The Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s SEA-PHAGES program provides opportunities for college students in about 150 institutions around the world to participate in discovery-based science by isolating and characterizing new bacteriophages from the environment. Bacteriophages (phages) are highly abundant viruses that infect bacteria and play significant roles in ecology and health, with recent successes in helping […]
A35: Investigating the Role Gut Microbes Play in Triggering Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an incurable autoimmune disease that drastically affects one’s life. People who have T1D do not make insulin or do not make enough of it. This is due to a deficiency in pancreatic ꞵ-cells. The gut microbiome contains many microbes within it. Some microbes such as Bacteriodetes and Firmicutes are hypothesized […]
A40: Gut Microbes Affect the Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
The Type 1 Diabetes research group focuses on how bacteria in the intestines affect the onset of Diabetes in non-obese Diabetic Mice(NOD). Histology is the main focus of our research which is used to see in to these organs to visualize the bacteria and what is happening within tissue cells. Many stains and antibodies are […]
C30-P: How Oxidative Stress Affects Arctic Communities
Justin and Pamela’s focus for microbiology research specifically looked at the microbial ecology of Antarctic lakes. They were working under the supervision of Dr. Rachael Morgan-Kiss of the Microbiology Department. Their research posed them with two questions focusing on the different types of microbes that can grow in varying Antarctic conditions and how adding oxidative […]