Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Department "Biology"
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(2017-04-24)Thyroid hormones regulate essential physiological processes, including metabolism, reproduction, and growth. A key constituent of all thyroid hormones is iodine. To obtain and concentrate iodine, vertebrates utilize a ...
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Endospore formation by Clostridium difficile is a vital part of the life cycle for this Gram-positive bacterium. During this process, the mothercell packages proteins into the developing endospore. However, the mechanisms ...
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(2014-09-08)Important neurological and psychiatric diseases, including Alzheimer disease, nicotine addiction, and schizophrenia, are influenced by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Understanding the structure and function ...
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Male Caenorhabditis elegans undergo a radical remodeling of their anal depressor during late larval stage 4. In both hermaphrodites and males, the larval anal depressor primarily functions as a defecation behavior. However, ...
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(2012-04-23)Paramecium tetraurelia is a large, single-celled, ciliated protist. Short cell cycle times (4.5-5 hours) and manipulable Mendelian genetics have made it an attractive research species, particularly for developmental genetics ...
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Electron beam (eBeam) technology is commonly used to sterilize food and food ingredients to inactivate microbial pathogens. In eBeam processing, electrons are accelerated to the speed of light in a linear accelerator, ...
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(2013-02-06)The flagella organelle is crucial to many different cells and organisms because it allows for sensation and movement throughout a matrix. The Intraflagellar Transport system (IFT) is of particular interest since it helps ...
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(2013-09-24)Anemia is a term that defines a condition in which a person’s blood lacks a stable amount of red blood cells or hemoglobin. This condition can cause a person to experience fatigue, and an improper amount of oxygen will be ...
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(2014-10-14)Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation. Cancer is responsible for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths, and ranks as the second highest cause of death worldwide, and costs the American population ...
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(2012-05-04)The bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease (LD) encodes for the von Willebrand Factor A (VWFA) domain proteins BB0172 and BB0173. VWFA domains are commonly known for adhering to ...
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(2018-04-23)Clostridioides difficile is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming pathogen. Due to, in part, the highly transmissible spore morphotype, C. difficile infections (CDI) frequently occur in cycles of recurring disease that ...
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(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 ...
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(2019-04-22)Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans are affected by surgical site infections (SSIs), resulting in billions of dollars spent on additional healthcare and thousands of lives lost. These SSIs are often caused by ...
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Paramecium tetraurelia are single celled protists commonly found in freshwater. Each paramecium cell is covered by 3,000 cilia, organized into about 70 precise longitudinal rows. Rows can be inverted 180 degrees through a ...
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The genus Thraulodes (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) is widely distributed across the Americas, and can be found in lotic systems throughout North, Central, and South America (Chacón et. al, 1999). With 45 described ...
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(2013-02-04)The cell’s nuclear envelope (NE) has pores that are stabilized by nuclear pore complexes (NPC), large proteinaceous structures whose function is to mediate transport between the nucleus and cytoplasm. Although the transport ...
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(2017-04-24)The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in Arabidopsis thaliana is the source of the calcium signal produced by high-fluence blue light sensed by the junction between the ER and chloroplast, the ER-chloroplast nexus. Photostimulation ...
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The development of protein tags that enable the analysis of proteins with high multiplexity, in the context of cellular interactions. Nanoparticle and metal chelated tags were developed and utilized by Secondary Ion Mass ...
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(2014-01-17)Diesel exhaust particulate matter (DPM) is a major contributor to air pollution and has been recently classified as a group 1 human carcinogen. The combustion of diesel produces a variety of compounds including polycyclic ...
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(2019-04-18)Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) are a vulnerable species. During their reproductive season these turtles migrate great distances to mate and lay eggs. Poor nutrition before this migration can result in ...