Sarah Chiren Participates in Richter Scholars Program at Lake Forest College

2013 Mar 25

Sarah Chiren `16 of Northbrook, IL was selected as a Richter Scholar at Lake Forest College. Chiren will work on a biology research project with Professor Shubhik DebBurman titled, "Discovering amino acids in alpha-synuclein that regulate its toxicity in Parkinson's Disease." Chiren will be working with a collaborative team to study how certain human disease-linked proteins misfold, which can build up in tissues and cause tragic incurable diseases, such as Parkinson's.

The Richter Apprentice Scholar Program offers a unique research opportunity to a small group of outstanding students early in their college careers. During the summer between their first and second years, Richter Scholars are employed as apprentice scholars working one-on-one with faculty members conducting independent research.

Chiren is a graduate of Chicagoland Jewish High School in Deerfield, IL.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,500 students representing 47 state and 79 countries. Visit www.lakeforest.edu.