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As I entered the computer lab, Trevor Pedrick '09 sat tranquilly waiting with a cup of Earl Grey tea in his hand. I learned quickly that 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. are tea time on the chemistry floor of the science building. Pedrick deserves a much needed break after working hard on encapsulating peroxidases into Sol-gel. A peroxidase is a type of enzyme. Enzymes are used to speed up chemical reactions. Trevor spends most of his day working with peroxidases as well as halophenols. Halophenols, acting as a substrate, are the chemical compound that reacts with the enzyme. In this case, the halophenol substrate loses a halogen group in the reaction.

Summer research at Hamilton isn't always about being in the lab. Kristen Selden '09 found that out last summer when she spent many days out in the field trying to trap turtles. This year she is back out looking for more turtles in addition to frogs and tadpoles. Last summer she focused on disproving Andrew (1959) and Ballmer (1949) who stated that the turtle gastrointestinal tract is one big long tube that has no morphological differentiation between the esophagus, stomach, and various sections within the intestine. 

Typing "moveForward, turnLeft (.25, .5)" Jesse Stromwick '09 commanded Om the robot to run into my foot as I opened the door to the Ferry Building. I thought I was going for the regular everyday interview of a student but instead I ended up talking to a robot. Jesse introduced me to Om after the robot ran over my foot and then Om introduced himself by saying, "what's up gangsta?"