Accomplishments - July, 2024
Sheila Simon, acting associate dean and associate professor of law, Simmons Law School, will participate in an inaugural “Brunch with Mary: Women in Politics” event at 10 a.m. Aug. 17 at the General John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St., Murphysboro. Simon is also a former Illinois lieutenant governor. Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, will also participate. Ticket information is available by calling the museum at 618-684-3455.
Photographs by Julia Rendleman, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Advertising, were part of “Big River: Can the Mississippi build America again?” a July 4 special report in POLITICO.
“Our Current Understanding of the Biological Impact of Endometrial Cancer mtDNA Genome Mutations and Their Potential Use as a Biomarker,” by Matthew Young, associate professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), SIU School of Medicine-Carbondale, was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology. Young and Dr. Laurent Brard, professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SIU School of Medicine-Springfield, are leading a team studying the effects of endometrial cancer mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome mutations. The Young lab Carbondale team members also include Pabitra Khadka, graduate assistant, and Carolyn Young, researcher. The team examined 279 tumor-specific mtDNA mutations from 111 individuals and their potential use as a blood-based biomarker.
