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The Kinetic Signatures Of Antibody Binding To M. Genitalium Adhesin Protein Fragments, Margaret C. Lunn
The Kinetic Signatures Of Antibody Binding To M. Genitalium Adhesin Protein Fragments, Margaret C. Lunn
Honors Projects
Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually-transmitted bacterial pathogen that persists in patients by adherence to cells through matrix glycoproteins and evasion of host antibodies. The MgpB and MgpC adherence proteins consist of variable and conserved regions. Variable regions undergo antigenic variation to avoid specific antibodies. However, the C-terminus (MgpB-4a) does not vary, is highly immunogenic, and antibodies to this region inhibit attachment and promote bacterial killing in vitro. To better understand how M. genitalium avoids clearance by antibodies to MgpB-4a in vivo we used surface plasmon resonance (SPR) to measure kinetic values of binding events. Binding of polyclonal rabbit antibodies (3935 …
Living Upstream: Kennebec River Influence On Nutrient Regimes And Phytoplankton Communities In Harpswell Sound, Siena Brook Ballance
Living Upstream: Kennebec River Influence On Nutrient Regimes And Phytoplankton Communities In Harpswell Sound, Siena Brook Ballance
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Phytoplankton underpin marine trophic systems and biogeochemical cycles. Estuarine and coastal phytoplankton account for 40-50% of global ocean primary productivity and carbon flux making it critical to identify sources of variability. This project focuses on the Kennebec River and Harpswell Sound, a downstream, but hydrologically connected coastal estuary, as a case study of temperate river influence on estuarine nutrient regimes and phytoplankton communities. Phytoplankton pigments and nutrients were analyzed from water samples collected monthly at 8 main-stem rivers stations (2011-2013) and weekly in Harpswell Sound (2008-2017) during ice-free months. Spatial bedrock and land use impacts on river nutrients were investigated …
Life In A Rural Emergency Department: Patients Speak To Underlying, Fundamental Disparities In Physician And Resource Allocation, Jessica Gustad
Life In A Rural Emergency Department: Patients Speak To Underlying, Fundamental Disparities In Physician And Resource Allocation, Jessica Gustad
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In the Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, access to health care was defined as, “The availability of an adequate supply of health care services and the individual’s opportunity to obtain health care when it is wanted or needed” (MacKinney, 2014). Current trends in rural emergency departments are trying to communicate a critical message about the fundamental problems with the distribution of health care services in America today and the inability to properly meet the definition above. In rural communities, patient complaints and behaviors demonstrate the pressing concerns of inadequate access to primary care, limited specialty care, insufficient mental …