Browsing 2007 Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Department "Biological engineering (MU)"
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Development of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) biosensor utilizing liquid core waveguides
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Millions of individuals are diagnosed each year with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Each day more individuals are receiving antiretroviral ... -
Nano- and micro-scale studies of exocytosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Neurons and neuroendocrine cells contain vesicles packed with hormones or neurotransmitters. Upon appropriate stimulation, a rise in intracellular Ca2+ concentration triggers the fusion of vesicles with the outer membrane ... -
Optical characterization of skeletal muscles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The optical absorption and reduced scattering coefficients of bulk skeleton muscle were measured by fitting the diffusion model to spatially resolved ... -
Optical glucose nanobiosensor encapsulated in erythrocytes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)An implantable glucose biosensor encapsulated in erythrocytes, Red Blood Cells (RBC), will become a method for continuously measuring blood glucose concentration in diabetics. In 2005, the American Diabetes Association ... -
Optical stimulation of quantal exocytosis on transparent microchips
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Photorelease of caged Ca²⁺ is a uniquely powerful tool to study the dynamics of Ca²⁺-triggered exocytosis from individual cells. Using photolithography and other microfabrication techniques, we have developed transparent ...