Bratsman, Andrew The Effect of Gut Microbiota on Cancer Metastasis in Model Organism D. Melanogaster: Establishing an Abnormal Genetic Line of D. Melanogaster Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Chaston, Plant and Wildlife Sciences Introduction As early as the beginning of the 20th century, Metchnikoff proposed that putrefactive bacteria living in the digestive tracts of hosts contribute […]
Search Results for: gene
Illuminating novel genes for Escherichia coli growth in varying phosphate conditions using TnSeq and Illumina Sequencing
Robinson, Tanner Illuminating novel genes for Escherichia coli growth in varying phosphate conditions using TnSeq and Illumina Sequencing Faculty Mentor: Dr. William R McCleary, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Department Introduction The purpose of my project is to identify novel genes in the genome of Escherichia coli ( E coli) associated with phosphate homeostasis under high […]
The Role of IP-10 in Muscle Regeneration and Repair after Injury
Jacob Parmley and Robert Hyldahl, Department of exercise Science Introduction The repair and regeneration processes of skeletal muscle rely on the activation, proliferation and differentiation of skeletal muscle stem cells (satellite cells), which are necessary sources for muscle increase (hypertrophy) and regeneration (Stewart, 2006). A muscles ability to regenerate diminishes due to age or various […]
How Well Can Machine-learning Algorithms Predict Biomedical Outcomes Based on Gene-expression Data?
Anna Guyer and Stephen Piccolo, Department of Biology Introduction Biomedical data are increasing in size and complexity. To make sense of these data, biomedical researchers often use “machine-learning” algorithms, which are developed by the computer-science community. Our goal was to perform a systematic comparison of many of these algorithms across 100 data sets to identify […]
Generational Attitudes Reflected through Soviet Socialist Realism
Herdman, Kelsey Generational Attitudes Reflected through Soviet Socialist Realism Faculty Mentor: Tony Brown, Russian Introduction In his biography “Raising the Banner” artist Geli Korzhev, a Socialist Realist artist, believes that Socialist Realism should have been titled as “social realism”; that “socialism is associated with politics but it should be aimed at social issues,” and that […]
Western Philosophy: A New Story for a New Generation
Harrison, Stephanie Western Philosophy: A New Story for a New Generation Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dennis Packard, Philosophy Department In the fall semester of 2015, Dr. Packard approached me after class one day when he noticed from the class roll that I had a minor in visual arts. He came to me with an offer to […]
Western Philosophy for a New Generation
Sasser, Sondra Western Philosophy for a New Generation Faculty Mentor: Dennis Packard, Philosophy Department As planned, Dr. Packard and I finished researching and writing our textbook, Western Philosophy for a New Generation. We are still editing some things and getting advice from other academics, but we deem the book to be a great success, and […]
Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Jaron Lundwall and Alonzo Cook, Department of Chemical Engineering Introduction Due to accident-related neural damage, many people’s lives are impaired or limited in what they can do. Current medical practices are limited at helping distal and proximal nerve stubs regenerate. Many recent research studies have focused on trying to improve this problem by understanding how […]
Large Body Influence in Internal Wave Generation
Austin Maxwell and Julie Crockett, Department of Mechanical Engineering Introduction Internal waves are three dimensional waves that propagate within a stratified fluid. They are able to propagate in all directions within our atmosphere and the oceans which are both stratified fluids of continuously changing densities. Internal waves are much larger than surface waves, having wavelengths […]
Mother’s Genetics Create an Environmental Tension for Her Infant
Lange, Natalie Mother’s Genetics Create an Environmental Tension for Her Infant Faculty Mentor: James Dee Higley, Ph.D., Department of Psychology Introduction Over the summer of 2016 the generous donations for the ORCA funds were utilized to investigate the influence of maternal serotonin transporter genotype (5-HTT) on infant temperament. This gave us the potential to analyze […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- …
- 305
- Next Page »