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Team
prepares
solar car
for races
By Melissa Ackerman
For the Daily
The University's Solar Car Team will
be competing in its first race of the season
this week, the Formula Sun Grand Prix,
in Topeka, Kan. The five-day event pro-
vides an opportunity for 40 teams from
various parts of the country, to present
their cars.
"Because this race is only 140 miles,
it is more a chance to show off the cars
than really test them. Our real goal is to
enter the best team and the best car in the
2005 American Solar challenge," Brack-
ney said.
In order to fine-tune the car in a short
period of time, the team had to work 40
hoursper weekduring theschoolyearand
14 hours per day since classes finished.
Many team members have expressed
optimism that the long hours will pay off
during the races.
"We have an excellent chance of plac-
ing first in the Formula Sun, which would
give us the pull position (a leading start)
in the American Solar Challenge," said
Max Ross, racer and head mechanical
Symposium helps
cancer researchers
share knowledge
Engineering student Bill Muscat shows the solar car to visitors of Ann
Arbor's Energyfest on the Diag In 2004.
engineer. on a video camera display instead of mir-
Mike Adams, ateammechanicalengi- rors.
neering technician, said he spends more "You can't be claustrophobic to race
time with hiseammates than with his this car because the windshield comes
friends. to about right here," Brackney said as he
"But you don't feel like you're not held his hand two inches from his face.
being social," Adams said, "There is an He described racing as "incredibly
extremely defined chain of command, testing" because of the seating position
which we respect and use, but we also and the intense heat. Inside the car, the
keep it friendly on the inside. Talking temperature is 30 to 40 degrees hotter
business all the time does get boring." than the outside temperature and racing
Brackney, a Business senior and proj- season starts in the summer.
ect manager of the team, oversees the Brackeny said the driver needs his
fundraising, design, construction and rac- team to help him function the car.
ing of the team's solar-powered vehicle. "Essentially, we make the driver a
Momentum, the team's new car, remote control. He just follows directions
accommodates one racer who steers the on a radio from the strategy team mem-
car with two push-pull handlebars while bers who decide when and how to turn
lying in a reclined position. The car relies and to adjust speed," Brackney said.
By Lauren Fell
For the Daily
Seven top cancer researchers
from across the country came to the
University to discuss their research
developments during the fourth
annual Life Sciences Institute Sym-
posium, held last Thursday.
The main focus of the symposium,
titled "Cancer Insights: Molecules
to Medicine," was recent develop-
ments in areas of interdisciplinary
science.
LSI's symposia are designed
to promote integration of current
research by bringing many research-
ers together.
Dr. Barbara Weber, vice presi-
dent of the pharmaceutical firm
Glaxosmithkline, talked about what
genomes can tell us about cancer
abnormalities.
Using genetic data and laboratory
experiment, Weber and her col-
leagues were able to build a model
of various genetic cancer muta-
tions.
Once these abnormalities are
better understood, researchers can
figure out the right combination of
therapies to apply to the mutations.
After Weber's presentation, a
short question-and-answer session
was held, during which another
researcher explained that some of
his research would complement
Weber's data.
Weber said this epitomized the
focus of the symposium: bring-
ing various researchers together to
share ideas and make connections 4
between research and data.
The next speaker was Dr. Todd
Golub, founding director of the
Cancer Program at both MIT and
Harvard. He also spoke on genomic
cancer research.
Golub's program, the Broad Insti-
tute, focuses on using the human
genome and computer science meth-
ods to extract meaningful data and
understand the challenges facing
cancer medicine.
Golub and Weber discussed
similar topics from different per-
spectives to open an exchange of
ideas and make progress for cancer
research.
Business School senior Omar
Usmans said he attended the confer-
ence because he works in a cancer
laboratory on campus.
"It is very interesting to hear
how other people and other labs do
research," said Usman, "If you have
an interest in cancer research, it is
very beneficial to attend a confer-
ence like this, where focus is on the
integration of many ideas."
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