http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008 August 10-11, 2009 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:53:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our second Faculty Institute will introduce strategies for implementing more quantitative reasoning in the interdisciplinary modules.  This year's topics include HIV and cancer.  On Monday, we will introduce Excel,  explore data visualization,  and model tumor growth kinetics.  On Tuesday, we will introduce HIV and explore data (Markham 1998) . Isolated cancer cell ... http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=205 Correlation between Gene Mutation and Drug Resistance in Plasmodium Module Developers: Kathy Dobins (Mathematics), Rufus Ranatunga (Chemistry), and Safawo Gullo (Biology) Introduction Malaria is an acute infection caused by several species of Plasmodium that is transmitted by the female species of mosquito, anopheles culex.  Malaria is characterized by high fever and sweating. If not ... http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=187 Students will investigate the nutritional value of cassava leaves and postulate ways to improve the nutritional value. Students will determine using optimization the optimal age to harvest cassava leaves.  Students will complete a sequence comparison of Cyagenic Glucoside in cassava leaves from different regions such as the Americas, Africa and ... http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=200 Malaria and the problems of control Malaria remains one of the most devastating diseases occurring in the world today. Over 100 million cases are estimated to occur every year in tropical Africa alone. Increasing drug resistance and weak health infrastructure may also affect the control of this disease. Malaria is transmitted ... http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=185 It was once believed that neurons were not able to regenerate. This meant that whenever neurons were destroyed they would not be replaced, leading to neurodegenerative and debilitating diseases like Parkinson and Alzheimer. Recent work in neuroscience has shown that neural stem cells are plentiful in the brain and that ... http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=193 The group would like to look at Malaria through the interaction of Plasmodium vivax and P.falciparium. There will be three areas of emphasis; i. Comparison of some membrane proteins of the two species of plasmodium ii.  Review molecular transmission mechanisms of the plasmodium within the mosquito iii.  Develop mathematical models relevant to the control and management of ... http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=186 The members of our group includes: Kenneth Laihing Alexandrine Randriamehefa Juliet Penrod Elaine Vanterpool Shushannah Smith http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=164 http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=160 http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=156 http://bioquest.org/oakwood2008/?p=151