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Current Opinions in Digital PCR

By jbird9 On August 17, 2012 · Add Comment · In Final Projects, Uncategorized

Sin nombre virus

By zuania On August 17, 2012 · Add Comment · In Final Projects

PBP2a Presentation

By bsoto On August 17, 2012 · Add Comment · In Projects

Obesity

By mcclela On August 16, 2012 · Add Comment · In Final Projects

Amanda, Aaron, Andrew

Statement of Purpose: Obesity is not just an American problem but worldwide

“The World Health Organization predicts there will be 2.3 billion overweight adults in the world by 2015 and more than 700 million of them will be obese.” -BBC News

Wordle:

The worldwide obesity epidemic.

P T James, R Leach, E Kalamara, M Shayeghi (2001) Obesity Research 9 Suppl 4 (November) p. 228S-233S

The obesity epidemic is a worldwide phenomenon

B M Popkin, C M Doak (1998) Nutrition Reviews 56 (4) p. 106-114

Concept Map:

Gapminder:

BMI in women: www.bit.ly/OBrwRf

BMI in men: www.bit.ly/THVWQK

Obesity Rates by Country

Obesity Rates by State

“According to the CDC, in 2010 every state had 20 percent or more of its population suffering from obesity.” -WHO

Diabetes Rates by Country

Obese Children by Country

Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7151813.stm

Google Trends (United States): Obesity, Weight loss, BMI, How to lose weight, Diet

Glycosylation…it’s sweet. ;)

By kabraha2 On August 16, 2012 · Add Comment · In Final Projects

For our final project, we chose to help Quentin organize some information that he had been acquiring for his preliminary exam. At first, Emily and Kate had little idea what Quentin’s project was on. Quentin was quoted to say “Glycosyltransferase…it puts sugars on lots of stuff”. To unravel the mystery surrounding this enzyme, the trio worked together with a few tools that were learned during this weeks workshop.

Wordle: Generation of the wordle showed key words and phrases that hinted at the functioning of this enzyme. We used the first paragraph from wikipedia to create this wordle. End-note: The main method that Quentin used to organize his literary resources was End-Note. Emily and Kate created accounts so they could have access to the journal articles. We found that EndNote was a great tool to not only organize resources but to create in-text citations and bibliographies.

Some of the journal articles listed above pointed out how glycolsylation is a pivotal biological phenomena that allows enzymes to recognize other proteins and compounds. For example, the HIV virus uses a shield of sugars to mask itself from the immune system. In fact, some research focuses on recognition mechanisms for antibodies against the HIV virus.

Gapminder: HIV has become a pandemic in the global society. Being curious individuals, we explored some of the data available through Gapminder to see what demographics (like the Human Development Index) show strong correlation with [...]

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