Classroom dynamics that incorporate undergraduates have existed for decades and have proven beneficial in increasing students’ retention and overall class grades. In 2003, the University of Colorado, Boulder, created the ...

Currently, mosquito-borne diseases are affecting billions of people worldwide and disproportionally burden the developing world. Despite control efforts, these diseases remain widespread. Studying chemosensation and mating ...

Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) are the most imperiled groups of organisms in North America. Accurately defining species boundaries is vital for ongoing biological conservation and management efforts. The false ...

The Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Signal Transduction Pathway is a conserved mechanism that plays a significant role in the regulation of cell growth. Autophagy inhibition is one method in which the TOR kinase pathway is able ...

Inner hair cells (IHCs) are a type of specialized sensory cell which converts the pressure gradient of the endolymph into an interpretable signal, allowing for hearing. However, there is another type of sensory cell crucial ...

With new methods emerging in the field of prenatal genetic testing, it is essential to evaluate the ethical significance and consequence to these discoveries. This thesis explores such topics as: the extent to which genetic ...

Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) have been one of the most serious complications of healthcare in recent years, causing upwards of 98,000 deaths per year. Hospitals have started using immediate feedback instruments like ...

In order to more effectively address the expansion of type 2 diabetes worldwide, this study investigated the role that stressors and the stress response play in the development of diabetes. This study analyzed clinical ...

Cichlid fishes from the Great Lakes in East Africa experienced an extensive, rapid, and recent diversification resulting in over 2,000 species of fish over the course of 10 million years. Such extraordinary diversification ...

Chemoreception in insects is modulated by receptors expressed in sensory neurons that detect chemical cues in the environment, allowing insects to make sense of the world around them. The chemosensory machinery of the Asian ...