Life Sciences Commons^™

Uric Acid Levels In Relation To Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis, Alexander A. Gosch, Mary F. Davis, Joshua C. Denny

Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2017

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by demyelination in the central nervous system. In previous studies, serum uric acid (UA) levels have been implied as a useful biomarker in understanding MS disease progression and development. The majority of previous studies have found MS patients have a lower UA level than healthy controls, however some studies have found higher UA levels with MS patients. Previous studies have compared UA levels between subtypes of MS, but have not produced conclusive data. To better understand the correlation between UA levels and MS patients, we compared UA levels between our set of …

Graduate Studies Newsletter, Graduate Studies Office

Newsletters

THIS ISSUE

Welcome P.1

Spotlight on Dr. Chris Aberson P .2

Digital Commons @ HSU P.3

Upcoming Events & Resources P.4

Student Success Stories P.5,6

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Biology, Fall 2016, Sandy Avila

Libraries' Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Principles Of Biology Ii (Valdosta State University), Joshua Reece, Gretchen Bielmyer, John Elder, Theresa Grove

Biological Sciences Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Principles of Biology II was created under a Round Four ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Guideline For Stakeholder Engagement On Aquatic Resource Management-Related Processes, Department Of Fisheries

Fisheries occasional publications

No abstract provided.

Dichotomous Key To Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon Pisum) Apterous Parthenogenic Instars, Bates College Department Of Biology, Daisy Diamond, Daniel Levitis

SCARAB Data Repository

We provide a dichotomous key, with photographs and illustrations, for distinguishing between instars of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) in the developmental pathway leading to the apterous parthenogenetic adult. Lengths of body, antenna and cauda are provided for a sample of each instar.

Telonicher Marine Laboratory, Hsu Telonicher Marine Laboratory

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Plastic Pollution And The Global Throwaway Culture: Environmental Injustices Of Single-Use Plastic, Kristin L. Mcdermott

ENV 434 Environmental Justice

The global throwaway culture has created a cross-ecosystem plastic pollution injustice. The first to suffer this injustice will be the most vulnerable. Our oceans have become our dumpsters. The throwaway culture has created a disrespect of material goods that has turned the earth’s resources into rubbish after a single use. Eighty percent of the yearly 8 million tons of plastic that enter the ocean is single use plastic, such as plastic bottles, plastic shopping bags, or cigarette lighters.[1] Plastic has destroyed ecosystems, robbing impoverished communities of natural resources and of a healthy and safe living environment. First to suffer …

Regulation Of Cyclin D Stability By The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Steven Doyle

Research Horizons Day Posters

No abstract provided.

Enzyme Characterization Of Human Inorganic Pyrophosphatase, Christopher Sebastian, Manavalan Gajapathy

Research Horizons Day Posters

No abstract provided.

Implications Of Notch Signaling Pathway In Breast Cancer, Anuja D. Shimpale

Research Horizons Day Posters

No abstract provided.

Artistic And Scholarly Sessions: Can A Multicellular Bacterium Prepare Students For Multiple Career Paths?, Loralyn Cozy, Rachel Ende, Class Of 2016, Megan Smeets, Class Of 2017, Christina Khouri, Class Of 2016

Inauguration of Eric R. Jensen

April 2, 2016; 10–10:30 am

How do I support students pursuing their own unique professional goals using my discipline as a backdrop? This, for me, is the defining question for mentorship at a liberal arts institution. Three students and I will consider how collaboration in one discipline, microbiology, can shape a variety of professional trajectories.

Presenters: Loralyn Cozy, Assistant Professor of Biology
Rachel Ende ’16, Biology major

Student Respondents: Megan Smeets ’17, Biology & Psychology double major
Christina Khouri ’16, Biology & Hispanic Studies double major

Introduction To Biology, Shayla Williams, Kenya Lemon

Biological Sciences Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Introduction to Biology was created under a Round Three ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Biology News, Spring 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Biology.

Biology News

Inside This Issue:
--Greetings from the Department of Biology
--Index
--Department of Biology Alumni
--Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Named as Alumni in Residence
--Dr. Robert Good Gives Keynote Address at the 2015
--UNI SURP Symposium
--Alumnus, Dr. Michael Gray, selected as Honorary Member of Entomological Society of America
--UNI Biology - Brazil Connection
--Two UNI Biology Alumni Assume Directorships at Vanderbilt University
--Biology Students
--Students Appreciate Scholarship Funding
--Biology Students and Alumni
--NSF Provides Funding for Research on Unique Parasites
--Bees and “Colony Collapse Disorder”
--UNI Biology Students Present Research at NCUR Annual Conference in Cheney, Washington
--Marine Biology Club Visits …

Telonicher Marine Laboratory, Hsu Telonicher Marine Laboratory

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Spines On Predation And Survivorship Of Devonian Brachiopods, Broc S. Kokesh

