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Conservation Of Porbeagle Sharks (Lamna Nasus) Worldwide By Species And Population Dna Forensic Testing, Lara Murphy Apr 2008

Conservation Of Porbeagle Sharks (Lamna Nasus) Worldwide By Species And Population Dna Forensic Testing, Lara Murphy

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) is an oceanic species inhabiting the temperate North Atlantic and most of the southern oceans. The high commercial value of its fins has led to severe population depletion in the North Atlantic from overfishing. The population status of southern hemisphere porbeagles, however, is unknown due to lack of fisheries monitoring. Due to mounting concerns about fishing impacts, this shark was placed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2007. However, an international petition to get porbeagle sharks listed on CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) to require worldwide monitoring …

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A Political Analysis Of The Jungle, Michael Bergbauer Apr 2008

A Political Analysis Of The Jungle, Michael Bergbauer

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One may surmise that Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is a political text disguised as a novel. Its anti-capitalist agenda is not hidden and appears at every opportunity in the text. However, it does an effective job of accomplishing its goals through its stark realism in its portrayal of the downfall of one immigrant family. Sinclair’s book The Jungle confirms Marxist political critical theory: capitalism is a morally and economically flawed system, which is better replaced with socialism. However, although The Jungle enacted a lot of change for its time, a re-read in the present would not spark any new change. …

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The Effect Of Thimerosal On Gene Expression In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae: An Application Of Microarray Technology, Christie Rubio Apr 2008

The Effect Of Thimerosal On Gene Expression In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae: An Application Of Microarray Technology, Christie Rubio

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Thimerosal is a preservative and anti-fungal used in many vaccines which is metabolized to ethylmercury (about 50% by weight) and thiosalicylate (used as an analgesic agent). In 1999, thimerosal was removed from vaccines (or left only in trace amounts) as a public health precaution. In 2007, the average human will receive a concentration of 0.01% thimerosal per vaccine. This is equivalent to 50μg thimerosal per 0.5mL dose. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the maximum amount of thimerosal that a two-year old, fully-vaccinated child could possibly receive is 106.4μg, which is equivalent to 53.2μg of mercury. This reflects …

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The Effects Of The Herbal Enzyme Bromelain Against Breast Cancer Cell Line Gi101a, Alexandra Paroulek Apr 2008

The Effects Of The Herbal Enzyme Bromelain Against Breast Cancer Cell Line Gi101a, Alexandra Paroulek

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Bromelain is a proteinase derived from the stem of pineapple and has been studied for its anti-inflammatory, antithrombotic, and antimetastatic properties. Bromelain has also been known to significantly reduce local tumor growth and to raise the impaired cytotoxicity of monocytes in the immune system against tumor cells. The goal of this project is to advance the mechanistic knowledge of herbal remedies and to confirm the already known antimetastatic properties of Bromelain. Standardization of MTS assay to check the cell viability is in progress. To test the cytotoxic effects of Bromelain, GI101A breast cancer cells cultured to the required confluency of …

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What You Can’T See Can Hurt You! Bacterial Invasion At Nsu, Samarah Al-Jamali Apr 2008

What You Can’T See Can Hurt You! Bacterial Invasion At Nsu, Samarah Al-Jamali

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College campuses are typically areas where large numbers of students from diverse geographical areas converge. Close contact in public places such as classrooms, restrooms, and computer labs is common. Illnesses quickly spread through a college campuses population. Many germs are spread via respiratory droplets which can survive on surfaces for hours and even days. I sampled 14 separate locations at NSU to see which surfaces harbored the most bacteria. Bacterial samples were collected using sterile Q-tips which were swabbed over a one square inch area for approximately 10 seconds. The Q- tips were then used to transfer any bacteria present …

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The Relationship Between The Maze Coral (Meandrina Meandrites) Autumnal Bleaching Cycle And Seawater Temperature, Gulf Stream Reef, Boynton Beach, Florida, Naoko Kurata Apr 2008

The Relationship Between The Maze Coral (Meandrina Meandrites) Autumnal Bleaching Cycle And Seawater Temperature, Gulf Stream Reef, Boynton Beach, Florida, Naoko Kurata

