{"id":265,"date":"2018-05-08T14:10:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T18:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/?p=265"},"modified":"2018-10-09T14:18:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T18:18:25","slug":"social-media-spotlight-christian-zwirner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/medicine\/2018\/05\/08\/social-media-spotlight-christian-zwirner\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media spotlight: Christian Zwirner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"date\">May 8, 2018<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Hometown: Windham, 海角社区<\/p>\n<p>Christian Zwirner is a biochemistry major and Spanish minor. The former president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity will graduate in December 2018. The Senior Skull vice president\u2019s research in Rob Wheeler\u2019s lab focused on the fungus <em>Candida albicans<\/em>, which annually causes several thousand deaths due to hospital-acquired infection. He won the Frederick H. Radke Memorial Award, presented to the outstanding senior in biochemistry. \u201cGrowing <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">up, I experienced a plethora of medical problems. Although they were hard to endure at times, these problems piqued my interest in why and how scientific processes worked within the human body. In June, I\u2019ll go with the Blue Crew on a medical mission to Ghana, then work as a medical scribe at Mid Coast Hospital, then I plan on attending medical school. U海角社区 is what you make of it. I\u2019ve been part of the best organizations, met the best people and had the best opportunities. My work in the lab has helped me grow as a person and as a leader.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See posts featuring Zwirner on U海角社区\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Universityof海角社区\/photos\/a.10150667350118972.412777.6713903971\/10156303192203972\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BihKx-xnHzO\/?taken-by=university.of.maine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 8, 2018 Hometown: Windham, 海角社区 Christian Zwirner is a biochemistry major and Spanish minor. The former president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity will graduate in December 2018. The Senior Skull vice president\u2019s research in Rob Wheeler\u2019s lab focused on the fungus Candida albicans, which annually causes several thousand deaths due to hospital-acquired infection. 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