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Prevention Of Obesity-Related Morbidity & Mortality In Adults, Rachelle Virgin

Masters Theses/Capstone Projects

Poster presentation on the prevention of obesity related morbidity and mortality in adults.

Probing The Function Of Perilipin 5b, Rebekah Dalton

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects

Many modern health issues arise from aberrant lipid metabolism, among these are type II diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. One commonality these diseases share is neutral lipid metabolism and storage. Regulation of neutral lipid metabolism is of vital importance in the body, and among the proteins responsible for such regulation are the perilipins. Perilipins are a family of five conserved proteins that are found on the surface of lipid storage droplets and play a central role in the regulation of cellular neutral lipid metabolism. Perilipin 5 specifically, is expressed in tissues with a high capacity for fatty acid oxidation …

Healthy Animals, Healthy Humans, Sarah Caldwell Hancock

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Zoonotic disease research targets maladies that infect both animals and people

Breeding For Resistance In California Strawberry To Verticillium Dahliae, Zachary Christman

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Since 1930 the University of California, Davis, has been developing strawberry cultivars that are adapted to the agricultural industry and regional farms. Developing cultivars that require fewer inputs are of significant economic importance in agronomy. Developing a crop resistant to a disease is beneficial for horticulturists since less labor and chemicals are needed for a high yield.⁶

In commercial strawberry cultivars, complete resistance to V. dahlia is extremely rare. The majority of Californian strawberry cultivars are highly susceptible to it.² Over the last 18 years of plant breeding for strawberry cultivars with a high degree of resistance and …

K-State, Usda Scientists Working To Protect Wheat Crop From Deadly Disease, Mary Lou Peter

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Wheat blast research conducted in university’s Biosecurity Research Institute

Kansas State University researcher Barbara Valent is in preventive strike mode.

Working Together, Rachel Skybetter

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The people and partnerships that brought NBAF to Kansas.

Detect And Defeat, Pat Melgares

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Kansas State University researchers take aim at deadly swine diseases.

Late in 2015, scientists at Kansas State University and the University of Missouri delivered news that likely had swine producers worldwide rejoicing: The researchers had developed pigs that are resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, the most devastating disease in the industry.

Bois 412/812: Human Genetics—A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Benchmark Portfolio, Colin D. Meiklejohn

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

This portfolio focuses on Human Genetics, an upper-division course taken primarily by biology majors to fulfill elective credit in their degree. This course studies the genetic basis for human variation, with the goal of placing this variation in the context of human evolutionary history and the consequences of this variation for medical understanding and treatments. In Human Genetics, students complete an original synthetic research paper on a human genetic disorder. Through writing this paper, students are expected to learn how to navigate electronic databases and online resources on human genetic diseases, and to read and synthesize the primary scientific literature. …

Early Detection, Greg Tammen

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Researchers develop detection test for subclinical mastitis in dairy cows.

A Smart Laboratory, Jennifer Tidball

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The Burns & McDonnell Smart Grid Lab is boosting education, research and recruitment in the College of Engineering.

Eye In The Sky, Megan Saunders

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Brian McCornack, associate professor of entomology, is exploring unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, as an efficient method to detect pest insects and diseases — including invasive species — in food crops such as wheat before outbreaks occur.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni And Friends (Fall 1996), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Fall 1996 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Taylor University Magazine (Winter 1975), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Winter 1975 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.