Logan Hutchinson, of Scotts, is spending the early summer at Albion College, thanks to a grant from Albion’s Foundation for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (FURSCA). This competitive award provides participants with eight weeks of housing and a stipend equivalent to full-time employment.

Hutchinson is completing an original research project titled “Synthesis of a Light Activatable Checkpoint Inhibitor as a Targeted Chemotherapeutic for the Reduction of Unwanted Side Effects” with the guidance of biochemistry professor Craig Streu.

Hutchinson is majoring in biochemistry. Hutchinson is the child of Shauna Hutchinson and Aaron Hutchinson of Scotts and is a graduate of Vicksburg Community High School.

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