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MiR-150, A Novel and Potent Regulator for MLL-AF9 Leukemic Stem Cells
(2013-02-18)
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short, non-coding RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression, particularly in cancers. MicroRNA-150 has been proven as a critical regulatory for normal hematopoiesis and a ...
MathLex: A Web-Based Mathematical Entry System
(2013-02-01)
Mathematical formulas are easy to convey in handwritten media, but how should they be represented in electronic format? Unfortunately, mathematical content has not been as well-implemented on the Web as images and video. ...
Chemorepellants and Their Signal Transduction Pathways: Gβ and Akt Proteins Necessary for Dictyostelium AprA Chemorepulsion
(2013-02-04)
Cellular movement in response to a chemical gradient, known as chemotaxis, is a critical behavior in many developmental and pathological processes such as embryo development and cancer metastasis. This cell movement can ...
SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR MODULATION IN NEONATAL HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY
(2013-02-12)
Brain damage by hypoxia-ischemia is a devastating injury to neonatal infants, and can lead to long-term neurological defects, e.g. cerebral palsy. Recent revelations concerning the nature of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) ...
Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme Disease in ticks across Texas
(2013-02-05)
The goal of this study is to determine where the Lyme disease (LD) causative agent is prevalent in Texas. According to the CDC, LD is the most prevalent arthropod borne disease in the US with 33,097 cases reported last ...
Future Flooding in Houston: Modeling the Impacts of Climate and Land Cover Change on Hydrology in the Buffalo-San Jacinto Watershed
(2013-02-04)
Understanding the hydrology of a watershed is essential for both water resource management and public safety, especially flood prevention and mitigation. Both climate change and urbanization have been shown to increase ...
Evolution of Enzyme Specificity in the OSBS Family
(2013-02-04)
In addition to their primary biological function, many proteins are at least moderately capable of catalyzing secondary, promiscuous activities that may have a major role in enzyme evolution. Mounting evidence supports the ...
Analytical and Numerical Studies of Effective Medium Mixing Problems in Electromagnetics
(2013-02-13)
Electromagnetically Functionalized Colloidal Dispersions (EFCDs) have been utilized in several applications in electromagnetics such as reconfigurable antennas. The colloidal dispersions vary the electrical properties ...
Establishing novel relationships between genetic variants and gene expression in humans
(2013-02-27)
We observe phenotypic variations in the human population every day; however, the underlying genetic mechanism behind these variations is difficult to decipher. In this project I investigate the links between phenotypic and ...
Ion Irradiation-induced nano-crystallization metallic glasses (amorphous metal)
(2013-02-28)
This project idea is proposed in order to develop the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for Nano-crystal phase formation when metallic glasses (amorphous) is exposed under the high energy ion irradiation and is ...