Brody Deming began his research career during the summer of the pandemic in the lab of Biochemist Dr. Shahir Rizk. Because of the pandemic, the lab was mostly off-limits so Deming engaged in a theoretical/computational project using the software Chimera to model the interactions of sugar binding proteins that form nanostructures. He has since graduated with a Biochemistry B.S. degree and is now researching in the Purdue Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology program in pursuit of a Ph.D. Deming returned to IU South Bend this Tuesday to talk with current science majors about the "roadmap to graduate school" to give advice based on his experience on how to select a graduate program - and how to prepare as an undergraduate so that this graduate program will select them in return. It is wonderful to see our alumni return to campus to visit their professors, but it is even more exciting to see them give back to IU South Bend. Thanks so much, Brody, for helping to inspire and encourage our students in their pursuit of graduate school.
