Thomas Wheeler and Professor Brent Adams, Visual Arts The project I have completed, with the help of the ORCA scholarship, as my BFA project for Illustration includes a 25 page research paper and a 1 minute 30 second computer animated film called Revealing DNA. Research for the project began in February 1997, and the entire […]
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Utilization of Ancient DNA to Understand the Organization of Social Power in an Ancient Peruvian Population
Christi Embry and Dr. Ray Matheny, Anthropology Molecular biological techniques are allowing researchers to answer questions hidden within the physical archaeological record. DNA analysis of individuals excavated from multiple ancient populations has previously shed light on the origins and genetic affinities of these ancient peoples (5,6). These studies have the power to determine the structure […]
Initiation of Chloroplast DNA Replication
Michael Zundel and Dr. Brent Nielson, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Background Information Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the macromolecule found in cells that carries all of our genetic information. Eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus, where the DNA is housed. Plant cells also contain chloroplasts. Chloroplasts convert light energy into chemical energy, typically in the form of […]
Antigenotoxic Effects of N-acetylcysteine on Benzo[a]pyrene induced DNA Damage in HepG2 Cells as measured by the Alkaline Comet Assay
O’Neil, Loni A. and O’Neil, M. Todd and Dr. Kim L. O’Neill, Microbiology A major factor involved in the risk of developing cancer with the probability of enhancing or suppressing carcinogens is dietary composition. A chemoprevention approach to cancer means preventing this disease by the administration of one or several compounds. For a number of […]
Purification and Characterization of a Putative Single-Stranded DNA Binding Protein from Arabidopsis thaliana
Andrew C. Edmondson and Dr. Brent L. Nielsen, Microbiology and Molecular Biology DNA recombination is the exchange of segments between homologous molecules of DNA, resulting in expanded genetic diversity. Recombination provides essential genetic variation, but can also cause harmful rearrangements, resulting in genetic disorders in plants, mammals and yeast. The mechanisms and results of these […]
A2E-DNA Interaction: A Possible Mechanism for DNA Damage
Sierra Evelyn Dabell and Dr. Heidi R. Vollmer-Snarr, Chemistry and Biochemistry Introduction A2E, a common fluorophore found in the retinal pigment epithelial cells of the eye has been shown to have phototoxic properties. For this reason A2E has been implicated in the progressive etiology of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). If the mechanism of cell death […]
Development of Software Program for Organizing DNA Sequence Data from GenBank
Heather Vernon and Dr. David McClellan, Integrative Biology Nucleotide sequence data on GenBank (a government sponsored repository located on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/) is organized in a flat file format that can be accessed by searches. Obtaining a large volume of sequences from GenBank is a tedious process because the sequence data must be extracted from the flat […]
ORCA: DNA Repair
Clinton Morgan and Derek Mitchell Receiving an ORCA allowed me the time and means to learn how to do research. I personally only receive a portion of the award, so I will report what I personally have done. The most that I accomplished can be seen less in the results of my research and more […]
FINDING A SEX-LINKED MARKER IN OSTRICHES USING RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) TECHNIQUES FOR GENDER DETERMINATION
Chris Shaw and Dr. Robert Park, Zoology In recent years, ostriches have been used more frequently by ranches to fill the market demand for low fat meat, exotic leather and different oils for lubrication. As the numbers of ostriches have increased, the demand for a reliable way to determine the gender of young ostriches has […]
Toward Electrical Characterization of DNA-Templated Copper Nanowires Subtitle (if applicable)
Randall Stoltenberg and Dr. Adam T. Woolley, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ABSTRACT DNA-templated nanofabrication is a promising route toward miniaturization of electronic devices below the 100 nm range. We have developed methods for fabricating micrometer-length copper nanostructures with nanometer heights from DNA templates on silicon surfaces. These structures have been integrated into simple circuits […]
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