Q&A with biochemistry major Felix Bagley

I also enjoy biology and studying what makes us live.

As a child, Felix Bagley wanted to be a chemist so he could make potions.

While his career plans have changed, his fascination with chemistry has stuck.

At Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Bagley is pursuing a degree in biochemistry, a field that combines his interests in chemistry and biology and is preparing him for his ultimate goal of becoming a pharmacist.

When I was little, I wanted to be a chemist because I wanted to make potions.

My parents are both engineers and enrolled me in programs that focused on chemical engineering.

As I came of age, I realized I was more interested in the “chemical” than the engineering.

Since I liked biology and chemistry, I chose biochemistry.

Biochemistry is so interesting, learning which pathways are in our bodies and when a deficiency leads to disease, how things like nutrition affect metabolic pathways or if we ingest something we shouldn’t, like ethylene glycol.

We test carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and pH levels to see how things like that affect the pathways.

It’s a lot of hard work, but you meet other people who are trying as hard as you to succeed and build a community.

The report adds to ongoing university-led research relevant to veterinary medicine, animal health, and clinical decision-making.

Source university website: Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine

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