{"id":1581,"date":"2018-02-15T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T17:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2018-02-15T15:07:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T21:07:02","slug":"the-st-olaf-fund-sustaining-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/campaign\/2018\/02\/the-st-olaf-fund-sustaining-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"The St. Olaf Fund: Sustaining Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Associate Professor of Biology Kevin Crisp examining lab results with Nicole Nothongkham ’18 and Amber Juran ’19<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Faculty-mentored research engages Oles in discovering their potential as researchers, investigators, and scholars. Through\u00a0For the Hill and Beyond<\/a>, Oles are building funds to support this high-impact practice<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gifts to the St. Olaf Fund undergird St. Olaf\u2019s academic programs. In biology, students and faculty use these gifts to support research, from purchasing poster paper to funding particular projects and conference travel.<\/p>\n

Using these funds, Associate Professor of Biology Kevin Crisp and his students created 3-D printed devices to examine how microglial cells in leeches respond to bacterial infection. In doing so they gain insight into how the human central nervous system responds to infection and injury \u2014 research especially helpful to find treatments for disorders like Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUltimately these funds help me train students to be tomorrow\u2019s medical innovators.”<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n

\u2014 Associate Professor of Biology Kevin Crisp<\/em><\/p>\n

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Crisp\u2019s research team built a perfusion chamber allowing toxins to be placed on a single nerve, an implantable nerve stimulator powered by radio waves, and an amplifier to allow computer sound cards to record EMG.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents gain unique experience in device design, experimental methodology, and electronics working on this project,\u201d says Crisp, who also chairs St. Olaf’s Health Professions Committee.<\/p>\n

His former students are pursuing graduate degrees in medical prosthetics and neuroscience, running small medical device startups, and conducting research at Mayo Clinic. Their outcomes are part of the impact that mentored research makes possible for Oles.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately these funds help me train students to be tomorrow\u2019s medical innovators,\u201d says Crisp.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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