{"id":19159,"date":"2025-10-22T11:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=19159"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:46:12","slug":"nes-chemistry-professor-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/nes-chemistry-professor-cancer-research\/","title":{"rendered":"New chemistry professor brings his cancer research to Eckerd College"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”19171″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Assistant Professor of Chemistry Thomas Bearrood, Ph.D. (standing at right), guides his students through a lab exercise. 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And he is learning which plants, especially tropical fruits, thrive in his new home.<\/p>\n

Originally from Minnesota, Bearrood says his path toward chemistry started with a love of science, technology, engineering and mathematics influenced by his parents. Specifically, he says he \u201cliked that with chemistry [he] could work in a lab and have a positive impact on human health.\u201d<\/p>\n

After earning his B.A. in chemistry and mathematics from St. Olaf College, Bearrood completed his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He then did postdoctoral research as an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow in chemical biology at Stanford School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

His research focuses on the aldehyde dehydrogenase family of enzymes. They perform a variety of functions in the body, from influencing cell signaling to detoxification of dangerous molecules. Most interesting to Bearrood is these enzymes\u2019 connection to cancer. \u201cIt is very easy to kill cancer,\u201d he says. \u201cThe challenge is doing so without killing healthy cells. 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He jokes that his life\u2019s journey from Minnesota to Illinois to California and now to Florida has just traded one natural disaster for another. \u201cFirst blizzards, then tornados. California had both earthquakes and fires. Now, there is the chance of hurricanes in Florida. At least with hurricanes, you can see them coming.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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