June 18, 2023
By: Jarvis Savage
My research project for this summer will be to analyze various elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs). ELPs are polypeptides that incorporate the 5 amino acid long sequence of Val-Pro-Gly-Xaa-Gly, where Xaa represents an unspecific amino acid. ELPs are a kind of artificial...
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By: Erika Rispoli
The prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), has increased rapidly over the past two decades. As such, much research has gone into the root causes and mechanisms of these...
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By: Arielle Kim
This summer, I will compare lichenized cyanobacteria communities to environmental cyanobacteria communities (cyanobacteria living outside the lichens) to inform how lichen-forming fungi associate with their cyanobacterial partners. For context, lichens are organisms made of symbiotic associations between algae/cyanobacteria and fungi....
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June 20, 2022
By: David Bearden
Four different bases can be stringed together in a mind-boggling amount of variations. They form one of twenty amino acids that themselves can be combined to form various proteins. My project indirectly supports my lab, Neurotoolbox, in its endeavor to...
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June 9, 2021
By: Bryan Rego
Dr. Mike Tadross has always liked tinkering with things and looking to solve difficult problems. For his undergraduate years studied to become an electrical and computer engeerir at Rutgers. He liked electrical engeering because of viewing circuits as puzzles that...
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May 25, 2021
By: Alexus Roberts
The lab I’ve been working in has an overarching focus on pain signaling and sensory plasticity, which covers the wide range of interests of all of the lab members. Working in Dr. Ji’s lab has made me appreciate the complexity...
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May 24, 2021
By: Neica Joseph
Every 40 seconds, someone has had a stroke in the United States [1]. This occurs when an obstruction in the blood vessels prevents the brain from getting ample oxygen and nutrients, causing a cavity of dead tissue in the brain....
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May 23, 2021
By: Izzy Costanzo
Before I was dropped off at college, I distinctly remember the ominous warning from my mother: be careful, don’t get meningitis! The disease is known for occurring in infants and college students, but I didn’t really know what it was...until...
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By: Nicolas Rey
Genetics intrigues me because of its ability to explain the mysteries of biology. It helps us understand the biological programming behind all life forms, including ourselves. In the past 100 years we have discovered DNA, developed ways to read it,...
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By: Min Ju Lee
What do you think creates a habit? Habitual behaviors are defined by learning an automatic response to a certain stimulus. For example, you could have breakfast in the morning, even if you are not feeling particularly hungry at the time....
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By: Alec Morlote
The project that I am working on in the Volkan Lab fits neatly into one of the lab's broader questions: how chromatin regulation around master genes affects behavior. In regards to the fruit flies I will be studying, the behavior...
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By: George Romero
First full week at the Mooney Lab: complete. What can I say, this week has assuredly presented some steep learning curves. From accidentally sacking my bird (an affectionate euphemism I suppose) during a brain injection surgery to being unable to...
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By: Joe Laforet Jr.
If you were to ask me a week ago what a nanoparticle was, I’d give a pretty generic answer saying that it was something really small. While that statement is true, there is so much more to these microscopic specks...
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By: Anuj Som
In 2006, a Japanese researcher named Yamanaka discovered a chemical concoction which would allow the dedifferentiation of fated cells to once again become induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). This discovery had significant impact in the world of regenerative tissue engineering,...
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By: Camila Rodriguez
The field of drug therapy and molecular engineering is constantly changing and exploring new options to improve efficiency. One main issue when creating new drugs is controlling how long it can stay in someone’s system before it is removed, as...
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By: Ali Pagliery
My research project involves studying a particular type of pitcher plant called Sarracenia purpurea. These carnivorous plants have leaves that form pitcher-like structures that are able to collect water. This water, however, hosts a community of microorganisms that digests any...
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By: Emily Prudot Gonzalez
From all the bits of information my mentor has shared with me, some going over my head and some pasted on my head after mentally repeating it over and over, I know my project is about measuring the drug tolerance...
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By: Misaki Foster
Butterflies are something that society has deemed beautiful, and we see countless different species all around the world, all with their own shapes, sizes, and colors. However, not everyone stops to think about how butterflies have come to have such...
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