Cheyney University News August 11, 2014 STEM Students at Cheyney University Conduct Sickle Cell Research Cheyney University Juniors Mia Parker, a dual major in Biology and Psychology from Philadelphia, PA, and Sumaiya Ahmed, a Chemistry major from Bangladesh, have both spent their entire summer working on a research project titled "Nitrosylation and Denitrosylation of Hemoglobin." The project, as described by the students and their research mentor, Dr. Adedoyin Adeyiga, is part of a large-scale project involving the use of hydroxyurea as therapy for sickle cell patients. Hydroxyurea is a synthesized drug used to reduce the rate of painful attacks in sickle-cell disease. The students receive daily lectures on the overall scheme of the project, the experimental conditions to be used and then move to the laboratory for sample preparations and UV analysis of the samples. "We have learned so much this summer and I have learned more than enough on sample oxygenation and deoxygenation," said Parker. "My visit to the laboratory was as intense as it gets. The professor was focused and the training was second to none I had witnessed in a research facility. I was impressed, I must admit, and it was quite interesting to see that research work of that nature is happening right on Cheyney's campus." The two research students are supported by a five-year, $1.75 million grant funded by the National Science Foundation and managed by Dr. Adeyiga, a CU chemistry professor. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2014meeting-form.html for the October 26-28, 2014 HBCU Library Alliance 6th Membership Meeting in Atlanta GA!