Welcome to the home page for the second edition of EquilibriUM, published in September 2023! Below, you’ll find digital versions of each piece, a downloadable pdf of the magazine, and a list of editorial team members, sponsors, and other community members who supported this edition.
We hope you have as much fun reading the magazine as we did making it!
Read digital versions of all magazines pieces here…
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Cytotropolis: Life at the Cellular Level
Cover Concept and Art: Zoe Yeoh and Jessica Li We believe that in the future, we will have an intimate understanding of what the inside of a cell looks like on a molecular – perhaps even atomic – level. This has been enabled by recent advancements in structural biology through artificial intelligence and machine learning. In combination with Read more
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Letter from the Editors
Written by Jennifer Baker and Christina Del Greco Hi there, Thanks for picking up a copy of EquilibriUM edition 2! We’re so excited to finally share what we’ve been working on. Read more
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Protein Folding In The Hands Of AI
Written and illustrated by: Jacquelyn Roberts Edited by: Jennifer Baker and Christina Del Greco “Structure implies function” is a phrase often repeated by biochemists to describe how molecular machines work in the body. For a protein, structure is formed as its string of amino acids twists and folds into a globular final form. If amino Read more
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Science and Society: Building the Trust of Our Benefactors
Written by: Austin Shannon Edited by: Henry Ertl and Kate Giffin In a democracy, government money is public money and should ideally be accountable to the interests of the public as negotiated through the political process. However, if the stewards of that money (i.e., elected officials or citizens) know little about what they are paying Read more
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Could artificial intelligence replace doctors in the future? A case study with ChatGPT
Written by: Peijin Han Edited by: Frances Gu and Henry Ertl Imagine you had the misfortune of waking up one day with a crippling headache. You have been experiencing neck pains and headaches for a couple of years, but doctors always told you this was a neck strain and prescribed a muscle relaxer. However, today Read more
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Sight Beyond Light
Kate Giffin (1), Katie Bonefas (2), Chami Amarasinghe (3), Frances Gu (4), Jennifer Baker (5) 1. Author 2. Illustrator 3. Peer editor 4. Content editor 5. Senior editor Abstract There is light beyond light: above and below. The smallest, most ancient parts of us know this. In summer, freckles proclaim communion with this light. DNA Read more
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Engineering a Future for Women: The Role of Medical Device Design in Gender and Health Equity
Written by: Ilka Rodríguez-Calero, Ph.D. Edited by: Austin Shannon and Peijin Han In my twenties, I was put on a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) — a safe and effective medical device — as a form of birth control (1). Soon after, I developed pelvic pain, a known side effect of the IUD. The pain, combined Read more
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Homegrown Guardians: Harnessing the Power of the Immune System to Fight Breast Cancer
Written by: Kassidy Jungles Edited by: Christina Del Greco and Peijin Han Cancer is an enemy of your body, starting when your cells turn against you, rapidly divide, and spread. Cancer is clever and conniving. Cancer can rapidly mutate over time, making it difficult for your body to notice and even more difficult to treat. Read more
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A Dark Science
Written by: Chami Amarasinghe Edited by: Kate Giffin and Austin Shannon For a hundred years now, evidence for invisible matter has been piling up (1). Eighty-five percent of the mass in our cosmic neighborhood is transparent (2). We are completely awash in this invisible substance, dark matter. It far outweighs the stars, planets, asteroids, gas, Read more
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Thank you to our editorial team…
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…our sponsors…
…and community members for your support!
We would like to acknowledge Casey Rheault (UM STAMPS ’23) for layout and Print-Tech Inc. for publishing the print magazine.
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