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Undergraduate Research at KU: Recent submissions
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Inhibition of Runx by Ro5-3335 Affects Nematostella Regeneration
(Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 2016-01-25)The sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis, has the ability to fully regenerate amputated body parts. We hypothesize that Runx, a transcription factor, controls the cellular processes for regeneration, specifically the ... -
Image of Research 2016 -- Open for Collaboration Award
(2016)Author's statement: A picture of another undergraduate I spent the summer with. Alejandro Carlo was an 18 year old aspiring particle physicist from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez and was one of the many students ... -
Image of Research 2016 -- Story of Research Award
(2016)Author's statement: Tysabri, one of few treatment drugs approved to treat relapsing and remitting Multiple Sclerosis, has helped me keep the majority of my flare ups in remission for the past two years through monthly ... -
Image of Research 2016 -- Vision Award
(2016)Author's statement: This image was captured in the Barybin Lab of KU. Our research centers around azulene, a naturally occurring hydrocarbon that effuses a deep blue-azure color, for which it is named. In the Barybin Group, ... -
Image of Research 2016 -- Research Is a Process Award
(2016)Author's statement: Image 1: “Paraffin embedded mice colon and intestinal tissue for my undergraduate research project on colon cancer!” Image 2: “Sectioning my tissue samples on the microtome, delightfully ... -
Image of Research 2016 -- Grand Prize
(2016)Author's statement: Algae is grown to be converted into biocrude oil via hydrothermal liquefaction (pressure cooking). Oil composition is researched with respect to changing algae compositions. -
Image of Research 2015 -- Connection Award
(2015)Author's statement: Just another view of the study on indoor tanning. Selection of tanning lotions, bronzers, tanning goggles, heat and other tanning-related stimuli. Monitor is equipped with standard LED lights in order ... -
Image of Research 2015 -- Social Impact Award
(2015)Author's statement: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" ~Nelson Mandela Earlier this year I had the pleasure of presenting my research at the Kansas State Capital to administers ... -
Image of Research 2015 -- Visual Impact Award
(2015)Author's statement: Our lab incorporates a fundamental approach in pro-life regenerative medicine using stem cells. These stem cells which maintain homeostasis are abundantly available in almost every part of our living ... -
Image of Research 2015 -- Originality Award
(2015)Author's statement: Keep your eyes peeled for my research about how we perceive approaching objects at the undergraduate research symposium! -
Image of Research 2015 -- Grand Prize
(2015)Author's statement: Mendel's research inspired my thoughts on the causes and consequences in seed morphology. Come to the undergraduate symposium next Saturday and I'll discuss how wrinkled and round seed may have ... -
Journal of Undergraduate Research, Fall 2015: End Matter
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“Strong Female Characters” An Analytical Look at Representation in Moffat-Era Doctor Who
(University of Kansas, 2015-10-01)The current era of Doctor Who, beginning in 2010, under showrunner Steven Moffat has presented a downward trend in the representation of nuanced female characters, as well as racial and sexual minorities. This essay will ... -
Chinese export porcelain and global spaces of imagination
(University of Kansas, 2015-10-01)This paper will examine a Chinese porcelain plate from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The plate was produced in Jingdezhen, China ca. 1785-90 and acquired in Iran in 1888. It is painted in pink enamel with a ... -
Better Adherence, Better Outcome: Differences in Depressed Participants’ Adherence to Elements of the Therapeutic Lifestyle Change Protocol
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“I Don’t Want to Grow Old and Weak Like You!”: Conceptions of Idealized Masculinity in Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
(University of Kansas, 2015-10-01)Iranian women are often at the forefront of feminist discourse on gender roles in the Middle East. There can be no question that this is important work and there are many questions about feminine gender roles in the ... -
Type in Trier: The Relationship between Letters and the Oldest City in Germany
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Estimating Fluid Local Velocity within a Novel 3D Collagen Matrix Perfusion System
(University of Kansas, 2015-10-01)Traditional cell culture, performed on flat surfaces under static conditions, does not accurately represent physiologic conditions. As an alternative, groups have applied interstitial fluid flow (0.1- 2.0 μm/s) through a ... -
“Wi Snackt Wedder Platt!” Bringing Low German back to Bremen and Lower Saxony through the Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
(University of Kansas, 2015-10-01)Since 1992, when the Council of Europe created the Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, 25 member states, including Germany, have ratified the Charter. The Charter protects several minority languages in Germany, ... -
On the Translation of Fear: A Study of Ecuadorian Kichwa Speakers and the US Immigration System
(University of Kansas, 2015-10-01)This study addresses the situation of Ecuadorian Kichwa-speaking migrants who, upon arriving at the US border (and being put into Expedited Removal), claim a fear of returning to Ecuador. The study draws data primarily ...