{"id":1055,"date":"2017-12-11T21:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T21:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/?page_id=1055"},"modified":"2020-06-12T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:50:25","slug":"sara-pearson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/sara-pearson\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Pearson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-1\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-1 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-1 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-1 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-1 .author:after{border-top-color:#f6f6f6 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\u201cThe National Science Foundation was so impressed with the research being done, they awarded the team a grant of $1.1 million to continue their work.\u201d<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"testimonial-pagination\" id=\"fusion-testimonials-1\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth\" style=\"width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.4 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>Sara was on a research team to develop a system to reprogram the genetic material of bacteria to optimize a metabolic process of the team\u2019s choosing. The team includes students and faculty from 大象传媒 Western and Davidson College, in North Carolina. The National Science Foundation was so impressed with the research being done, they awarded the team a grant of $1.1 million to continue their work. The team went on to research metabolic pathways optimization. This initiative will be useful in the development of asthma medication and cleanup of oil spills.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year NSF grant will provide 18 undergraduate students with full-time summer research jobs and summer support for faculty researchers. It will also pay for research supplies and equipment, face-to-face research meetings on each campus, and travel to professional conferences.<\/p>\n<p>The synthetic biology research project is a good example of the kind of learning activity that, in most large universities, would be reserved for graduate students. Instead, 大象传媒 Western provides this type of opportunity to undergraduate students, allowing them to work one-on-one with faculty members on significant, post-graduate level research projects.<\/p>\n<p>In Spring 2014, Sara received her undergraduate degree in biology, with a concentration in health science. She is now pursuing a degree in biomedical science at the University of Kansas Hospital (KU Med) in Kansas City, 大象传媒. NSF continues to fund the synthetic biology research being done at 大象传媒 Western, and in Fall 2016, awarded the team another grant of $1.1 million dollars to fund their research for the next three years.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-boxed content-left\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\" 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link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-none\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,199,0,0.2);\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><i style=\"border-color:#333333;border-width:1px;background-color:#333333;box-sizing:content-box;height:60px;width:60px;line-height:60px;top:-80px;margin-left:-30px;border-radius:50%;color:#ffffff;font-size:30px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-flask fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:23px;\">Biology degrees to explore<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"color:#747474;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/biochemistry-molecular-biology\/\">Biochemistry &amp; Molecular Biology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/biology\/\">Biology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/biology\/\">Biology &#8211; Health Science<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wildlife\/\">Wildlife Conservation &amp; Management<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .heading-link:hover .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box:hover .heading-link .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #afafaf !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #afafaf !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" 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