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Volume 29, Issue 1, 2024

Pulse

Issue cover

Cover

Pulse: Cover

Lieben, Angeni

Editor's Note

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Editorial Note

Contents

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Features

A Double-Edged Sword: The Blood-Brain Barrier

Moghe, Sania

Decoding Smell: The Future of Odor Mapping with AI and Molecular Chemistry

Alagan, Lakshya

Fluidity of Brain States: Unihemispheric Sleep and Its Ties to Consciousness

Bi, Emma

Sniffing Out a Cure to Malaria

Nitturkar, Sanjana

From Giants to Jellyfish: The Evolution of Sleep Across Species

Roscoe, Logan

The Heart of an Ecosystem: Pollinator Species in the Face of Climate Change

Volman, Ava

Molecules in Motion: Molecular Mechanisms of Exercise’s Health Benefits

Kabakibi, Rami

Illuminating Insights: Using Fractals to Model Lightning

Richards, Aimee

Generational Starvation: Generational Starvation: The Link Between Ancestral Diets and Modern Disease

Thamizharasan, Linda

Unlocking the Secrets of Protein Misfolding: AlphaFold’s Role in Cardiovascular Disease

Leyva, Ruben Servin

Interviews

From Models to Medicine: Understanding Stem Cell Differentiation in Regenerative Therapy

Interview with Dr. David Schaffer

An Exposure Exposé: Talking Healthcare Accessibility and the Future of Crowd Control Weapons Research

Interview with Professor Rohini Haar

Quantizing Gravity: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe's Most Well Known Force

Interview with Professor Holger Müller

From Past to Future: Genomics, Evolution, and Aging

Interview with Dr. Peter Sudmant

Research

Deep Protein Feature Learning for Intrinsically Disordered Regions in Proteins Using Image Inpainting

Effects of Abiotic and Biotic Stress on Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Properties of Haliclona sp.

Evans, Terra R.

Donors

Thank You to Our Donors

List of Donors from Fall 2024 Crowdfunding Campaign

Back Cover

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