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Skip to Search Results- 1Bhatt, Bhumi J
- 1Escobar Gil, Claudia
- 1Ghashghavi, Mohammad
- 1Higuera, Monica P
- 1Kamtchum Tatuene, Joseph
- 1O'Hara, Eóin
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Spring 2022
Carotid atherosclerosis is responsible for 15-25% of the nearly 8 million first-ever ischemic strokes that occur each year worldwide. This proportion has remained constant over the past three decades, thus suggesting that some patients with carotid atherosclerosis currently receive suboptimal...
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Comparison of physiology and genome-wide expression in two Nitrosomonas spp. under batch cultivation
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Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) play a central role in the nitrogen cycle by oxidizing ammonia to nitrite. Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC 19718 has been the single most studied AOB that has contributed to our understanding of chemolithotrophic ammonia oxidation. As a closely related species,...
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Identification of functional genes for feed efficiency traits via transcriptome analyses to enhance the genomic prediction accuracy in beef cattle
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Residual feed intake (RFI), a measure of feed efficiency, and its component traits including average daily gain (ADG), dry matter intake (DMI) and metabolic weight (MWT) are traits of great economic importance to the beef industry. The genetic improvement of these traits can improve the...
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Insights into temperature adaptation in the Thermotogae gained through transcriptomics and comparative genomics
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Thermophilic microbes are extremophiles that live at high temperatures. In order to survive and maintain function of their biological molecules, they have a suite of characteristics not found in organisms that grow at moderate temperatures (mesophiles) that range from the cellular to the protein...
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Investigating early life microbial and host transcriptomic dynamics in the bovine gastrointestinal tract
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There is increasing concern surrounding the ability of livestock industries to meet the needs of the rising global population. The gastrointestinal microbiota of ruminants plays a critical role in feed degradation, host energy supply, but is also a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse...
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Molecular and Machine Learning Based Characterization of Human Skeletal Muscle to Decipher Complex Biological Processes Governing Muscle Wasting in Surgical Patients with Cancer
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Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by progressive loss of weight (WL), muscle, and fat tissues. Skeletal muscle wasting, in particular, is strongly associated with morbidity and mortality. Understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying muscle wasting in humans...
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Pollination biology and transcriptomics of Cleomaceae species exhibiting different pollination systems
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Pollinator mediated-selection is responsible for much of the phenotypic diversity exhibited by flowers. Flowering plants or angiosperms that attract a diverse range of pollinators represent a generalist pollination system in which selection is exerted by many different pollinators. However,...
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Spring 2022
Self-cycling fermentation (SCF) is an advanced, automated, semi-continuous fermentation strategy that is used to improve the volumetric productivity of bioproduction. Typically, a microbial culture is grown in a reactor and half the reactor contents are harvested once a limiting nutrient is...
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Fall 2018
Early mammalian development cannot progress without targeted temporal and spatial expression of genes. Changing the accessibility of DNA to transcriptional machinery is one critical way gene expression is controlled. This process, known as chromatin remodeling, is vital for formation of the...