Undergraduates In The News
Hydrophobins are amphiphilic, non-immunogenic proteins characterized by four conserved disulfide bonds and high surface activity, making them valuable in diverse applications. The disulfide bonds are important for surface activity of class II hydrophobins.
In temperate regions, an organism’s ability to rapidly acclimate to varying seasonal temperatures, particularly the subfreezing cold of winter, is essential for its survival. Although less famous than hibernating bears and migrating birds, the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, must also overcome winter’s challenges. One of the mechanisms implicated in D.
As the rippling effects of global warming are becoming more and more imminent, the implications of its effects will impact a plethora of industries. In our study, we examined when MIRCA crops would begin to fail and experience stunted growth in a region consisting of 9 countries in East Africa.
The false science of eugenics swept across America in the early 20th century. “Eugenics,” broadly defined, is the creating of a “better race” through intentional breeding of desired traits alongside the sterilization or containment of undesired traits, often defined by race, class, and ability.
The KMT2A gene encodes the protein mixed lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1), a histone methyltransferase which plays a regulatory role in embryonic development and hematopoiesis. KMT2A can undergo translocations with over 70 different fusion partners, resulting in the production of oncogenic chimeric proteins which are observed in approximately 10% of all leukemias.
Many human health studies require complex equipment and unwieldy wiring to accurately measure bodily functions such as heart rate. In this age of smartphones and smartwatches, potential study participants may already own an iPhone which tracks steps and sleep or an Android watch with a sensitive accelerometer and continuous heart rate monitoring.
Damselflies have four wings that are controlled independently during flight. The fore and hindwings typically beat out of phase and the interactions which enhance or attenuate flight forces of the wing pairs is phase dependent.
Inflammasomes are intracellular multiprotein signaling complexes important in host defense; however, a deregulated activity is associated with a number of inflammatory, immune and metabolic disorders. The nucleation of inflammasomes around cytoplasmic receptors of the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeating containing receptor (NLR) family occurs upon detection of a microbial.
CONTEXT: Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurodegenerative condition associated with motor deficits, cognitive decline, and social isolation. Some literature suggests that incorporation of aerobic exercise to existing pharmaceutical and surgical interventions can reduce symptom progression and improve quality of life.
Daphnia, a common aquatic microcrustacean, can alternate between asexual and sexual reproduction. It is hypothesized that at the beginning of a growing season, sexually produced dormant eggs hatch, introducing large amounts of genetic diversity. Over time, selection for the most fit clones causes genetic diversity to decrease over time.
Although the events of August 11th and 12th in Charlottesville forced the world to pay attention to how we use public spaces to preserve history (and what history is preserved), similar contested spaces exist around the world.
Background: Wound healing for a cardiac device implantation is a complex process, prompting doctors to shift their focus on the prevention of hematomas that could eventually lead to bacterial infection. The current practice incorporates anticoagulation interruption and application of pressure dressing over the post-cardiac device implantation site.
With the growing demand for clean water around the world, there is an increasing interest in advanced membrane-based technology, and more performance efficient and cost-effective membranes are needed to purify increasingly contaminated and/or saline water.
The current research that is being conducted in the psychology department is one that involves assessing individual spatial skills, abstract reasoning skills, understanding if people have implicit association toward gender roles and gender spatial play. As individuals grow older, the type of toys that they choose to play with is heavily influenced by their parents.
The purpose of this project was to evaluate strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic and predict the future of the epidemic for individual American states. Opioid overdoses lead to roughly 116 deaths per day across the United States. Policy responses vary drastically by state, and many programs are not supported by data on their impact of addressing the crisis.