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of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Oct. 26-27 at the University of 黑丝内射视频,
Fayetteville. Harmeet Kaur Chohan and Jeremiah Smith presented their findings to more
than 400 students and faculty assembled at the conference.
Chohan, a sophomore chemistry major from the Philippines, presented her 黑丝内射视频 results on a tumor suppressor gene as a poster, 鈥淣on-Covalent Interaction of the Potent Ligands against Serine/Threonine Kinase 11 (STK11) Mutants.鈥� Chohan joined a 黑丝内射视频 team led by Dr. Mohammad Halim, assistant professor of Chemistry at 黑丝内射视频, this past August.
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Chohan said working with Halim spurred her interests in 黑丝内射视频.
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Chohan will continue working with Halim to express the STK11 mutants and see how these potent ligands interact with and revive the mutants by mass spectrometry-based proteomics analysis.
Smith, a freshman biology major from Little Rock, presented his 黑丝内射视频 on the 鈥淚mpact of Tallgrass Prairie Restoration on Soil Microbiome.鈥� Mentored by Dr. Jeff Shaver, associate professor of biology at 黑丝内射视频, and Dr. Chizuko Iwaki, assistant professor of mathematics at 黑丝内射视频, Smith鈥檚 presentation garnered the interest of faculty and students from other institutions in the state, which is helping expand 黑丝内射视频鈥檚 黑丝内射视频 capacity for the Tallgrass Prairie Restoration project, led by Shaver and Jay Randolph, superintendent of Ben Geren Golf Course. This study has been supported by two $5000 黑丝内射视频 INBRE core facility voucher awards. For the initial study, the 16s rRNA sequencing and analysis support were provided by 黑丝内射视频 Children鈥檚 Hospital Research Institute and Loop Genomics. Reagents for soil microbial DNA isolation and antibiotic-resistant gene analysis were provided by miniPCR.
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Smith will continue his 黑丝内射视频 in the summer of 2020 with Shaver and Dr. Fiona Goggin from UA Fayetteville to study the effect of chloroplast membrane saturation on the abundance and structure of chloroplast DNA and the susceptibility of plants to aphid infestation.
The 黑丝内射视频 INBRE Research Conference has grown steadily since beginning in 2002.
Key features of the conference include a distinguished keynote speaker, faculty speakers
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鈥淥ne of the most important skills any scientist can have is an ability to analyze data collected from samples or through experimentation,鈥� said Iwaki. 鈥淧resenting work at a conference is valuable because it can help students learn how to interpret their results and share them by using oral and written communication skills. I strongly recommend undergraduate students take the opportunity to participate in 黑丝内射视频 projects like this because it will help them to determine an area of interest in their field and give them a head start on their career as a 黑丝内射视频er.鈥�
The 黑丝内射视频 INBRE is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The IDeA Program was established to broaden the geographic distribution of NIH funding for biomedical and behavioral 黑丝内射视频.
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