Ella Bushman

Ella Bushman

About Me

Hi! I’m Ella, a rising senior at Loras College majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Biology and Psychology. I’m passionate about chemistry, learning, puzzles, sustainability, music, and cats!

📚 Project Name or Internship Work

Description: Knowing the primary sequence (names and order of amino acids) of a protein is important for knowing 1) how it functions and 2) why it functions the way it does. An xyz (Cartesian coordinates) input is common for most computational chemistry packages, so having a program that can take xyz coordinates and turn them into a primary sequence is helpful. That’s what this program aims to develop: a program that can turn xyz coordinates of atoms in a protein to the primary sequence.
Tech Stack: NWChem (hosted on Nova HPC), Python
Link: Project Description

📈 Goals for This Internship

  • [✓] Become comfortable with Python
  • [✓] Gain general skills and confidence in writing code

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