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Breast Cancer Screenings for Transgender Individuals
By Anisha Narsam, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, ’23 Author’s note: I hope to raise awareness about the barriers that transgender individuals face in order to obtain mammograms, and possible methods for increasing breast cancer screenings in this population. This article is meant for the general public and informs readers about some of the disparities that […]
Precise Genome Editing by a Single Stranded Break
By Saloni Dhopte, Genetics and Genomics, ’23 Author’s note: Do you think CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing is amazing? Well, let me tell you about another technique that has been proven to be more accurate and efficient than CRISPR systems. It’s prime editing – a method of genome editing that utilizes a single stranded nick to edit DNA! […]
Elizabethkingia anophelis: an Emerging, Opportunistic Pathogen
By Nelly Escalante, Molecular and Medical Microbiology, ’23 Overview Elizabethkingia is a family of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that includes the species Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, Elizabethkingia miricola, Elizabethkingia anophelis, Elizabethkingia bruuniana, Elizabethkingia ursingii, and Elizabethkingia occulta [1]. E. meningoseptica and E. anophelis are the only species within the genus that have been observed to cause disease […]
An Evaluation of eDNA Sampling for Aquatic Species
By Isoline Donohue, Biological Sciences, ’23 Author’s Note: I wrote this literature review for UWP 102B during the spring quarter of 2022, and learned about the Aggie Transcript from that course. I chose to write about this topic because I am very interested in conservation biology and work as an undergraduate researcher in this field. […]
A New Titan Among Bacteria
By Ethan Feild, Molecular and Medical Microbiology Author’s Note: I have always been interested in “huge” single celled organisms, like the amoebas living at the bottom of the ocean or even slime molds. When I heard about a single bacteria cell reaching 2 centimeters, I almost couldn’t believe it. This article was originally written for my […]
A War of Multiple Fronts: How to Fight Duchenne
By Alex Neupauer, Genetics and Genomics, ’23 Author’s Note: As a Genetics and Genomics major and a person with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), I was compelled to write a review on how to alleviate the suffering imposed by this devastating genetic disease. I consulted various scholarly articles and interviewed five experts on DMD. Approaches to […]
The Gut Microbiome and Obesity
By Lazer Introlegator, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, ’23 Author’s Note: Ever since I learned about the existence of the microbiome, I have been fascinated. When Dr. Brenda Rinard assigned my UWP102B class (Writing in the Biological Sciences) the task of writing a formal scientific literature review on a topic of our choosing, I knew that […]
The Effects of Ozone on Plant-Pollinator Interactions
By Hanna Francis, Biological Sciences ’22 Author’s Note: I grew interested in plants through botany and plant biochemistry courses at UC Davis and learned about insects while volunteering at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on campus. After taking a course about the toxicology of air pollutants, which focused primarily on human health outcomes, I began to […]
A Review of Recent Research into Remote Control of Stem Cell Differentiation through Light
By Jacob Pawlak, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ’23 Author’s Note: I wrote this piece to bring attention to the exciting new field of research being conducted primarily in China that aims to control the differentiation of stem cells by irradiating them with different wavelengths of light. This non-invasive method is potentially of great value to those […]
Inference on the Dynamics of COVID-19 in Kerala, India
By Darya Petrov Author’s Note: I worked on this research project at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, while we were fully remote and on lockdown. I chose this topic because it was extremely relevant given the circumstances. I hope this report conveys the importance and value of the union of statistical modeling and public […]