Fireflies & Medicine: Professor Aaron Leconte Awarded $503,298 NIH Grant

Chemistry

January 29, 2026 | 1 minute read

Aaron Leconte and his students in the Department of Natural Sciences of Pitzer and Scripps Colleges are researching a firefly enzyme’s potential as a biotech tool for human health.

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