SD EPSCoR News

Effect of Chemical Composition and Thickness on the Wetting Properties of Thin Films Produced by Pulsed Laser Deposition — 10p — Cayden Loeffelholz, Ananth Kandadai Thin films are layers of material that can range from […]

Microbial Diversity of Rock Surfaces on the 244 m Level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility at Different Spatial Scales — 8p — Caitlyn Lewis, Oxana Gorbatenko, Raine Flick, Abigail Domagall The Sanford Underground Research […]

Defining the Contribution of Cholesterol Biosynthesis to the Molecular and Biochemical Phenotype of Macrophages — 6p — Amelia G. Lawver1,2, Jazmine D. W. Yaeger2, Reagan E. Fisher2,4, Sonali Sengupta2, Kevin R. Francis2,3  1 Sanford Program […]

Extraction of Gold and Valuable Metals from Electronic Waste — 4p — Bayler Larson Tremendous amounts of electronic waste (e-waste) is landfilled every year, despite containing valuable metals such as gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium. […]

Neutrophil Phagocytic and Migratory Phenotypes in Response to Factors Within the Gestational Environment — 112a — Samantha Knudson, Faith Burns Neutrophils make up 70% of all white blood cells. They instigate the process of labor […]

Container Breakout: IaaS Security Assessment — 1p — Emily Blixt, Mans Englund, Nicholas Gourley, Roch Laferriere, Marcus Kicklighter  Ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of multi-tenant sys tems are vital for IaaS companies. This study analyzes […]

Optimizing Fermentation with Corynebacterium glutamicum to Enhance L-lysine in Corn-ethanol By-products: Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles, Whole Stillage, and Thin Stillage — 108a — Bhawana Khadka, Shishir Roka, and Bishnu Karki Department of Biology and […]

The Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Hickmania Troglodytes (Higgins and Petterd, 1883) (Araneae, Gradungulidae) and Bothriocyrtum californicum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) (Araneae, Halonoproctidae) — 107a — Olivia C. Kern1 and L. Brian Patrick2 1Biology Department, Augustana University, […]

Bradyrhizobium and the Soybean Rhizosphere: Species Level Bacterial Population Dynamics in Established Soybean Fields, Rhizosphere and Nodules — 106a — Sukhvir K. Sarao1, Vincent Boothe1, Bikram K. Das2,3, Jose L. Gonzalez Hernandez2, and Volker S. […]

Synergistic Microbial Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture — 105a — Navdeep Kaur1, Tanvi Govil1, Prasoon K. Diwakar2, and Rajesh K. Sani1,3  1 Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, […]