DELTA BEING HONOREDThis summer, Hunter Utkov- a rising senior Tri Delta- was invited to present her chemistry research at the International congresses for Quantum Chemistry which was held in Helsinki Finland this summer. Her research is based upon the modification of stain drugs in order to improve their binding energy with the residues in the active site. By working with HMG-CoA and current statin drugs, she modified the molecule by adding functional groups and then calculating their dipoles and binding efficacy with Tyr479, a residue found in the active site. So basically, the whole idea of this research is to improve the efficiency that the molecule binds with its active site- meaning the synthesis of cholesterol is inhibited better.
Hunter also presented her research in Utah this past semester. Her research paper is soon going to be published in a science journal!
***DELTA SNAPS TO HUNTER AND HER AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!***
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