SOAR Student Profiles

Jillian Sherer

Jillian Sherer

  • SOAR Position: Member; Alumni
  • Major: Biology
  • Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Scott Handy

Current Focus: Fluorescent Probes Based on the Aurone Scaffold

Additional Interests: Proteins in biological systems

Project Description

Fluorescent labels can be used in many aspects of scientific research from bacterial identification to protein component determination. Aurones have extremely fluorescent properties and they are small, making them valuable in the observation of biological settings. I am working on a group project to develop a three part fluorescent probe that includes a reactive N-Hydroxysu