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Seasonal coral bleaching has been observed and studied in tropical waters around the world. These studies have demonstrated that there is a strong correlation between anomalously elevated sea water temperature and coral bleaching events, however few studies have been performed on healthy corals during periods of normal sea water temperature fluctuation. Visible changes of pigmentation were used as a proxy measure of dinoflagellate densities in the maze coral Meandrina meandrites inhabiting the Gulfstream reef off Boynton Beach, Florida on 15 observations from mid-August 2007 to mid-January 2008. Unlike previous studies at this location, submersible temperature recorders were deployed, which provided …

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The Effects Of Zinc On Gene Expression In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) For Six Candidate Genes, Quratulain Hayat Apr 2008

The Effects Of Zinc On Gene Expression In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) For Six Candidate Genes, Quratulain Hayat

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Zinc (Zn) is one of the principle trace elements required in biological systems, with structural or enzymatical roles in hundreds of proteins. In humans, zinc deficiency has gradually come to be recognized as a clinically significant and common form of malnutrition, particularly in chronically ill patients. The clinical manifestations of zinc deficiency are diverse with effects on the immune system, appetite, and embryonic development. The regulation of zinc distribution remains a critical, unanswered question. The manner in which zinc is released from its tight binding sites in proteins and its transfer from one site to another are also unknown. In …

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The Development Of United States Special Forces In Response To The Perceived Cold War Threat, Michael E. Rosenzweig Apr 2008

The Development Of United States Special Forces In Response To The Perceived Cold War Threat, Michael E. Rosenzweig

Undergraduate Student Symposium

In the early period of the Cold War, the United States felt compelled to develop a Special Warfare capability in response to a perceived Soviet aggression. This “Special Warfare” capability was combined with psychological, unconventional and guerrilla tactics to foment social, economic and political unrest in the Soviet Union and its satellite states. The battle for the third world influence and prevention of the domino principle was primary forum for these clandestine units to operate to spread American ideals across the world. My symposium is designed to address three specific topics. The first is to address the perception of the …

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Synthesis Of A New Porphyrin Dendrimer And Its Potential Use As A Gadolinium Mri Agent, Karoline Korah Apr 2008

Synthesis Of A New Porphyrin Dendrimer And Its Potential Use As A Gadolinium Mri Agent, Karoline Korah

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A new porphyrin dendrimer was synthesized and characterized by reacting 4,4’,4’’,4’’’-(Porphine-5,10,15,20-tetrayl)tetrakis(benzoic acid) with a generation two (G2) dendrimer. Its coordination with lanthanides and gadolinium were investigated for its potential use as an MRI agent or as a new dendrimer-metalloporphyrin complex.

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Points Of Consciousness, Iva Christina Marc Apr 2008

Points Of Consciousness, Iva Christina Marc

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The name of my poem is Points of Consciousness. The theme of Points of Consciousness is self love. The purpose of this poem is to celebrate the inner self and positive emotions when self love is present.

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How To Create And Publish Your Own Music Videos Digitally, Adielle Silochan Apr 2008

How To Create And Publish Your Own Music Videos Digitally, Adielle Silochan

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This project, completed in the form of an original website coded in HTML and JavaScript, focuses on informing music artists about the basics of creating and publishing their own music videos using digital media. My research covers these four areas: video recording devices, video editing software, music recording devices, and publishing music videos on the Web. Concerning video recording devices, I include information to assist with choosing a digital camcorder to meet one’s needs (whether a novice or expert) and tips to help with filming. Concerning video editing software, I suggest software options for novices and experts and provide editing …

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Gentle Words Say Something Unbeautiful, Chana F. Dukes Apr 2008

Gentle Words Say Something Unbeautiful, Chana F. Dukes

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Gentle Words Say Something Unbeautiful came about when, in my creative writing class, we were given the assignment of using ugly words to say something pretty or pretty words to say something ugly. It has been through a couple of revisions since that original assignment, but that inspiration led me to create this pretty, melancholy poem which describes something abrupt and harsh; namely, a rape. The use of quatrains and the right alignment of the poem are intended to create the impression of repeated intrusion, D323wrongness, and grief.

