Cody Petrie and Steven Turley, Department of Physics and Astronomy Introduction: Reflection of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light is made difficult by a number of factors. First, most materials have a large, imaginary part of the index of refraction for EUV light, causing absorption. As a result, our experiment is done under vacuum. Second, since the […]
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Determining Surface Roughness Using Extreme Ultraviolet Light
Joshua Marx and Steve Turley, Department of Physics and Astronomy Extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light is light with wavelengths between one and 60 nanometers. The shorter wavelengths of light in this range are on the same order of magnitude as atomic dimensions. Currently, XUV optics have many uses and even more potential applications in a variety […]
Determining Gene Expression Levels in Healthy and Degraded Alpaca Spinal Discs
Loyd Christensen and Dr. Laura C. Bridgewater, Micro and Molecular Biology Introduction Intervertebral Disc Degeneration (IDD) is a disease estimated to affect between 60 and 90 percent of the total population at some point in life. Evidence of spinal disc degeneration has been shown in 30 percent of individuals under 40 years old, with earliest […]
LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE APARTHEID DETERMINING FACTORS THAT MEDIATE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PERCEIVED RACISM
Alexandra Knell and Dr. Timothy B. Smith, Counseling Psychology Special Education Department Experiences of racism adversely influence multiple aspects of psychological well-being, and individuals vary in their successful coping to mitigate those consequences. Recent research (van Dyk, 2008) has suggested religiosity and inter-racial forgiveness as two positive ways of coping, and my project will address […]
Biological Pathways in Determining Personalized Treatments
Ariana Hedges and Dr. W. Evan Johnson, Statistics At the current state of diagnostic capability, two patients with the same cancer diagnosis may respond very differently to the same treatment. Unfortunately, failure to respond to a particular treatment wastes valuable time and may result in disease progression that may be detrimental for the patient. Therefore, […]
Determining the Presence of Micro RNA in the Untranslated Regions of AdipoQ, a Metabolism Gene
Victoria Scott and Dr. John (Keoni) Kauwe, Biology Department Goal/Purpose: The purpose of this project is to sequence the untranslated region of the AdipoQ gene and interrogate it for novel genetic variation and potential microRNA sequences. This work will illuminate how adiponectin levels are regulated and provide insights into type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and […]
Determining Nucleosome Positioning in Varying Developmental Stages of Caenorhabditis elegans
Kellie Bollenbach and Dr. Steve Johnson, Microbiology and Molecular Biology This project consisted of four main parts. The first was to isolate mononucleosome cores from C. elegans that had been pelleted and flash frozen in liquid nitrogen using micrococcal nuclease. The second part was to use an antibody specific to GFP, which was expressed in […]
Determining The Mechanism Of How The 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Pathway Of Plasmid pJP4 In Ralstonia Eutropha Evolves To Degrade Phenoxyacetic Acid As A Sole Carbon Source
David Schlesinger and Dr. Alan R. Harker, Microbiology Being that the scope of this project was much larger than anticipated I was unable to complete my research in its entirety. However I did make substantial progress and was able to answer many of my original questions. Originally the intent of my research was to recreate […]
Determining the Expression Patterns of Developmental Genes in Tribolium
Cecily P. Vaughn and Dr. Randy Bennett, Zoology Development in animals is controlled by a set of genes called homeotic genes whose protein products regulate the expression of other genes. Although many homeotic genes have been locates in numerous organisms, there is still much that remains to be learned about the manner in which these […]
Transfected RNA Used in Determining the Location of Splicing in the Cell and as a Treatment for Disease
Weston E. Spencer and Dr. Daniel L. Simmons, Chemistry and Biochemistry Among the fastest moving areas of research today is that of RNA splicing and protein synthesis. Recently, a new gene (Cyclooxygenase-2) was discovered that encodes a protein in chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF-147) believed to be involved in the synthesis of prostaglandins. Prostaglandins are naturally […]
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