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Detection Of Foodborne Pathogens By Micro-Filtration Using A Continuous Cell Concentrator Device, Klaire E. Jeffries, Eduardo Ximenes, Michael R. Ladisch
Detection Of Foodborne Pathogens By Micro-Filtration Using A Continuous Cell Concentrator Device, Klaire E. Jeffries, Eduardo Ximenes, Michael R. Ladisch
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
Protecting consumers from foodborne illness is an important health concern facing the food industry today. An important deficiency exposed by foodborne illness is the inability to track contaminated food back to the source in a timely manner. Although there are established methods that detect bacterial pathogen contamination, they are limited in distinguishing viable bacteria reliably and quickly. Currently, food pathogen testing requires lengthy culture steps, which many times are delayed even longer due to the lack of in-house testing labs. Typically, two to three days elapses between when the food is sampled and the test results are available. This study …
Identification Of Set1 Target Genes, William Beyer, Scott D. Briggs
Identification Of Set1 Target Genes, William Beyer, Scott D. Briggs
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
The Set1 complex, a histone methyltransferase complex found in S. cerevisiae (budding yeast), is the only histone methyltransferase responsible for catalyzing methylation of histone H3 at Lysine 4. It possesses homologues in other species, humans included. While yeast only have the Set1 complex, the human homologues of the yeast Set1 complex include mixed-lineage leukemia family (MLL1-4), Set1 A, Set1 B, among others. MLL1-4 has been shown to play a role in transcription, cell type specification, and the development of leukemia. One application of characterizing the role of a protein is that the information gained can provide insight into the function …
Synthesis And Characterization Of Nucleic Acid-Functionalized Nanomaterials, Brianna S. Carroll, Jong Hyun Choi
Synthesis And Characterization Of Nucleic Acid-Functionalized Nanomaterials, Brianna S. Carroll, Jong Hyun Choi
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
Motor proteins such as kinesin move along microtubules in order to transport cellular cargos throughout the cell by obtaining energy from RNA hydrolysis which allows the cell to complete the tasks needed to stay alive. In this work, we developed synthetic molecular motors using DNA enzymes (DNAzyme) and fluorescent nanomaterials which mimic the functions and structures of motor proteins. A DNAzyme-capped CdS nanoparticle and a RNA-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) were used as a walker and a track in the motor platform, respectively. As a walking mechanism, the DNAzyme cleaved the RNA substrates in the presence of metal cations. The …
Incorporating Satellite Derived Cloud Climatologies To Improve High Resolution Interpolation Of Daily Precipitation., Adam M. Wilson, Benoit Parmentier, Brian Mcgill, Rob Guralnick, Walter Jetz
Incorporating Satellite Derived Cloud Climatologies To Improve High Resolution Interpolation Of Daily Precipitation., Adam M. Wilson, Benoit Parmentier, Brian Mcgill, Rob Guralnick, Walter Jetz
Yale Day of Data
Conservation of biodiversity demands comprehension of evolutionary and ecological patterns and processes that occur over vast spatial and temporal scales. A central goal of ecology is to understand the factors that control the spatial distribution of species and this has become even more important in the face of climate change. However, at global scales there can be enormous uncertainty in environmental data used to model species distributions. Even ‘simple’ metrics such as mean annual precipitation are difficult to estimate in areas with few weather stations and available data sets do not quantify uncertainty in these surfaces. We are developing a …
The Effect Of Burning On Seed Germination And Seedling Growth Rates Of Sullivant’S Milkweed (Asclepias Sullivantii) And Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca), Mary Nafziger, Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
The Effect Of Burning On Seed Germination And Seedling Growth Rates Of Sullivant’S Milkweed (Asclepias Sullivantii) And Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca), Mary Nafziger, Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference
Sullivant’s milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii) (SM) and Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)(CM) are native Illinois plants that are often used in prairie restoration efforts. Before the seeds can be planted using traditional mechanical planters, the filamentous coma (i.e., silk-like ballooning material) must first be physically removed from each seed, which requires hours of tedious manual labor. A more expedient way to remove the comas is to burn them. However, the impacts of burning on seed germination and seedling growth rates are unknown, which was the purpose of my study. Germination rates from unburned CM seeds (0%) were significantly …
Isolation And Characterization Of Novel Mycobacteriophages From The Central Illinois Region, Rachel Aron, Blake Beehler, Rachel Ende, Logan Garthe, Netherland Joiner, Tess Kelley, Lauren Killough, Michal Kozdronkiewicz, Jessica Kraut, Jennifer Lang, Matthew Piotrowiak, Prartana Ramachandran, Loni Walker, Faculty Advisor
Isolation And Characterization Of Novel Mycobacteriophages From The Central Illinois Region, Rachel Aron, Blake Beehler, Rachel Ende, Logan Garthe, Netherland Joiner, Tess Kelley, Lauren Killough, Michal Kozdronkiewicz, Jessica Kraut, Jennifer Lang, Matthew Piotrowiak, Prartana Ramachandran, Loni Walker, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference
Members of the Illinois Wesleyan General Biology Science Education Alliance (SEA) laboratory isolated and characterized fifteen distinctive phages capable of infecting Mycobacterium smegmatis. Each student collected soil samples from the central Illinois area and used direct plating or enrichment techniques to isolate phages. Streak assays were used to purify single phage populations. Individual phage populations were then characterized and DNA was isolated. Based on the following characteristics; plaque morphology (size and turbidity), life style (temperate or lytic) and DNA restriction patterns, we determined that each student has isolated a unique phage. The DNA from a single Mycobacteriophage, Kazan, was …
A New Species Of Frog Of The Genus Pristimantis (Strabomantidae) From A Cloud Forest In Southern Peru, Anton Baltuska, Edgar Lehr, Faculty Advisor
A New Species Of Frog Of The Genus Pristimantis (Strabomantidae) From A Cloud Forest In Southern Peru, Anton Baltuska, Edgar Lehr, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference
Frogs of the genus Pristimantis are found throughout northern South America in various habitats ranging from lowland rainforest, cloud forest and up to 4000 m in the puna. Members of the family Strabomantidae breed terrestrially without a free swimming tadpole; instead froglets hatch from terrestrially deposited eggs. Of the 455 known species of Pristimantis 123 are known from Peru. Here we describe a new species from the Cordillera Central in the Andes of southern Peru. The new species is known from only one female specimen. It is readily distinguished from all other members of the genus by a combination of …
Leaf Identification Using Image Processing And Automatic Pattern Recognition, Thomas E. Humbert, Joseph E. Niemiec, Joshua M. Kaster
Leaf Identification Using Image Processing And Automatic Pattern Recognition, Thomas E. Humbert, Joseph E. Niemiec, Joshua M. Kaster
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
No abstract provided.