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Effects Of Beach Renourishment On Inshore Macroinfauna Off John U. Lloyd Beach State Park, Broward County, Fl, Jessica Boyd Apr 2008

Effects Of Beach Renourishment On Inshore Macroinfauna Off John U. Lloyd Beach State Park, Broward County, Fl, Jessica Boyd

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The marine benthic macrofauna at John U. Lloyd Beach State Park (Broward Co., FL) has been surveyed at intervals since 1987 to examine effects of periodic beach renourishments. The current study followed the most recent renourishment, which ran from May 2005 to February 2006. A total of 20 quantitative sediment core samples (926.667 cm3) were taken from four sites (5 replicates per site), ~100 m offshore at depths of 2-5 m in May 2007. Samples were fixed in 10% seawater formalin with Rose Bengal stain, and subsequently passed through a 0.5-mm-mesh sieve and transferred to 70% ethanol in …

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Easy To Love, Benita Williams Apr 2008

Easy To Love, Benita Williams

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Easy To Love is a short film about two graduate students who are engaged to be married. The couple comes to a crossroads when they decide to get blood tests, which may show that one of them has HIV. The film is directed by BeNita Williams. Other crew members include Cheryl White, Adam Walters, and Manuel Cedeno. James Frei is the starring actor.

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Drowned, Amy Carol Harvey Apr 2008

Drowned, Amy Carol Harvey

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Written by Amy Harvey in 2007, this poem offers more than meets the eye. The poem is actually an allegory. Its allegorical meaning is based on the true experiences of the author. Here the experience is given a different location, which aids indirectly to the poem's explanation. This poem was created for personal reflection and healing. In sharing it with others, it is the author's hope that those suffering from sexual abuse will find their voice and demand to be heard.

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Consensual Sadomasochism, Briana O'Dowd Apr 2008

Consensual Sadomasochism, Briana O'Dowd

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Sadism, the desire to inflict pain, and masochism, the craving for pain, can be categorized as formal mental disorders, as per the DSMIV-TR, but only to the extent to which normal functioning is impaired by the acts and fantasies associated with them. Consensual sadomasochism carries with it a particular consideration as both participants desire to become the other’s erotic fantasy and indeed enjoy being in that role. Sadomasochism spans across nearly all demographics and time periods, having its origin around the emergence of philosophy, economics, and politics. Sadomasochism has been continuously looked down upon due to misunderstandings about the physiological …

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Os Trigonum Syndrome In A High School Football Lineman, Tena Blackman Apr 2008

Os Trigonum Syndrome In A High School Football Lineman, Tena Blackman

Undergraduate Student Symposium

During pre-season football practice a 15 year old, freshman, football lineman (mass 95.5kg, height 172.7cm) reported to the athletic training room complaining of right ankle/lower leg pain. Upon evaluation, the athlete reported generalized pain over the distal tibia and fibula, with isolated symptoms over the posterior calcaneous. The athlete reported insidious onset of pain, which was a 7/10 at rest and 9/10 during activity. No swelling/edema, deformity, tenderness, ecchymmosis or crepitus was evident and soft tissue and bony palpation was unremarkable. Fracture and ligamentous stress tests were normal; athlete presented with functional pes planus. Athlete was referred for X-rays and …

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Purification Of Photosystem Proteins From Spinach Leaves, Anisa Andoni, Hai Pham, Priya Somnaran Apr 2008

Purification Of Photosystem Proteins From Spinach Leaves, Anisa Andoni, Hai Pham, Priya Somnaran

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Photosystems are protein-pigment complexes responsible for the conversion of light energy into an electron flow in plants. There are two photosystems called photosystem I and photosystem II. Photosystem II is responsible for splitting water molecules into protons and oxygen. In this work, we have used a biochemical protocol to purify photosystems from spinach leaves by detergent solubilization and centrifugation. The photosystem II activity was measured using a Clarke-type oxygen electrode as an indicator for its intactness and purity. This protocol provides us a tool to compare the photosystem protein from spinach with other species.

