SD EPSCoR News

Reclaiming Sacred Lands: Unveiling the Displacement Narrative — 55a — Dara Eaglestaff, Summer Afraid of Hawk, Angelina Wade, Eva Weddell, Summer Dupree with mentors Camille Griffith and Dana Gehring The project aims to retell the […]

Investigating the Role of Nuclear Transport on Transcription — 54a — Hannah Dykstra              The nuclear envelope is a double membraned extension of the endoplasmic reticulum  that separates and compartmentalizes the nucleus and cytoplasm. Nuclear […]

Wato Wakan: using habitat prediction modeling to preserve a culturally significant plant on South Dakota reservations — 53a — Summer Dupree, Eva Weddell, Camille Griffith, and Dana Gehring, Oglala Lakota College Tíŋpsiŋla, also known as […]

Relationships of soil and climate features with plant community assembly, phylogenetic diversity and functional traits in South Dakota’s Black Hills and Great Plains — 52a — April Dunn, Sage Robinson, Maddy Reichert, Tara Ramsey, Justin […]

Analyzing Simulations of Flameholder Cavity Designs to Prevent Unstart in Scramjet Engines — 51a — Mckenna DuFrene, Dr. Jung-Han Kimn Flameholder cavities are an essential part of scramjet engines. They provide extra  time for air […]

Investigating the Relationship Between 100S Ribosomes and Epigenetic Memory in Primed Cells — 50a — Jackson Dorsett, Manisha Guha, and Nicholas C. Butzin Department of Biology and Microbiology; South Dakota State University; Brookings, SD, 57006; […]

There’s More Than Meets the Eye: Homemade Microscopes — 49a — Aidan Donelan, Nicholas C. Butzin Department of Biology and Microbiology; South Dakota State University; Brookings, SD, 57006; USA Many K-12 schools have limited budgets […]

Phosphorescent Carbon Dots; Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications — 48a —Karolina Dobiecka, Weichao Liu Bioimaging is a method that can visualize, isolate, and get deeper insights into targeted cellular tissue. Traditional bioimaging materials consist of optical […]

Highly Sensitive MXene-Based Micro Quartz Tuning Fork Gas Sensors with Tunable Selectivity — 47a — Wei Ding Owing to their distinctive morphology, high surface-to-volume ratio, and metal-like electrical conductivity, MXenes have emerged as a highly […]

Synthesis of Diarylacetylenes With Triazolium Salts for Antimicrobial Studies — 46a — Liz Dierks, Xavier Gabel A series of symmetric diarylacetylenes with triazolium salts were created in order to determine their efficacy in killing microbes. […]