Plant Sciences
Citrus greening (Huanglongbing, HLB) is the most devastating citrus disease, causing a 75% production decline and billions in losses. Oxytetracycline (OTC), the only approved antibiotic, is…
Biochemistry
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI) is a disorder characterized by inadequate secretion of pancreatic enzymes, leading to malabsorption, nutrient deficiencies, and reduced quality of lif…
Physics and Astronomy
White dwarfs (WDs) are a unique window into the fate of planetary systems, but confirmed planets around WDs are rare and transit signals last only minutes, making them easy to miss in ground…
Software Design
Online child grooming is a serious and growing issue that occurs across many digital platforms, making it difficult to detect when only one type of evidence is used. This experiment focuses…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Access to safe drinking water remains a pressing global challenge, with millions exposed to heavy-metal contamination each year. At the same time, fertilizer runoff degrades water quality th…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), electroencephalography (EEG), and virtual reality (VR) have led to new approaches to cognitive enhancement and emotion prediction. This study invest…
Environmental Engineering
Developing low-cost, eco-friendly sensors for detecting PFAS-like pollutants is critical for environmental monitoring and agricultural runoff. This study investigates the electrochemical res…
Biochemistry
Breast cancer, the most common cancer in US women, accounts for approximately 32% of new diagnoses annually. Approximately 42,170 women will die from breast cancer in 2025. Current treatment…
Translational Medical Science
Prior research has indicated that the synthetic peptide D-(KLAKLAK)2 and its analogues exhibit potent cancer toxicity (oncotoxicity) and pro-apoptotic activity when internalized within mamma…
Microbiology
Emerging infectious diseases require accurate spatial risk assessments, yet current strategies in disease ecology lack a clear and reliable framework when direct disease data is lacking. One…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This project aims to better predict cancer dynamics to mitigate the effects of drug resistance. This research project uses a dataset from Kaznatcheev et al., who created an evolutionary game…
Translational Medical Science
Around 40% of the world's population (approximately 3.3 billion people) are at risk of developing cancer at some point in their lives. TP53 (Tumor Protein 53) is a gene altered in most human…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Periodontal disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gingiva, induced by accumulation of bacterial plaque leading to the destruction of alveolar bone and tooth loss. Clearance of b…
Mathematics
Vigneras (1979) proved the existence and recursive properties of the Multi Gamma Hierarchy, as well as a general version of the Bohr-Mollerup theorem for discrete cases. In this project, we…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of matter in the brain driven by amyloid-ß (Aß) aggregation. In scientific literature, the role of inhibitory neurot…
Biomedical Engineering
Fully instrumented gait analysis provides clinicians with critical metrics for surgical planning and rehabilitation. It is the gold standard, combining infrared motion capture and force plat…
Software Design
This project is an integrated approach to approximating an unknown scalar field using Gaussian Process (GP) Regression with a ground robot. The challenge stems from the safety constraints of…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) are tiny particles containing biomaterials that have been noted for their regenerative capabilities and potential, especially for treating neurodegenerative dise…
Chemistry
Synthetically created superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) are used in everyday items like diapers, bandages, and feminine hygiene products. These SAPs are not biodegradable, and the production pr…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Tumor growth in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) – the most prevalent form of lung cancer, with a 5-year survival rate below 20% – is promoted by abnormal vasculature. Importantly, the mechanisms…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Current environmental challenges necessitate expanding research on biopolymers as supplements in energy technologies to further the transition to a sustainable future. The bacterium Rhizobiu…
Animal Sciences
Apis mellifera are essential pollinators, contributing to 80% of global food crop pollination and $183 billion annually to the global economy. However, around 40–50% of hives collapse annual…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Standard R-CHOP chemotherapy leaves many patients with relapsed or refractory disease, and salvage p…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains the most aggressive primary brain tumor, with a median survival of 12–15 months despite multimodal therapy. Identifying compounds that selectively induc…
Translational Medical Science
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) ranks 10th in US cancer incidence, yet it causes more deaths per year than breast cancer, ranked 1st, a disparity largely driven by complications rega…
Materials Science
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly tunable nanomaterials with potential in targeted immunotherapy and biological interfaces; however, the vast number of possible metal frameworks lim…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment focuses on the effectiveness of metal oxide nanoparticle infused biochar in adsorbing heavy metals (Pb and Cd) from simulated runoff. The basis of this experiment is the surf…
Animal Sciences
Pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia breviceps and Kogia sima) are deep-diving cetaceans with limited internal health data due to low visibility. Necropsies often reveal stomach infestations…
Environmental Engineering
This project was designed to tackle the growing problem of the invasive Burmese Python in the Florida Everglades. Since these snakes are hard to find, standard hunting methods did not work w…
Biomedical Engineering
Background Heart failure affects 64 million people annually. