Tissue Specific Isolation of Nucleosomes in Caenorhabditis elegans

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Hyrum Shumway and Dr. Steven Johnson, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Introduction Hershey and Chase proved DNA to be the genetic material of life in 1952. The structure of DNA largely eluded investigators until Watson and Crick discovered it a year later. These two landmark experiments laid a foundation so that questions in transcription, translation, gene […]

Overcoming the Obstacles of Motion Capture

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Matthew Asanuma and Professor Brent Adams, Animation Facial motion capture is used to capture the intimate and subtle motions of the facial features and apply them to a digital character’s face. Animation for the character, Davy Jones, in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies was achieved using this technique. In Overcoming the Obstacles of Motion […]

The Specific Object

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Jared Lindsay Clark and Professor Brian Christensen, Visual Art Studio “The history of painting may be characterized in terms of the gradual withdrawal of painting from the task of representing reality – or of reality from the power of painting to represent it – in favor of an increasing preoccupation with problems intrinsic to painting […]

“Mary is now to be The Sower”: The Rebellious Proselytizing in Mary Sturlaugson’s Memoirs

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Jennifer Duqué and Dr. Rachel Cope, Department of Church History My project focuses on Mary Sturlaugson’s memoirs, and discusses how the memoir genre allowed Sturlaugson to both faithfully and subversively voice her position on the LDS Church’s denial of salvational ordinances to Black people. The ORCA grant has generously subsidized my research, providing the financial […]

A Biography of Inez Knight Allen: The First Single Proselytizing Sister Missionary for the LDS Church

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Amy Connelly and Dr. Rachel Cope, Church History and Doctrine Introduction Inez Knight Allen, the daughter of Amanda and Jesse Knight, was born on September 8, 1876, on the Knight Family ranch just outside of Payson, Utah. Inez received a formal education at Brigham Young Academy. Originally intending to go on a study abroad to […]

Eight Figurines From Fag el-Gamous, Egypt Interpreting Style and Function in Relation to the Culture of the Graeco-Roman Fayoum

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Aubrey Young and Dr. David Whitchurch, Ancient Scripture Introduction Ongoing archaeological evidence provides scholars new opportunities to glean information to better understand the history of Roman Egypt. In 1981, Brigham Young University began excavating a site in Egypt locally referred to as Fag el-Gamous (“Way of the Water Buffalo”) which, to date, has resulted in […]

Kir2.1 Effects on Craniofacial and Limb Development in Knockout Mice

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Joy Williams and Dr. Emily Bates, Biochemistry Department Introduction Birth defects arise because of both genetic and environmental factors. Children with genetic alteration of the inwardly-rectifying potassium ion channel Kir2.1 channel have heart arrhythmias, impaired cognitive function, and facial and limb abnormalities. Children that suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome have cognitive and social development problems, […]

Acetylation of SOD1 as a Regulator of the Tumor Stress Response

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Matthew Whited and Dr. Joshua L. Andersen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry In cancer patients, a lack of cell apoptosis (programmed cell death) coupled with increased levels of cell proliferation leads to the formation of a tumor. Among the available treatment options, cytotoxic chemotherapy is the most common. The primary purpose of this treatment is […]