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Positive Thinking: The Impact Of Positive Messages On Mood, Attitudes, Anxiety, Depression, And Self-Esteem, Denise Da Rosa Apr 2008

Positive Thinking: The Impact Of Positive Messages On Mood, Attitudes, Anxiety, Depression, And Self-Esteem, Denise Da Rosa

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between positive thinking and mood, attitudes, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. The study will analyze the effect of positive messages sent via cell phone text messaging to participants. Twenty students will receive positive messages for three days such as “wonderful things will happen to me today.” The other twenty participants will not receive any type of messages. At the end of the study, the researcher hopes to find that participants receiving positive messages will show an improvement in their mood, attitudes, and self-esteem. They will also show a lower level of …

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Measuring Gender Specific Perceptions Of Gender-Neutral Behavior, Bridget Haley, Bianca Basile Apr 2008

Measuring Gender Specific Perceptions Of Gender-Neutral Behavior, Bridget Haley, Bianca Basile

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Past research on breaking gender norms, descriptive and prescriptive gender norms, and gender specific sports have all neglected gender-neutral behavior. The objective of the study is to investigate perception of gender-neutral scenarios as gender specific. Forty participants (24 women and 16 men) were recruited in academic lobbies of Nova Southeastern University. In a survey, participants rated the masculinity, femininity, manliness, and gender equity of gender-neutral, sports-related scenarios performed by either a male or female actor. Both men and women rated gender-neutral acts as more masculine if a man was the actor and more feminine if a woman was the actor. …

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Long Term Investment -Investing For A Better Future, Afroza Khan, Sonya Chacko Apr 2008

Long Term Investment -Investing For A Better Future, Afroza Khan, Sonya Chacko

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Personal financial planning is an important factor in everyday life. Financial planning consists of two main aspects which are budgeting and investing. Budgeting is when an individual balances their expenses according to their earnings. Investing is when an individual uses a part of their earnings to increase their future income. As students we have researched on this subject and found that numerous amounts of students and business professionals lack understand in financial planning. The purpose of this project is to find the cause of lack in financial planning and to derive the solutions to overcome the problem. This will help …

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Minimum Wage/Living Wage: History Of, Kenrick Raza, Neeketa Sheth, Aisha Syed Apr 2008

Minimum Wage/Living Wage: History Of, Kenrick Raza, Neeketa Sheth, Aisha Syed

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The purpose of this research was to explain the concepts of living wage as well as minimum wage in the State of Florida. The history, purpose, effects, differences and comparisons with the poverty level, as well as pros and cons were discovered in the process. The research shows whether or not the living wage is sufficient to provide for the average American looking into standard living costs and expenses through out one year. The conclusion of the research suggests that the living wage is not sufficient for the average American in Florida, and even more so for the average American …

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Linkage Of Restriction Site Polymorphisms At The Minisatellite D1s80 Locus In A Tamil Population From India, Nick Rocco Apr 2008

Linkage Of Restriction Site Polymorphisms At The Minisatellite D1s80 Locus In A Tamil Population From India, Nick Rocco

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In this study, we report the distribution of these polymorphisms in a Tamil population from India. SNP analysis was performed by RT-PCR utilizing a TaqMan® SNP Genotyping Assays kit from Applied Biosystems. Data was collected on a Corbett Rotor-Gene 3000. For most alleles analyzed, the restriction site haplotype polymorphisms were consistent with the assigned older allele types, allele 18 and 24. Appropriate restriction enzymes were used for restricting the PCR products which confirmed all SNP designations. The interesting finding in this study is that 98.5 % (197/200) of the alleles tested have a linkage of two specific polymorphisms. If an …

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Global Warming - How Fluorescent Lights And Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles Can Make A Difference, Melissa Corrao, Legna Castaneda, Debbie Ali, Alexandra Timis Apr 2008

Global Warming - How Fluorescent Lights And Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles Can Make A Difference, Melissa Corrao, Legna Castaneda, Debbie Ali, Alexandra Timis

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Global warming is a world wide epidemic caused by anthropogenic factors that can be reduced or even eliminated to alleviate the fast paced progression of this harmful phenomenon. Society as a whole can make numerous lifestyle changes, two of which include the use of fluorescent light blubs and plug in hybrid cars. Fluorescent lights as opposed to incandescent, reduce the amount of heat emitted to the environment and the amount of electricity usage, which overall reduces CO2 emission. Plug-in hybrid vehicles utilize a more fuel efficient battery thus minimizing the amount of harmful gases released into the atmosphere.

