I’m Austin Collins. I am currently a junior undergraduate at Indiana University, planning to graduate in 2016. I was born in Kaufman, Texas, but I spent the majority of my childhood in Goshen, Indiana. I intend to receive B.S. degrees in both Biochemistry and Physics. After my undergraduate studies, I intend to go to graduate school and continue to do research.
Apart from my studies, I spend a lot of my time playing the guitar and running. I enjoy being outside have spent much of my summers canoeing and hiking at various places around the country, including the Boundary Waters region of Minnesota, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and a segment of the Appalachian trail. I also have a love for classical literature and attend the many operas, concerts, and musical events of the Jacob’s School of Music whenever I can.
In the Dann lab, I assist Soca Wibowo Ph. D (and Master Ninja) in the purification of human folate receptor protein (hFR) from cell media and the crystallization of hFR-ligand complexes for analysis with x-ray crystallography. Further understanding of these complexes could lead to better chemotherapeutic drugs.
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