Vol. 28 (2023): Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology (UJEMI)

Research Article

• Ocean spatial geography drives the midgut microbial composition of marine fish

  Joean Lu, Kathy Wong, Catherine Yu, Angie Zhou

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• Spatial region of habitat drives fish gut microbial diversity, composition, and functionality

  Jordon Chen, Vivian Yan, Christopher Yap, Fione Yip

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• The gut microbiota has no correlation to insulin sensitivity with respect to age

  Cathyrn Guo, Freda Ho, Melody Song, Riley Tieu

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• Nutrient supplementation does not exacerbate pathogenic inflammation in infants with iron deficiency anemia

  Ryan Hong, Griff Wong, Jason Zhao, Tian Hui Zhao

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• Laxative use confounds entacapone-mediated changes to the gut microbiome in Parkinson’s Disease

  Betty Yao, Sahar Malekighomi, Iris Zhou

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• Mentally distressed and non-distressed Parkinson’s Disease patients have similar gut microbial compositions

  Emma Dhaliwal, Karmin Dhindsa, Simon Rai, Sally Zhou

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• A breast milk exclusive diet promotes dysbiosis in the gut microbiome of six-month-old anemic infants

  Apsara Srinivas, Haein Kim, Jenine Hira, Ekroop Sohal

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• Microbial diversity of smokers is not influenced by dietary fiber intake although smoking alters functional pathway abundances

  Lijia Zhang, Maximilian Tepes, Ashley Tong, Dongkyu Lee

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• Microbial diversity and population density is positively correlated in New York State freshwater wetlands

  Tanya Balaji, Azraa Banka, Daven Kuder, Raveen Sidhu

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• Differential abundance and metagenome functional composition of microbiomes suggests genetic basis for survivability of specific genera on plastic and wood surfaces in the HI-SEAS IV built environment

  Jessica Shen, Adrian Chen, Kevin Xiao, Immanuel Abdi

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• Exploring K30 capsule production by E. coli E69 as a potential mechanism of resistance to T4 bacteriophage infection

  Aidan Wang, Amy Chen, Ekroop Sohal, Jenine Hira

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• Recombinant Chitinase C from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is expressed and potentially secreted in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3)

  Renee Lim, Ishana Lodhia, Shutong Gang, Azraa Banka

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• Assessing the chitinolytic activity of recombinant ChiC from Escherichia coli pM3CRYY BL21(DE3)

  Vianne Chang, Emma Dhaliwal, Karmin Dhindsa

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• In vitro screening of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 chitinase C

  Ashley Tong, Dongkyu Lee, Vivian Yan, Jordon Chen

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• Development of a recombinant Chitinase C chitinolytic activity assay using the DNS method for detection of reducing sugars

  Maria Beletsky, Ashleen Khatra, Jenny Shee, Wei Chuan Wang

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• Ethanol limits E. coli growth kinetics and does not increase rChiC protein yield

  Felicia Liu-Fei, Amos Fong, Lauren Ung, Lijia Zhang

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• Functional characterization of IPTG and salicylate inducible systems promotes utility of SIGEX duo-directional reporter vectors in metagenomic screening

  Ryan Hong, Griff Wong, Jason Zhao, Tian Hui Zhao

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• Investigating the inhibitory effects of ginsenoside Rg3 on the NLRP3 inflammasome in J774A.1 murine macrophage cells

  Taylor Bootsma, Brandon Connor, Yuyoung Song, Claudia Szlavy

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• Towards the optimization of a NLRP3 inflammasome model system in J774A.1 murine macrophages and THP-1 human monocytes

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

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• Towards an in vitro model of NLRP3 inflammasome activation via refining measures of IL-1β secretion and inflammasome assembly

  Betty Yao, Iris Zhou, Sahar Malekighomi, Jong Yoon Joo

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