Nnana Amakiri, a Utah ARCS Scholar, is part of a family of medical professionals. His parents, immigrants from Nigeria, overcame significant challenges to establish successful careers in healthcare. His father started as a handyman before becoming a nurse and then later a doctor. His mother was also... Read more
In the complex world of neurology, where the mysteries of the central nervous system are unraveled, ARCS Scholar Nathan Anderson's MS research at the University of Oregon stands out as a unique blend of scientific inquiry and personal mission. Anderson’s work focuses on a protein called Vnd, a key player... Read more
LaGrange Georgia, November 11, 2024 –ARCS Foundation, Inc. a nonprofit dedicated to advancing U.S. scientific progress through scholar awards, and Roche Diagnostics Corporation, a global leader in diagnostics, have joined forces to address the critical shortage of professionals in clinical laboratories. This pioneering program... Read more
Meet ARCS Northern California Scholar Sophie Ruehr from the University of California, Berkeley. Some of you might recognize Ruehr from our ARCS Forward event, "Carbon Emissions and Offsets: Global and Local Research." Since this program, Ruehr has continued to focus on ecosystem-scale dynamics of water cycling. She studies the links between... Read more
Roche Diagnostics Corporation, the global leader in in-vitro diagnostics, has partnered with ARCS Foundation on a new pilot program to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in healthcare: the severe staffing shortages currently experienced in clinical laboratories. These talent shortages, especially in top clinical roles that require special... Read more
Honolulu ARCS Scholar Lindsay Young is vice president for research for the National Geographic Society's Pristine Seas Program. She heads an eight-member research team that works with conservationists, filmmakers, and communication and policy experts to help protect the world’s oceans. Young is also an affiliate graduate faculty member... Read more
Growing up under a pristine night sky far from city lights, one scholar’s fascination with the cosmos began early. Surrounded by stars and the Milky Way, Nicholas Saunders was captivated by the sheer magnitude of the universe. But his interest in exoplanets—planets orbiting stars outside our solar system—was... Read more
Congratulations to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Dr. Tomoaki Miura, inducted as an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Fellow in September. Dr. Miura is professor and chair of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, one of five College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources departments supported with Honolulu... Read more
Honolulu ARCS Scholar Katie C.Y. Lee has demonstrated the importance of an energy regulating enzyme in heart health. “We discovered that your heart can't really be healthy without PKM2,” she says.
Building on research that Pyruvate kinase M2 plays a key role in glucose metabolism and energy expenditure, Katie demonstrated... Read more
