Three University of Waterloo students are conducting research in Dr. Zoya Leonenko's lab, searching for answers to Alzheimer's disease at the nanoscale. Charlotte Baur (fourth-year biological and medical physics), Hugh Hossfeld (third-year honors science) and Isabella Barichello (third-year biomedical engineering) are research assistants investigating how epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a plant antioxidant found in green tea, might help protect against cell damage that leads to this neurodegenerative disease.