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2016

Brachiopods are small animals that live on the seafloor and are abundant in the Devonian fossil record (420 to 360 million years ago), making them excellent subjects for studying evolution in ancient marine environments. Some species sported large spines that cover their exterior surfaces, although these spines are typically broken off during fossilization. Paleontologists have hypothesized that these spines developed as an evolutionary response to predation, yet few studies have tested this idea due to the scarcity of specimens with intact spines. Recent work has been able to get around this problem by examining injury markings caused by predators that …

Life Line March 2016, Otterbein Biology And Earth Science Department

Life Line - The Biology Department Newsletter

Department welcomes Dr. Elizabeth Berkeley - Ben Titus '08 - Panama Research - Fracing in Toga County, PA. - Students Intern in China - Faculty Partnerships in Africa

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Biology, Spring 2016, Patti Mccall

Libraries' Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery, Department Of Fisheries

Fisheries occasional publications

An operators’ guide to the management arrangements 1 September 2015 – 31 August 2016.

Ignition Cause, Emily J. Fusco, John T. Abatzoglou, Jennifer K. Balch, John T. Finn, Bethany Bradley

Environmental Conservation Datasets

This dataset contains ignition points derived from the MODIS Burned Area Product (MCD45) from 2000-2012), It also contains the determined cause for each ignition.

Anthropogenic Ignitions, Emily J. Fusco, John T. Abatzoglou, Jennifer K. Balch, John T. Finn, Bethany Bradley

Environmental Conservation Datasets

This dataset contains ignition points derived from the MODIS Burned Area Product (MCD45) from 2000-2012), It also contains a random subset of unburned points. Both ignition and unburned points have associated anthropogenic feature data.

Analyzing Urine In Mice With Tyrosinemia Type 1 Using Nmr Spectroscopy, Emily Olsen

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Tryptophanase In Bacterial Survival In The Gastrointestinal Tract Of Drosophila Melanogaster, Coner Mckinney, Sarah Coker

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

Impaired Social Behavior In Mice With Tyrosinemia Type 1 Is Associated With Hypermyelination Of The Cerebral Cortex, Marissa E. Moore

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Altitude On Monarch Butterfly Aerodynamics, Brittany Greene

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

Principles Of Biology, Robert Bear, David Rintoul, Bruce Snyder, Martha Smith-Caldas, Christopher Herren, Eva Horne

Open Access Textbooks

This textbook is designed specifically for Kansas State's Biology 198 Class. The course is taught using the studio approach and based on active learning. The studio manual contains all of the learning objectives for each class period and is the record of all student activities. Hence, this textbook is more of a reference tool while the studio manual is the learning tool.

The textbook was originally published and is also available to download at http://cnx.org/contents/db89c8f8-a27c-4685-ad2a-19d11a2a7e2e@24.1.It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 license.

Evaluating Human Cell Survival And Dna Damage After Exposure To Various Amounts Of Chlorine Dioxide And Exploring Its Use As A Potential Cancer Chemotherapy Agent, Niuska Mariana Alvarez Fuenmayor

SURF - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Projects

Chlorine Dioxide (ClO₂) is a synthetic, green-yellowish gas with a chlorine-like, irritating odor that is used for the treatment of drinking water and food preservation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genotoxic potential of the chlorine dioxide in mammalian cells and to determine what dose of ClO₂ is tolerable by normal cells and cells with aberrant DNA repair genes. Human and mouse embryonic cells were treated with various ClO₂ dilutions ranging from 2.5 mM to 25 mM. The cell viability and metabolic activity was determined via MTT, a colorimetric assay. Human HEK293 cells …

Technologies For Detecting Botulinum Neurotoxins In Biological And Environmental Matrices, Luisa W. Cheng, Kirkwood M. Land, Christina C. Tam, D. L. Brandon, L. H. Stanker

College of the Pacific Faculty Books and Book Chapters

Biomonitoring of food and environmental matrices is critical for the rapid and sensitive diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases caused by toxins. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has noted that toxins from bacteria, fungi, algae, and plants present an ongoing public health threat, especially since some of these toxins could compromise security of the food supply. Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), produced by Clostridium spp., are among those bacterial toxins that pose life-threatening danger to humans. BoNTs inhibit the release of acetylcholine at peripheral cholinergic nerve terminals and cause flaccid paralysis. BoNTs are grouped in seven serotypes and …

Forensic Signatures For Production Conditions Of Bacillus Thuringiensis (Str. Hd1) Spore Cultures, Dani Jabado, Cristina Stanciu, Christopher Ehrhardt

Undergraduate Research Posters

Chemical signatures that can indicate growth medium recipes or other key aspects of the production conditions are an important goal for forensic and biodefense agencies. In this study, Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) profiles were analyzed from Bacillus thuringiensis spores grown five different published medium recipes. B. thuringiensis was chosen due to its biochemical, structural, and genetic similarity to B. anthracis, a Biosafety Level III select agent and the organisms used in the Amerithrax attacks in 2001. The relative abundance of 13 different fatty acid biomarkers, spanning four structure classes, was compared across all spore samples. Differences in the …