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Investigating the Effects of Environmental Enrichment on a Drosophila Model of Tau Toxicity
(2014-07-01)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other tauopathies are characterized pathologically by neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed of the microtubule-associated protein tau. These tangles correlate strongly with regional cell ...
The Effects of Caudal Autotomy on the Kinematics of Anolis carolinensis Running on an Arboreal-Like Substrate
(2014-06-02)
Caudal autotomy is a well-researched predation-escape mechanism used by Anolis lizards. This ‘self-sacrifice’ involves a neuromuscular event in which the tail is severed along an intravertebral fracture plane proximal to ...
Painting Perception
(2014-06-30)
I create paintings in which one landscape is disrupted by the insertion of a disparate landscape into the same composition. By way of this juxtaposition, I seek to illustrate sensory experience as fractured, multiple, and ...
Minimizing Hydrophobic Recovery of Polydimethylsiloxane after Oxygen Plasma Treatment
(2014-05-06)
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is a popular silicon-based polymer in bioengineering due to its numerous desirable properties, including biocompatibility, optical transparency, chemical inertness, thermal stability, ease of ...
Population Dynamics and Size-Scaling Interactions of Carcinus maenas and Littorina obtusata in Northern Maine
(2014-05-30)
The European green crab, Carcinus maenas, invaded the mid-Atlantic coastline in the 1800s and has since expanded its range northwards into northern Maine and the Bay of Fundy (Scattergood 1952). C. maenas feeds on the ...
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANT MITOCHONDRIAL MUTANTS IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE.
(2014-05-04)
Chloramphenicol is a broad spectrum antibiotic, cheaply and easily available. It works by inhibiting protein synthesis in prokaryotes such as E. coli. Its main mode of action is via its binding to the large ribosomal subunit ...
Primary Culture of Drosophila melanogaster Glial Cells
(2014-05-06)
Glial cells are one of the most abundant cell types in human brains, yet there is very little that we actually know about these cells. We do know that glial cells are important and vital regulators of the function of the ...
Insulin-like Receptor: The First Step into Drosophila melanogaster's Insulin-signaling Pathway
(2014-06-02)
Many details about the mechanisms that regulate homeostasis still remain unknown, and metabolic diseases continue to cause a great deal of human suffering. In order to further our understanding of the mechanisms underlying ...
Immunotherapy: Altering the Immune Response to Combat Food Allergic Reactions
(2014-05-28)
Ingestion of certain foods results in an adverse immune response to a protein contained therein. This allergic response occurs when the body's immune system mistakenly identifies a protein as harmful when it actually isn't. ...