Bacteriophage (phage) therapy is a potential solution for treating antibiotic-resistant infections7. Since bacteriophages are bacterial in origin and are ‘expressed’ in bacteria, it is paramount that endotoxins are removed before delivery to avoid immunogenic shock. Traditionally, the purification process requires chromatography and is a bottleneck in the industrial-scale production of bacteriophage therapies. Elastin-like peptides (ELPs) […]
C25: Suicide Among Resettled Bhutanese Refugees: Risk and Protective Factors
With an estimated suicide rate of 24.4 per 100,000, Bhutanese refugees who have resettled within the United States are experiencing a mental health crisis–this rate is nearly twice that of the general U.S. population which was 14.1 per 100,000 in 2021.1,2 Over 100,000 ethnic-Nepali citizens were forcibly removed from Bhutan in the 1990s.3 Many lived […]
C26: Best of the Best? How Most Viewed Enthalpy Chemistry Education Videos Stand up to Mayer’s Multimedia Learning Principles
This presentation focuses on identifying trends related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic writing on topics in music. Looking at these trends creates a greater understanding of how musicological societies and their associated journals, specifically the Journal of the American Musicological Society (JAMS) and the Journal of the Society for American Music (JSAM), interact […]
C28: Biosynthesis of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine derivatives using diverse indoles in E.coli
N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a powerful psychedelic that induces temporary serotonergic and psychedelic effects on the human brain. DMT is a structural analog of serotonin that has been shown to act as an agonist on the serotonin receptors in the brain. It is currently being studied as a potential treatment for neurological disorders such as PTSD, […]
C29: Functional Traits Assigned Based on Teeth of Mesozoic Marine Predators
Abstract: Author: Logan McHie, Geology and Environmental Science Major Advisor: Madeline Ess, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science
C30: Student Knowledge of Campus Composting: A Qualitative Data Analysis
The OSCAR system on the Miami University Oxford campus is a relatively new automated composting system put into place in the Fall semester of 2023. To understand the impact that system has on campus composting initiatives, a survey was conducted to test Miami University students’ knowledge of composting systems on and off campus. For this […]
C32: Four Possibilities, yet Two Outcomes for an Atomic System
The Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect was originally observed in 1987 by C.K. Hong, Z.Y. Ou, and L. Mandel. Their experiments found that only two of the four classically predicted outcomes were observed when two indistinguishable photons were fired at a 50 : 50 beam splitter within a very small (on the order of picoseconds) time interval. Our […]
C33: Distinguishing the effect of ethanol and cyanide on cellular respiration using UV-excited autofluorescence spectroscopy
NADH is an optical metabolic indicator– a molecule we can use to monitor metabolism– because it is naturally occurring, it is involved in energy metabolism, and it fluoresces. NADH fluorescence depends on which protein to which it is bound. UV-excited autofluorescence spectroscopy is a technique used to measure the emission spectrum of excited biological substances. […]
C37: Brownian ratchets: Nano-devices that make randomly diffusing atoms undergo directed motion without applying any net force
Brownian ratchets are nanodevices capable of extracting useful work from environmental noise to create directed motion of particles in the absence of a net force. Research in this area is inspired by biomolecular motors that power the processes of life by utilizing random fluctuations in their environment. These naturally occurring nanodevices are several orders of […]
C70: Effects of Invasive Amur Honeysuckle on Spring Wildflowers
While Honeysuckle has already been shown to have detrimental effects on local species, such as in Miller and Gorchov’s study (2004), this on-going research* seeks to look at what impact honeysuckle has on the emergence and blooming of spring flowers. To do this, three sites in Miami University’s Western Woods were set up, each site […]