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The Office of Undergraduate Research was established to: Facilitate collaboration among existing undergraduate research programs; Promote undergraduate research to internal and external audiences; Encourage new initiatives to create and enhance undergraduate research opportunities. Unlike most classroom experiences, undergraduate research programs at Mizzou allow students to explore the unknown through hands-on work with faculty mentors. The Office of Undergraduate Research organizes the MU Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum each spring and summer.
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How students study in wireless coffee shops: personal learning environments
(2013)Since the boom of wireless internet a growing number of students have been traveling to local coffee shops for routine studying. A study was conducted to seek a better understanding of behaviors common in college students ... -
Social Computing for Healthcare Organizations
(2011)Social computing has taken the world by storm in the past decade. Today, there are around 500 million users on Facebook alone. Previous research studied how and why individuals use Facebook in social life; yet relatively ... -
Issues with scale using very high resolution digital aerial photographs
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)This study involves the use of remote sensing equipment to observe plant communities. A remote sensor is any instrument that gathers information about an object or area from a distance. Advanced cameras, the most common ... -
The role of Periostin in regulating the biomechanical properties of cushion tissue
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)During embryonic heart development the atrio-ventricular (AV) cushions swell and fuse to form the valves and septa of the adult heart. Initially, the cushions appear as swellings on the interior wall of the AV canal and ... -
Molecular free volume and viscosity changes in non-Newtonian fluids probed with molecular rotors
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)An empirical relationship between molecular free volume and viscosity has been established (Doolittle AK, J Appl. Phys. 1952; 23: 236-9). Non-Newtonian fluids hold much importance to scientific study because of their ... -
"Either he was too weak, or the world was too strong" : motifs of male wounds and healing in African American literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)African American men throughout history have tried to establish and define their identities, collectively and individually, beyond those formed, forced, and fashioned by western civilization. Consequently, they have inflicted ... -
Reduction of rheniumV oxo Schiff base complexes with triethylphosphine
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Pioneering techniques for therapeutic treatment of cancers involve targeting cancer sites with strong beta-emitting radionuclides, thereby destroying the cancer cells. This is achieved by coordinating the radioisotope to ... -
Localized adherence of Haemophilus influenzae to human lung cells in tissue culture
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)The gram-negative coccobacillus H. influenzae is part of the respiratory mucosal flora of most healthy humans. Before the era of Hib vaccination, encapsulated H. influenzae of serotype b were the leading cause of childhood ... -
How do we know that we have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)The brain is a network of neurons that control our pleasure, emotion, motivation and is important for all types of learning. The objective of the overall research in the OCD's group is to examine the changes in brain ... -
Post-Translational modifications and the effects on protein identification through mass spectrometry
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Mass Spectrometry is an effective tool for protein identification. A typical process for protein identification is to break down a protein into smaller peptides and to determine the mass of each of these peptides. These ... -
Effects of washings and treatments on the usefulness of hair as a biomarker
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Hair is a useful matrix for the analysis of many trace elements found in the human body. Studies show that hair can incorporate trace metals into its structure during the growth process. Hair is an attractive monitor because ... -
Expression, purification and initial characterization of Halobacterium proline dehydrogenase
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Nature recycles proline by converting it to glutamate. This 4-electron oxidation process is catalyzed by two catabolic enzymes, proline dehydrogenase (PRODH) and Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase (P5CDH). Inborn ... -
Structural basis for substrate specificity of the alpha-D-phosphohexomutase superfamily
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Phosphoacetylglucosamine mutase (PAGM) is a human enzyme that is the key to the formation of the essential metabolite UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. Bacterial phosphoglucomutase (PGM) from Acetobacter xylinum catalyzes the ... -
Anti-galectin-3 peptides increase apoptosis in galectin-3 expressing human breast cancer cells
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)A critical factor in the proliferation and the metastatic nature of carcinoma cells appears to be their resistance to natural programmed cell death (apoptosis). However, the molecular mechanisms that enable carcinoma cells ... -
Promotion of functional heterotrimeric type I collagen via transfection in osteogenesis imperfecta fibroblasts
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heritable disorder due to mutations in type I collagen. Normal type I collagen forms a heterotrimeric protein comprised of two pro1(I) chains and one pro2(I) chain [1(I)22(I)]. The ... -
Synthesis and analysis of activated carbon briquettes as an adsorbent for natural gas
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Activated carbon has been used for many years for its adsorptive properties. These adsorptive properties are a result of its high surface area to density ratio. It achieves this through its activation process. During ... -
Calix[n]arene derivatives for gas storage
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)The calix[n]arenes are versatile inclusion compounds (Scheme 1) comprise of cyclic, polyphenolic compounds that can be tailored synthetically by altering X, Y, R and n. In solid state, we found simple calixarenes are quite ... -
The effect of Camgaroo-2 incorporation on the differentiation potential of embryonic stem cells
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Embryonic stem (ES) cells are capable of differentiating into any cell type in the body and are a promising therapeutic agent. Our research focuses on the differentiation of ES cells into functional neurons and/or glial ... -
Interaction of a heterodimerization partner with glucocorticoid receptor (GR), androgen receptor (AR) and GR/AR hybrids
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Steroid hormones are a class of compounds that play a role in regulating many functions. Glucocorticoid hormone is a compound in this class, which helps maintain homeostasis, including regulation of production of γ-fibrinogen, ... -
Up-regulation of the P2Y2 receptor by cytokines in neuronal cells
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is characterized by inflammation and neurodegeneration in the brain due to the presence of extracellular amyloid beta (A β) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Microglial and astrocyte cells ...