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to know others easier and fosters a nice work community. The people here are wonderful.

Ted (Dr. Hinchcliffe) is a great boss. He is a fantastic mentor and extremely supportive of his employees. The Hinchcliffe and Robinson labs are currently making great strides in understanding the formation of a type of pediatric brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (or DIPG). These are among the most difficult of all cancers to treat with a 2 year survival rate of less than 5%. It is very exciting and rewarding to be part of a team that is working on such a devastating disease and to be seeing real progress in identifying how these tumors form and how oncologists can better treat them.

Are innovative microscopy techniques and instrumentation still part of your research?

Yes, when I joined the The Hormel Institute Dr. Hinchcliffe was looking for someone who could use florescent microscopes and I am currently work with florescent microscopes, live cell imaging, and enjoy developing techniques to find additional information beyond what the eye can see in the images we collect.

What are your career aspirations, what would you love to learn more about or be a part of discovering?

I hope to have my own lab one day where I can elucidate the basic cause of glioma’s and aid in the development of novel treatments for brain cancers. Brain cancers are among the most life threatening and hardest to treat of all cancers, and it really excites me to be a part of a team of people who are making inroads in treatment for these types of cancer.

Finally, what do you and your family enjoy doing in the Southeast MN area?

We enjoy all sorts of outdoor activities including camping, hiking, mushroom hunting, and snowshoeing.

The Cellular Dynamics, under section leader Dr. Ted Hinchcliffe, Ph.d., studies the regulation of cell division, the process by which cells proliferate. Research is funded by grants from the National

Institutes of Health and the

Department of Defense.

The Hormel Institute www.hi.umn.edu

Ann Weydert, Ann Weydert’s love for creating jewelry started in high Jewelry school and has blossomed

Artwork currently into a side business that helps priced at $18-$158 others. Weydert’s jewelry Find her on making has evolved with her

Facebook - Jennartsy creativity. “I remember taking apart my mother’s old jewelry and coming up with new creations,” Weydert said.

She has learned a few techniques from other jewelers, but for the most part she is a self-taught artist. Most of Weydert’s creations are made with semi-precious natural gemstones. She also uses leather, silver, copper, wax cotton cord and precious metal clay.

Weydert said the success of this business is so much about family including her mom, Kathleen, and her sisters, who help promote the business by wearing her jewelry and helping with the jewelry sales.

In the future, Weydert hopes to expand her line of precious metal clay and gemstones pieces. She also hopes to experiment with using a kiln as opposed to torch fire.