Browsing Diebold Symposium Posters and Schedules by Issue Date
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Diebold Symposium Schedule 1999
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1999)Schedule for the Diebold Symposium held Thursday, April 22, to Saturday, April 24, 1999 on the campus of Kalamazoo College."How Our Immune System Protects Us (and vice versa)" was the Keynote Address and delivered by Dr. ... -
Diebold Symposium Schedule 2000
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2000)Schedule for the Diebold Symposium held Thursday, April 27, to Saturday, April 29, 2000 on the campus of Kalamazoo College. “The Evolution of Infectious Disease” was the Keynote Address and delivered by Dr. Paul Ewald, ... -
Diebold Symposium Schedule 2001
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2001)Schedule for the Diebold Symposium held Thursday, April 26, to Saturday, April 28, 2001, on the campus of Kalamazoo College. "Coping With Microbes: A Genetic and Genomic View of How Plants Do It" was the Keynote Address ... -
Diebold Symposium Schedule 2002
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2002)Schedule for the Diebold Symposium held Thursday, May 2, to Saturday, May 4, 2002, on the campus of Kalamazoo College. “Hearts, Missiles and Armadillos: An Odyssey in Developmental Physiology” was the Keynote Address and ... -
Color as an assessment signal in the black-winged damselfly
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)Background: - Signals are a form of animal communication important in intraspecific interactions. An assessment signal conveys information about the condition of a conspecific. - There is a selective advantage for males ... -
Purification of U3 snoRNA binding homologs from two archaeal organisms
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)Small nuclear ribonucleoparticles (snRNPs) are a class of protein-RNA complexes found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells. snRNPs are essential particles involved in the post-transcriptional processing of RNA. A subclass ... -
Production of a Bacteriocin-Like Inhibitor by Enterococcus faecalis strain 62-6 Antagonistic to the Growth of Vaginal Lactobacillus spp.
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)NORMAL VAGINAL MICROFLORA A healthy female generally harbors 107-8 colony forming units (cfu) per ml of vaginal fluid, of which four genera of Gram-positive bacteria dominate: • Lactobacillus spp. • Streptococcus spp. • ... -
Function of the TAD/PEST Domain of the Mouse Notch1 and Notch4 Genes
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)The Notch gene is highly conserved and found in most, if not all metazoans. The primary function of Notch proteins is to determine cellular fate during embryogenesis, but Notch plays a vital role in adult organisms as ... -
A Shift In Feeding Behavior From The Juvenile To Adult In The Giant Acorn Barnacle Balanus nubilus Darwin With Observations On The Developmental Time Course Of Larvae.
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)Barnacles exhibit diverse cirral behaviors during feeding with the repertoire of cirral fan behaviors of species associated with their physiology, ecology, and phylogeny. However, feeding behaviors of juveniles has not ... -
Susceptibility Survey of Escherichia coli from Water Samples of Southwest Michigan
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)In an era in which public health and safety remain grave concerns, research is increasing in the area of microbial virulence and antibiotic resistance. A main concern is the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria and ... -
Uses of Electrical Therapy
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)Magnetism was first written about in 1186 by British monk Alexander Neckham Pierre de Maricourt, 1269, talks of compass and different electric poles Still no thought or consideration for using electricity in medical ... -
Voltage Dependence of the Cation-Nonselective TRP Channels
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)Named for the transient receptor potential channels in Drosophila visual transduction, TRP channels are ubiquitously expressed in virtually all animals. •TRPs are classified into three subtypes based on sequence ... -
Activity-Dependent Phosphorylation of GLUR1/4 by PKA is Subunit Specific
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) receptors are ionotropic glutamate receptors that mediate fast excitatory responses in neurons. Receptors containing subunits GluR1 or GluR4 are involved in the ... -
Studying evolutionary constraints on an invariant floral trait in Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)Traits that are conserved through time and location are considered invariant characters. In the flowering world, these floral traits are useful in classifying plants. Little is known about the mechanisms that maintain ... -
Effects of Amphetamine and Nicotine on Auditory Gating: An Animal Model of Schizophrenia
(Kalamazoo College, 2002)Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder occurring in 1% of the population Many symptoms may arise due to deficient sensory gating in the brain Chronic nicotine abuse may be therapeutic to patients Sensory gating can ... -
Functionality of Hyperspectral Measurements in Vegetation Analysis: Comparison of Remote Sensing to Traditional Methods in the Alaskan Arctic
(Kalamazoo College, 2002-05-03)Understanding the plant community is vital in grasping the effects of climate change. Functional type, which divides vegetation into vascular plants, lichens, and mosses, aids in this understanding by representing ... -
Investigation of the Juvenile Hormone nuclear receptor as target forFMRFamide and SCP
(Kalamazoo College, 2002-05-03)• Juvenile Hormone (JH) is a hormone found in insects. It is crucial to their development in both larval and adult life cycles. • JH needs a nuclear receptor in order to act. Many researchers have looked for this elusive ... -
Characterization of a Culture System for Rat Retinal Ganglion Cells: Towards a Screen for Potential Neuroprotective Compounds
(Kalamazoo College, 2002-05-03)The retina is the target of several diseases, the most common of which include macular degeneration, retinal ischemia, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. Glaucoma alone affects about 67 million individuals worldwide ... -
Diebold Symposium Schedule 2003
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2003)Schedule for the Diebold Symposium held Thursday, May 1, to Saturday, May 3, 2003 on the campus of Kalamazoo College. “Speciation in Galapagos Finches” was the Keynote Address and delivered by Professor Rosemary Grant, ... -
Identification of Retinal Pigment Epithelium-Specific Clones
(Kalamazoo College, 2003)expressed in its cells, and their expression levels. However, it’s most commonly hypothesized that gene mutation in RPE cells could be responsible for AMD as well as other macular dystrophies. pathology and causes ...