Our research was conducted as a part of BIO159, a Neuroscience seminar that seeks to inform neuroscience majors of the research occurring on campus. In order to become acquainted with ongoing research, the class worked in groups to identify a lab of our choice. We used the Miami University Libraries resources to obtain research articles […]
C05-P: Metagenomic Analysis of Ammonia Oxidizer and Heterotrophic Bacteria Co-Cultures
Microbial ecology seeks to understand and characterize microbial community structure. Around 99% of microbes have yet to be cultured in the lab, as they require conditions we are unable to imitate. To circumvent this problem, researchers have developed a method to sequence all the genetic material of an environmental sample. This method, called metagenomic sequencing, […]
C32-P: High-Frequency Monitoring of Ice Cover Dynamics in Three Pennsylvania Lakes during Two Contrasting Winters
With climate change and warming temperatures, ice cover duration in lakes across the world is becoming shorter. Duration of ice cover is tightly linked to oxygen concentrations at lake bottoms, with longer periods of ice cover associated with lower oxygen concentrations, which are detrimental for biological processes and food web interactions. I researched how this […]
A13-T: Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS) to Observe the Development of Pressure Injuries
Pressure Injuries are a major concern in medicine, yet their origins and pathologies are relatively unknown. The origins of these issues are continually studied but they are relatively unknown and cost the healthcare industry millions of dollars each year. Low-cost alternatives include optical techniques, which have previously been used to study tissue sample compositions and […]
B14-T: Contributions of the Mesolimbic Dopamine Pathway in Reversal Learning
Cognitive flexibility, which can be measured with reversal learning, is the ability of an individual to alter their behavior in response to changing environmental conditions. Past studies have found that dopamine (DA) is released in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) during reversal learning (Radke et al., 2019, Klanker et al., 2017). The present study sought to […]
A50-P: When Less is Not More: A Phenomenographic Investigation of High School Teachers’ Storyboards
Bulk water is an essential component for dissolution-the process in which ionic compounds are broken down into constituent charged species. Water solvates ions, engages in hydrogen bonding, exerts electrostatic forces, and contributes to the effects of entropy and enthalpy. Despite bulk water’s importance, its submicroscopic presence is often omitted from high school instructors’ pedagogical practices. […]
B21-P: Complementarity of Endoplasmic Reticulum and Bacterial Molecular Chaperones
This project is in the area of biochemistry and addresses research into prevention of protein aggregation-based diseases such as Alzheimer’s. In cells, molecular chaperones assist with correcting protein folding to prevent diseases caused by misfolded protein aggregation. Cochaperones stimulate and enhance chaperone activity by facilitating client protein presentation and ATP hydrolysis. Heat shock proteins (Hsps) […]
C46-P: Cytokine Storm and Blood Clotting Among Coronavirus Patients
This group project was an assignment for the BIO 203 W Introduction to cell Biology course. Different groups were tasked with obtaining information about body systems affected by the SARS-CoV2 virus that causes COVID-19. Our group investigated the onset of a cytokine storm in the body which contributes to blood clots. Due to the emphasis […]
C35-P: The Impact of COVID-19 on Respiratory Illness Mortality and Health Disparities in the US: An Analysis of Time Series
According to the CDC, COVID-19 has caused nearly 570K deaths in the US as of early April 2020. COVID-19 can cause numerous complications including blood clots, nerve damage, and pneumonia. The impact of COVID-19 can be observed through potential changes in pneumonia and influenza deaths in 2020 compared to previous years. The impact of COVID-19 […]
C11-P: Improving the Earthquake Catalog in the Eastern Arkoma Basin to Look for Relationships to Hydraulic Fracturing
Our goal was to further investigate the relationship between oil and gas operations and earthquakes. A relationship between the two has already been established in a number of locations, including Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Canada, England, and China. This study looks at Arkansas, which has not been the focus of prior research. This project analyzed a […]