowder MACALESTER LOST nearly a century’s worth of institutional memory last summer when longtime employees Dan Balik, Jimm Crowder, and Mark Dickinson wrapped up their Macalester careers. All three had been college employees for more than three decades. (Dickinson tops the list with 37 years—41 years, if you include his four years as a student.) Balik, the former registrar and director of international research, and Crowder, who led Macalester’s international recruitment program, both retired. Former facilities services director Dickinson took a new position as manager of the Becketwood Senior Cooperative in Minneapolis. Dan Balik Mark Dickinson Construction on the studio art building should be complete by January, allowing faculty and staff to move into their offices before Spring 2014 classes begin. The project involves an extensive renovation and expansion of existing classroom and studio space and the addition of a new third floor. The building will feature a terracotta design on its east wall facing Shaw Field. PHOTO: (BOTTOM) DAVID J. TURNER FALL 2013 9
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