Madison Hopkins

1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman

Tasia Powell gave birth to her baby girl this spring, but was unable to find realistic child care options because she earns a few hundred dollars over the limit to qualify for subsidized child care. Akilah Townsend for Illinois Answers Project A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care – even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they haven’t been able to start a college fund for their toddler.

1 week ago | freeburgtribune.com | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman

CHICAGO — A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care, even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they haven’t been able to start a college fund for their toddler. A family in Lemont delayed buying a home and decided against having as many children as they once hoped for.

1 week ago | southsideweekly.com | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care—even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they haven’t been able to start a college fund for their toddler.

1 week ago | illinoisanswers.org | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman

CHICAGO — A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care – even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they haven’t been able to start a college fund for their toddler. A family in Lemont delayed buying a home and decided against having as many children as they once hoped for.

2 months ago | biorxiv.org | Madison Hopkins |Zachary Yasinov |Mark J. Fakler |Grace E. Wilde

AbstractThe cortex layer of the peptidoglycan cell wall surrounding bacterial spores contains a modified sugar, muramic-δ-lactam, that is essential for spore germination. Genetic evidence has linked the conserved enzyme SwsB to the muramic-δ-lactam biosynthetic pathway. SwsB belongs to a large family of metal-dependent deacetylases, but its function is unclear because a putative catalytic residue is mutated.