Some 250 million children worldwide suffer malnutrition, disease or death because they don’tget enough Vitamin A. To help them, Dr. Wurtzel conducts research into the chemistry of

different corn varieties that she grows on campus. Ratnakar Vallabhaneni traveled from India tostudy with her. He examines the genomes of corn and other cereals, seeking genes that will raiseVitamin A production.

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Malaria strikes 350-500 million people every year, killing morethan 1 million worldwide. Malarial parasites now resist the

standard drug, chloroquine. Dr. Sanchez-Delgado and doctoralstudent Chandima Rajapakse insert the metal ruthenium intochloroquine to make it invisible—and therefore lethal—to theparasites. This modified drug also promises to fight cancer. Lab tests

are starting in both areas.

Brooklyn CollegeRoberto Sanchez-Delgado

Associate Professor of ChemistryGuggenheim Fellow 1998

NIH-SCORE Grant recipient

+Chandima Rajapakse

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2009Presenter, American Chemical Society, 2007Three departmental awards for excellence

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Lehman CollegeEleanore Wurtzel

Professor of Molecular BiologyChair of CUNY Plant Sciences

Ph.D. subprogramFellow, American Association for

the Advancement of ScienceOver $7 million in research grants

+Ratnakar Vallabhaneni

Ph.D in Biology/Plant Sciences, 2008Best presentation, Plant Metabolic

Engineering, Gordon-KenanGraduate Research Seminar

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