Chemistry
![The Child Development Center visits the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The Child Development Center visits the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/435394544_959997062792689_4789544977432862483_n.jpg?VersionId=fNfVjriRZQQZL.NNgS.nyPZgNTix2SUr&itok=7SicLDHh)
Curious, young minds from the Child Development Center enjoyed hands-on learning about the ways the world works during a visit to Kent State's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Using single molecule and ensemble level methods, the Balci and Basu Labs will perform in vitro and in cellulo experiments to establish the capabilities and limitations of nuclease-dead mutant of Cas9 (dCas9) to target G-quadruplex forming sequences in the promoter regions and regulate transcription.
Co-PIs Dr. Michael Strickland (Professor and Chair, Physics), Dr. Qiang Guan (Assistant Professor, Computer Science), and Dr. Barry Dunietz (Associate Professor, Chemistry) have received a $500k grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a quantum computing (QC) training program at Kent State University.
![President of Poznan University of Technology gives Dr. Jaroniec the DHC certificate](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Jaroniec-DHC%20at%20PUT-p5.jpg?VersionId=cYCU.hMCqg18bofM1wcCBU3TJaWlMUyq&h=a1e1a043&itok=Dk50SDzj)
![Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Jaroniec2.jpg?VersionId=F2HHvoZ4URgelpquTbS0.3GBqcX9ZfBN&h=06ac0d8c&itok=exzr1QIM)