Monthly Archives: February 2020

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28 February 2020 By: Alexus Bunnam and Taylor Grossen Introduction: The primary purpose of our research in the Brain and Behavior stream is to determine the upregulation of a specific gene between the breeding and nonbreeding season of Anolis carolinensis … Continue reading

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Designing and Testing Primers for PCR Amplification

February 25, 2020 By: Taylor Forstner & Emilie Greene Introduction:             Our overall goal in the Immunity and Cancer Research Stream is to determine the relationship APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B have with the progression of cancer, and how miRNAs effect and … Continue reading

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PCR, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, and TPH2

13 February 2020 By: Juan Ayala and Quinlin Lammers Being in the Brain and Behavior stream has started becoming fun and interesting. In the past couple of weeks, we have been practicing doing PCR protocols with positive and negative controls … Continue reading

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PCR Amplification and Gel Electrophoresis Involving HeLa Cells

02/11/2020 By: Brennan Mudder and Josh Vetter Introduction: As we begin our research in the Immunity and Cancer Research Stream, we aim towards understanding the role of human APOBEC3 proteins in cancer development. So far we have begun to do … Continue reading

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