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A History of Muscular Dystrophy: The Biosocial Nature of Disease

Chambrose, Starla (University of Oregon, 2021)

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is one of the most frequently inherited diseases, yet few science, technology, and society (STS) scholars have attempted to study it. In particular, there is a significant gap in the literature ...
Developing an Efficient and Replicable Single-Guide RNA Synthesis Protocol for Targeted Enrichment of Perfect Assemblies

Gaudreault, Yukiko (University of Oregon, 2023)

Inexpensive large-scale de novo gene synthesis technologies are in high demand for protein characterization and engineering as they enable the testing of many complex hypotheses. One such technology is DropSynth, which can ...
Oocyte Meiotic Spindle Assembly in Caenorhabditis Elegans

Connolly, Amy (University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)

As in many organisms, Caenorhabditis elegans oocytes assemble bipolar meiotic spindles in the absence of centrosomes. While the assembly of the mitotic spindle in C. elegans has been studied in some detail, how the poles ...
Pupillary Dilation Responses to Changes in Sound Stimuli

Bauer, Temerity (University of Oregon, 2022)

To understand the world around us, the auditory system of our brains discriminates between different sounds to interpret our surroundings. Normally, simple sounds (like pure tones) are used to study the neural mechanisms ...