Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology

Research Article

• Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm growth in response to glucose: Implications for diabetic implantable device infections

  Jenna Buragina

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• Recombinant Chitinase C produced through cell-free protein synthesis retains chitin-binding capabilities

  Jen Wang

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• Optimization of expression in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), IMAC purification, storage, and preliminary functional characterization of recombinant Chitinase C from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  Haein Kim, Davey Li , Apsara Srinivas, Leonardo Wu

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• Towards the construction of a chitin-binding domain BioBrick®: PCR Amplification of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa chiC chitin-binding domain

  Paula Renee Boldut, Sana Samedi, Rebecca Saunders, Lanyin Mao

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• Optimization of Chitinase C expression from the pM3CRYY plasmid in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) and determination of secretion status

  Jinny Choi, Veronika Lewis, Claire Sie, Justin Yap

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• Investigating the chitin-binding capability of recombinant ChiC expressed in E. coli

  Leon Lin, Paul Russ Agawin, Jennifer Tong, Simon Rai, Ghazaleh Shoaib

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• Purification of Chitinase C in transformed E. coli BL21 (DE3) preserves a functional Chitin-binding Domain

  Cathryn Guo, Freda Ho, Riley Tieu, Janet Wu

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• Refolding of Recombinant Chitinase C of Pseudomonas aeruginosa purified from insoluble fractions using IMAC purification

  Soroush Mohebat, Zee Muradi, Pooya Namavari, Negarin Shahtalebi

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• Increased pathological severity of Familial Dysautonomia enriches murine gut microbial composition

  Ashleen Khatra, Jenny Shee, Aidan Wang, Wei Chuan Wang

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• Non-breast milk diet increases gut microbial diversity and inflammation in six-month-old infants

  Soroush Mohebat, Pooya Namavari, Sourena Oveisi, Negarin Shahtalebi

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• Increase in gut microbiota taxonomic sensitivity to inflammation from 6 to 12 month infants

  Mari Aiko Job, Carly Pistawka, Zee Muradi, Jiaqi Wu

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• Iron-deficiency anemia is associated with loss of gut microbial diversity in 6- and 12-month-old infants

  Luiza Lopes Pontual, Mark Josef Huang, Parneet Sekhon, Taylor Bootsma

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• High-fish intake is associated with later-onset Parkinson’s disease and enrichment of short-chain fatty acid-producing microorganisms

  Ishana Lodhia, Lochlan Breckenridge, Fares Burwag, Renee Lim

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• The gut microbiome belonging to Colombian adults of younger generations has shifted to a more westernized composition compared to older generations

  Grace Bodykevich, Adriana Ibtisam, Lanyin Mao

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• Individuals with abnormal cardiometabolic statuses are more vulnerable to smoking-induced alterations of the gut microbiome in a Colombian population undergoing Westernization

  Ali Reza Nasseri, Darius Parmar, Mehdi Tabesh, Junqin Wang

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• Dietary fiber consumption is associated with the selection of key microbial species but does not affect overall microbial diversity in a Colombian cohort

  Jinny Choi, Veronika Lewis, Claire Sie, Justin Yap

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• Exploring non-WEIRD populations gut microbiota: the relative importance of obesity metrics on gut microbiome diversity and composition in Colombian adults

  Ghazaleh Shoaib, Sana Samadi, Jong Yoon Joo, Jen Wang

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• Core microbiomes found in habitats with sandy bottom substratum are the most phylogenetically diverse among trophic level three ray-finned fish midgut samples

  Shutong Gang, Claudia Szlavy

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