Cellular Life Beyond An Individual’S Death, Emily Schmitt
Cellular Life Beyond An Individual’S Death, Emily Schmitt
CAHSS Intellectual Conversations
One of the most famous examples of cell lines surviving long after a person has died comes from a tumor found in the body of Henrietta Lacks, who died of cervical cancer in 1950. The study of approximately 50 million tons of her cells, which would conservatively equal the amount of cells in one billion people, has resulted in nearly 11,000 patents, including the polio vaccine. These cells have become a focus of public attention since Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. This talk will discuss what happens to cells once they leave our bodies, …
Phosphorylation Regulates Myosin Driven Organelle Movements, Peter Andrew Duden
Phosphorylation Regulates Myosin Driven Organelle Movements, Peter Andrew Duden
EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement
Cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells is the continuous flow of cytoplasm and organelles throughout the cell, with the first observation of cytoplasmic streaming being publicized in 1774. However, the mechanism of cytoplasmic streaming remained unclear until components of the cytoskeleton were researched. Research now supports that the motive force generating cytoplasmic streaming is the interaction of myosin XI motor proteins with organelles while sliding along actin filaments. From this, a key topic of interest is how myosin driven organelle movement is regulated. Our research focuses on whether phosphorylation affects the regulation of myosin XI motor proteins. Specifically, the goal of …
The Effects Of Blocking Hippocampal Acetylcholine On Meal Onset In Male Rats, Jasmine Nicole Gentry
The Effects Of Blocking Hippocampal Acetylcholine On Meal Onset In Male Rats, Jasmine Nicole Gentry
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Outcrossing And Phenotypic Analysis Of A Hlh-25 Mutant, Emma K. Blasingame
Outcrossing And Phenotypic Analysis Of A Hlh-25 Mutant, Emma K. Blasingame
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Cloning And Initial Characterization Of A Likely Heme Binding Protein From Group B Streptococci, Darius J. Devlin
Cloning And Initial Characterization Of A Likely Heme Binding Protein From Group B Streptococci, Darius J. Devlin
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Daily Variation In Ctenophore Abundance During Summer 2012 In The Long Term Skidaway River Monitoring Program (Srimp) Site, Mariya Campbell
Daily Variation In Ctenophore Abundance During Summer 2012 In The Long Term Skidaway River Monitoring Program (Srimp) Site, Mariya Campbell
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Under Graduate Curriculum Integration: Bringing Students Together Through Research, Clay Runck, James Russell, Allison D’Costa
Under Graduate Curriculum Integration: Bringing Students Together Through Research, Clay Runck, James Russell, Allison D’Costa
Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019)
At Georgia Gwinnett College we are integrating the undergraduate educational experience for our Bachelor of Science students in the Biology discipline. We are using the opportunities presented by the genetic information revolution to combine biology courses in a longitudinal and integrative research project aimed at cataloguing biological diversity over space and time on the developing Georgia Gwinnett College campus.
Undergraduate Research In Biology: Field Studies, Eric Walters
Undergraduate Research In Biology: Field Studies, Eric Walters
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Chair: Eric Walters, Department of Biological Sciences
Undergraduate Research In Biology: Ticks, Holly Gaff
Undergraduate Research In Biology: Ticks, Holly Gaff
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Chair: Dr. Holly Gaff, Department of Biological Sciences
Undergraduate Research In Biology: Aquatic, David Gauthier
Undergraduate Research In Biology: Aquatic, David Gauthier
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Chair: Dr. David Gauthier, Department of Biological Sciences
04. Botany, University Of Central Oklahoma
04. Botany, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
02. Animal Science, University Of Central Oklahoma
02. Animal Science, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
05. Chemistry, University Of Central Oklahoma
05. Chemistry, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
03. Biology, University Of Central Oklahoma
03. Biology, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
09. Environmental Science, University Of Central Oklahoma
09. Environmental Science, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
12. Kinesiology, University Of Central Oklahoma
12. Kinesiology, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
07. Criminal Justice, University Of Central Oklahoma
07. Criminal Justice, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
11. Genetics, University Of Central Oklahoma
11. Genetics, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
08. Engineering, University Of Central Oklahoma
08. Engineering, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
15. Pharmacy, University Of Central Oklahoma
15. Pharmacy, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
13. Mathematics, University Of Central Oklahoma
13. Mathematics, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.
14. Optometry, University Of Central Oklahoma
14. Optometry, University Of Central Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
No abstract provided.