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Increased Vancomycin Resistance Exhibited By Staphylococcus Aureus Grown Together With Candida Albicans Within Mixed Species Biofilms, Fabrice Auguste, Shardul Koppar, John Seymour Apr 2008

Increased Vancomycin Resistance Exhibited By Staphylococcus Aureus Grown Together With Candida Albicans Within Mixed Species Biofilms, Fabrice Auguste, Shardul Koppar, John Seymour

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Biofilms are multicellular communities of microorganisms that characteristically attach to some surface, produce and encase themselves within a thick polysaccharide matrix, and resist physical insults and treatment with anti-microbial drugs. The studies described here focus on characterizing the physical interactions between a bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus) and fungus (Candida albicans) in the context of a mixed biofilm. Both of these organisms are common human pathogens that cause a variety of human disease. Previous findings in our lab have suggested that C. albicans and S. aureus interact with one another and alter the other’s ability to attach and …

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Genetic Characterization Of The Yersiniae Cold Growth Phenomenon, Richard Wheeler, Nick Rocco Apr 2008

Genetic Characterization Of The Yersiniae Cold Growth Phenomenon, Richard Wheeler, Nick Rocco

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The yersinaie are psychotropic (able to grow at cold temperatures) Gram negative enterobacteriae that include 3 human pathogens: Yersinia pestis (the etiological agent of the black-death), Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (both causing self-limiting gastro-intestinal disorders). Y. enterocolitica, in particular, is an emerging food-borne illness and threat in the U.S. Since refrigeration is the dominant method of food preservation, an examination of the genetic basis of the yersiniae cold adaptation characteristics could yield considerable benefit. Recently, it has been shown that PNPase, an mRNA degrading exoribonuclease, is required for the yersinaie to grow at cold temperatures (~4-10°C). Furthermore, a …

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Expression Of Multidrug Efflux Pumps In Porphyromonas Gingivalis, Kristina Christoph Apr 2008

Expression Of Multidrug Efflux Pumps In Porphyromonas Gingivalis, Kristina Christoph

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Periodontal disease is a well known threat to the bones and ligaments that support teeth. Ongoing studies are linking periodontal disease to coronary artery disease, diabetes, and pneumonia. Treatment of the disease involves controlling the bacteria that cause the inflammatory response and tissue destruction. Porphyromonas gingivalis is a periodontal pathogen found in sites having greater progression of the disease. P. gingivalis grows together with many other bacterial species in a complex community called a biofilm. Growing in the context of a biofilm is known to protect bacteria and make them more resistant to antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents. However, the …

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Association Of Synesthesia And Creativity Amongst A General Population, Samantha Domingo, Laxmi Lalwani Apr 2008

Association Of Synesthesia And Creativity Amongst A General Population, Samantha Domingo, Laxmi Lalwani

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Synesthesia occurs when a single stimulus triggers two or more sensations simultaneously in different modalities. Ramachandran and Hubbard (2001) have identified two types of grapheme(alphanumeric)-color synesthetes. The first, known as ‘lower synesthetes’ or ‘projectors’ report actually seeing the colors when visually encountering letters or numbers. The second type, known as ‘higher synesthetes’, report only experiencing the colors “in the mind’s eye”, which indicates the color is evoked simply by numerical concept, as opposed to visual appearance alone. Creativity’s relationship to synesthesia has been the subject of interest of many experts in the field. Here, we evaluated the frequency of …

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Expression And Purification Of His-Tag Thioredoxin Protein, Charlene Bernard, Viral Patel Apr 2008

Expression And Purification Of His-Tag Thioredoxin Protein, Charlene Bernard, Viral Patel

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The molecular biology techniques can be used for making proteins in bacteria. In this study, we have used E. coli expression system to make a His-tag thioredoxin protein. Making use of His-tag, thioredoxin was purified from bacterial proteins using affinity chromatography. SDS-PAGE was applied to develop a purification protocol. The MW of purified protein was estimated by comparing its mobility on the gel with those standard proteins. The purified protein was pure as shown by the appearance of a single band on the gel. To further identify the purified protein, western blot technique was employed using a His-tag antibody. The …

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Self Image: Juxtapose, Iva Christina Marc Apr 2008

Self Image: Juxtapose, Iva Christina Marc

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The name of my film is Self Image: Juxtapose. The theme of the film explores the emotions of negative and positive self image. This is an Avant Garde film. The purpose of this film is about moving toward self love. My principle cast member is Iva Marc. My crewmembers are Katrina Jackson and Nerissa Street.

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