{"id":4203,"date":"2025-11-06T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:16:47","slug":"biochemistry-student-spotlight-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/2025\/biochemistry-student-spotlight-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Biochemistry Student Spotlight &#8211; Kyla Malo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Biochemistry Student Spotlight\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"publication-alert-biomarkers-of-an-ancient-microbial-ecosystem\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publication alert: Biomarkers of an ancient microbial ecosystem<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-2-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-2-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-2-512x337.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-2-320x211.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-2-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-2-1536x1012.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-2-2048x1349.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyla Malo (B.Sc. Biochemistry &amp; Biotechnology\/2024 and M.Sc. Biochemistry\/current) has presented research on biochemical markers of extinct microbial life trapped in 460 million year old rock formations. This work was part of a larger astrobiology project in the group of Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/profile\/allyson-brady\/\">Allyson Brady<\/a> (Institute of Biochemistry). The work indicates that specific biomarkers present in laminated rock formations may help distinguish between ancient and modern microbial systems, helping to understand life on early Earth or other planets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\">Read the research <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2Fe%2F2PACX-1vRWvLadj04AjeEIIAeONiuIYJBFeURBcNcFjjvUHYqK8UtyeCPKVLirqKxGvJHrle-z3t17I_hXsvr_%2Fpub&amp;data=05%7C02%7CTylerAvis%40Cunet.Carleton.Ca%7C7e2207ae702d4e66c56208dd9c669b57%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638838687094766754%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0T1iK3GmzcbXftVaIfeLB4miw8VkGJshYEMFznteiZM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a>. For more information on Prof. Brady\u2019s research, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/allyson-brady\/\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/allyson-brady\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-3-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-3-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/11\/Student-spotlight_Kyla-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publication alert: Biomarkers of an ancient microbial ecosystem &nbsp; Kyla Malo (B.Sc. Biochemistry &amp; Biotechnology\/2024 and M.Sc. Biochemistry\/current) has presented research on biochemical markers of extinct microbial life trapped in 460 million year old rock formations. This work was part of a larger astrobiology project in the group of Prof. Allyson Brady (Institute of Biochemistry). 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