SD EPSCoR News

Expansins: Prospective Determinants of Leaf Angle in Sorghum Bicolor — 1a — Schaler Starks, Aeson Atkins, Ayman Abdulhafiz, Grace Schavee, Martha I. Natukunda Affiliation: Department of Biology, Augustana University Leaf angle, the inclination between the […]

Utilizing Signaling Molecules for Sustainable Crop Management in Agriculture — 103a — Jasmeet Kaur1, Antonia Gibbs2, Tanvi Govil2, and Rajesh K. Sani1,2 1 Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Health Sciences, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, […]

Algorithms to Recover Original Nucleotide Sequence from Chaos Game Representation — 109p — Corey Zhao, Bichar Dip Shrestha Gurung The Chaos Game Representation (CGR) is a tool to visualize genetic information in a two-dimensional, fractal […]

Solid-state Syntheses of Zn2GeO4 Phosphors for Anti-counterfeiting Applications — 108p — Zishen Yang, Dr. Chaoyang Jiang In recent years, there has been considerable progress in developing anti-counterfeiting techniques to combat the ongoing production and trafficking […]

Cobalt Doped Ag-TiO2 Hybrid Nanocrystal Photocatalysis: Application as a Renewable Solar Fuel — 107p — DaGyn Williams, Nurul Muttakin, Mahfuz Ahammed, Lara Haack Understanding the global energy landscape and the urgent need for more efficient […]

Quantification of Gene Expression in Airway Epithelial Cells from Models of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia — 106p — Reesa Wilcox, Casey McKenzie, Hannah Leppert Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare autosomal recessive syndrome that affects […]

Characterizing Extracellular Matrix Remodeling of Reprogrammed Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts — 105p — Makarie Wiebersick 1, Karla Arcelay Garcia ¹, Hailey Axemaker 1, Pilar de la Puente 1,2,3 1   Cancer Biology and Immunotherapies Group, Sanford Research, Sioux […]

Inhibition of Gestational Pathogens by Placenta Extracts — 103p — Caylee Weber, Grace Lass, Ethyn Rollinger, Jennifer Gubbels, Paul Egland The placenta is unique because it is an organ that is composed of tissue from […]

Not All Log Cells are Created Equal — 100p — Jared Volesky, Manisha Guha, Nicholas C. Butzin Department of Biology and Microbiology; South Dakota State University; Brookings, SD,  57006; USA   Isogenic bacterial cells in the […]

Determining if Golga4 Regulates Notch2 in Kidney Epithelial Cells — 98p — Renee Virtue, Ayesha Anwer, Jenn DeRiso, Alicia Simmons, Matthew McKillop Alagille syndrome is a dominant, multisystemic, disorder that affects approximately 1:30,000-100,000 people with […]