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Using An Analytical Approach Of The Kuramoto Model To Stimulate 3d Neural Activity Of The Stomach, Morteza Al Rabya Aug 2021

Using An Analytical Approach Of The Kuramoto Model To Stimulate 3d Neural Activity Of The Stomach, Morteza Al Rabya

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

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Homology Of A Maturase To The Heart Of The Nuclear Spliceosome, Isabella Becker Apr 2021

Homology Of A Maturase To The Heart Of The Nuclear Spliceosome, Isabella Becker

Undergraduate Research Competition

Structural and biochemical evidence links group II introns as evolutionary precursors of nuclear introns. The spliceosome binds and excises nuclear introns. Maturases are prokaryotic enzymes that aid group II intron excision. The evolutionary ties between group II introns and nuclear introns suggest a possible link between maturases and the nuclear spliceosome. Structural analysis of Prp8, a core enzyme of the nuclear spliceosome has demonstrated this link and revealed similarity to prokaryotic maturases. Maturase K (MatK) is a chloroplast group II intron maturase. Unlike prokaryotic maturases, MatK binds to multiple intron substrates suggesting possible evolution akin to the nuclear spliceosome machinery. …


Music And Exercise On Brain With Dementia, Claudio Otero Iii Apr 2020

Music And Exercise On Brain With Dementia, Claudio Otero Iii

Student Scholar Showcase

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Tech And Anxiety: How Can Technology Be Used As A Tool In Teaching Quantitative Biology And Impact Teaching Anxieties?, Miranda Chen Oct 2018

Tech And Anxiety: How Can Technology Be Used As A Tool In Teaching Quantitative Biology And Impact Teaching Anxieties?, Miranda Chen

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

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The Future Of Biodiversity Assessment: Using Environmental Dna And Next-Generation Sequencing To Characterize Biological Communities In The Central Highlands Of Arizona, Courtney Turner-Rathbone Oct 2018

The Future Of Biodiversity Assessment: Using Environmental Dna And Next-Generation Sequencing To Characterize Biological Communities In The Central Highlands Of Arizona, Courtney Turner-Rathbone

Undergraduate Research Symposium - Prescott

Historically ecological surveys require significant man hours in the field, utilizing methods which can stress species being observed. In using environmental DNA (eDNA) gathered from air, soil, and water, traditional methods may be supplemented or reduced in order to more efficiently utilize funding and reduce or eliminate stress on surveyed species. Water was collected in replicates using aseptic technique from two different sites, 60 miles apart, along the Verde River. Samples were vacuum filtered within 24 hours through 0.45 μm cellulose nitrate (CN) filters to collect eDNA. DNA extraction from the filters was performed. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was …


Daphnia Magna As A Model To Study The Obesogenic Effects Of Environmental Pollutants: Development Of Assays To Assess Changes In Lipid Production, Allison Georgescu, Roberta Attanasio, Asia Bright Apr 2017

Daphnia Magna As A Model To Study The Obesogenic Effects Of Environmental Pollutants: Development Of Assays To Assess Changes In Lipid Production, Allison Georgescu, Roberta Attanasio, Asia Bright

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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P-19 Hcnabc Operon Transcription Of Pseudomonas Putida Under Varying Iron And Oxygen Concentrations And Culture Age, Christine Lee Mar 2014

P-19 Hcnabc Operon Transcription Of Pseudomonas Putida Under Varying Iron And Oxygen Concentrations And Culture Age, Christine Lee

Honors Scholars & Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium Programs

The species Pseudomonas putida produces hydrogen cyanide (HCN) through the transcription of the hcnABC operon. The purpose of this experiment is to determine how the hcnABC operon is affected by varying levels of iron and oxygen, and age of bacteria culture. To test this, P. putida is grown under five conditions: the presence of iron, the absence of iron, with aeration, without aeration, and without iron and aeration. At 8, 18, and 30 hours, the cultures are assessed for HCN production and cell density. HCN production is measured via bioluminescence; light emission occurs whenever HCN is produced because the modified …