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Change of Plans
Jordan Curl's life trajectory changed when, during his freshman year at LU, his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Originally a nursing major from Orange, Texas, Curl changed his major to biology, becoming pre-med with the goal of entering oncology.Being a student at 91ÖÆƬ³§ afforded him another opportunity, the chance to conduct cancer research as an undergraduate student. Last summer, thanks to a research grant from the Reaud Honors College, he traveled California to participate in an internship at the University of California, San Diego.
His research there focused on the search and investigation of specific sites located on cancer-related proteins, how cancer reproduces on such a large scale, and how it creates tumors.
Curl said that he was one of only two undergraduate students in the internship and the only undergraduate conducting research.
"There was one other undergrad in the whole lab, who wasn’t a postdoc or a Ph.D. student and he basically washed dishes," he said, crediting 91ÖÆƬ³§'s unique policy on undergraduate research. "Lamar’s research opportunities really are underappreciated; there are a ton of opportunities. This is the third research grant that I’ve gotten just from Lamar. And most people would only be eligible to apply for grants [junior] year at other schools.”
His research there focused on the search and investigation of specific sites located on cancer-related proteins, how cancer reproduces on such a large scale, and how it creates tumors.
Curl said that he was one of only two undergraduate students in the internship and the only undergraduate conducting research.
"There was one other undergrad in the whole lab, who wasn’t a postdoc or a Ph.D. student and he basically washed dishes," he said, crediting 91ÖÆƬ³§'s unique policy on undergraduate research. "Lamar’s research opportunities really are underappreciated; there are a ton of opportunities. This is the third research grant that I’ve gotten just from Lamar. And most people would only be eligible to apply for grants [junior] year at other schools.”
