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Atlanta, GA | Posted: September 13, 2018
A. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.
Director of Communications
College of Sciences
Summary Sentence:
The biophysicist/pianist in Sam Brown’s lab wins Episode 3 quiz.
Full Summary:
Conan Zhao, a research assistant in the lab of Sam Brown, won ScienceMatters Episode 3 quiz. Brown is an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences and a member of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.
Conan Zhao wins ScienceMatters Episode 3 quiz.
ScienceMatters Hall of Fame, Season 1Conan Zhao is the winner of ScienceMatters Episode 3 quiz.
ScienceMatters Episode 3 features M.G. Finn, chair of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Finn described his efforts to create a vaccine against the dreadful parasitic disease leishmaniasis.
The quiz question was: What sugar molecule mentioned in Episode 3 is the main reason surgeons can’t transplant organs from animals into humans?
The answer is in the rest of the story, here.
