<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pharmacy/news-and-events/features/michelle-spruill/index.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate>03/27/2024 11:46:20 PM</pubDate><title>Michelle Spruill: Of Fruit Flies and Pharmaceutics</title><subtitle>Ph.D. Candidate Discovers Foundational Love for All Things Research in Journey Through Work and Academia</subtitle><description>From a small west Texas town with optometrist ambitions to big city dreams altering the genes of fruit flies, the educational journey of Michelle Spruill, M.S., has taken weaving pathways leading her to and through science with research as the main attraction.</description><author>Kristin Marie Mitchener</author><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="/pharmacy/_images/features/michelle-spruill-feature-web.png" alt="Michelle Spruill"/></image><categories>Research,Student,Spotlights</categories></item>