Drs. Roger Harrison, John Lamb, David Dearden, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Students working in the mentoring environment synthesized compounds and worked with separation and mass analyzer instruments. They learned how to make new compounds by organic synthesis and characterize their compounds by […]
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Rational design of the metabolite mimics as Novel Antibiotics targeting SAM-I/II Riboswitches
Dr. Young Wan Ham, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met In our 2009 MEG application, we have proposed structure-based rational design of metabolite mimics based on S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) as novel antibiotics targeting SAM-I/II riboswitches and subsequent development of fluorescence assay to evaluate binding of […]
Validation of a Secondary School Eating Disorder Prevention Curriculum
Dr. Lane Fischer, Department of Counseling Psychology & Special Education Introduction and Overview In winter semseter, 2009, I received a Mentoring Environment Grant (MEG) to study the effectiveness of a secondary school eating disorder prevention curriculum. Four students, Jill Smedley, Rachel McCarty (Doyle) Jenna Johnson (Murray) and Janine Stickney worked as a team to execute […]
Endocannabinoid Enzyme Expression in the Hippocampus
Dr. Jeff Edwards, Department of Physiology & Developmental Biology Evaluation of academic objectives of the proposal The objectives of this award were met, especially in regard to the mentoring focus of the award. The students have been mentored and trained in an effective manner as outlined below. Using this mentoring environment and the experiences gained […]
An Online Bibliography and Index of 19th-Century Music Copyists
Dr. David Day, Department of History Evaluation of Academic Objectives The goals of this project as stated in the original proposal include the following academic objectives: The creation of an online bibliography of research that documents music copyists. Creation of an online prototype index of music copyists’ hands. A joint conference presentation by two BYU […]
Spin Properties of Electrons in the Semiconductor Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
Dr. John Colton, Department of Physics & Astronomy Proposed Research The proposed project was to study spin properties of electrons in the semiconductor gallium arsenide (GaAs). Four specific experiments were discussed: Optically-detected magnetic resonance of single quantum dots Parallel picosecond single qubit operations Optically-detected magnetic resonance of spin-LEDs Universal scheme for optically-detected spin flip lifetime […]
Down Syndrome Pathway Analysis
Dr. Mark Clement, Department of Computer Science Many of the most serious medical problems that plague humanity are caused by problems in the genetic regulatory network. Heart disease, cancer and many other maladies could be cured if we understood how genes interact with each other in order to produce different symptoms. Many of these problems […]
A Novel Nuclear Variant of nBMP-2: Role in Ca2+ Transport
Dr. Laura Bridgewater, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology The goal of this project was to elucidate the role that nBMP-2 plays in Ca2+ transport. In the previous year, we demonstrated that mice that have no nBMP-2 in the nuclei of their cells exhibit delays in the transport of Ca2+ back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum […]
Nursing Care of the Diverse Veteran Population in Rural and Urban Settings
Drs. Kent Blad and Ron Ulberg, College of Nursing Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The academic objectives of the MEG proposal were met and exceeded. Specifically, students were exposed to local and national venues in which Veterans and their history are prevalent. Examples of this include visits by […]
Changes in Membrane Physical Properties during Chemotherapy
Dr. John Bell, Department of Physiology & Developmental Biology Abstract of original proposal Many chemotherapeutic agents treat cancer by inducing programmed cell death (apoptosis) in the tumor. One of the consequences of apoptosis is changes in the physical properties of the cell membrane. Some of these changes are important for other phagocytic cells to recognize […]