SD EPSCoR News

Expansins: Prospective Determinants of Leaf Angle in Sorghum Bicolor — 68p — Jack R. Erickson, Aeson Akins, Schaler Starks, Ayman Abdulhafiz, Grace Schavee, Martha I. Natukunda Affiliation: Department of Biology, Augustana University Leaf angle, the […]

The Effect of an Erythropoietin Derivative on Autism-Related Behaviors in Model Mice — 84p — Noah D. Everson*1, Zachary D. Stanz*1, Patrick J.Vogel*1, Riggins Bundy*2, Sara Alhasnawi2, Monica Sathyanesan3,4, Samuel S. Newton3,4, Alexander D. Kloth1 […]

Isogenic Bacteria Have Variable Lag Periods When Grown From a Single Cell Despite Having Identical Growth Conditions — 5a — Jacob Spreng, Manisha Guha, and Nicholas C. Butzin Department of Biology and Microbiology; South Dakota […]

Identification of Protein Substrates Downstream of the deubiquitylase USP27X — 81p — Cheyenne Smith, Intisar Koch, Venkateshwarlu Bandi, Oduduabasi Isaiah X-linked intellectual developmental disorder 105 (XLID105) is a recently described X-linked rare disease. Affected children […]

Lithium Recovery from Brine Using Commercial Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) — 78p — ViolaMay Simwanza, Dr. Brett Carlson Lithium is an alkali earth metal whose demand, especially for use in materials and sustainable mobile energy, […]

High Fat Diet Impairs Fertility and is Partially Rescued by Coenzyme Q10 — 77p — Mary Sicard, Abigail Klein, Kyle Siemers, Tricia Larsen, Prathapan Ayyappan Overconsumption of dietary fat is associated with obesity and poorer […]

Processing of South Dakota Shale for Ceramic Production — 67p — Ann Sheehy, Stephen Gebes, Brandon Stuber, Jacob Petersen Ph.D., Jon Kellar Ph.D. Belle Fourche Shale (BFS) is a bentonite-rich shale that is prevalent in […]

Synthesis and Characterization of Surface Functionalized Nanoscale Ln3+-based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Biological Imaging Applications — 73p — Ryan Schulte Studying intercellular interactions in biological systems is difficult due to the variety of cellular processes and […]

Determine Changes to Nascent ECM on Therapy Resistant Cells — 72p — Kyle Schubert1,2, Kristin Calar1, Pilar de la Puente1,3 1 Cancer Biology and Immunotherapies Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.  2 Sanford Program […]

Immunoaffinity Purification of an Acinetobacter baumannii Antigen that Potentially Induce Multiple Sclerosis — 71p — Cane Schmitt, Kelsey Morrison, and Dr. Chun Wu Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the immune system’s […]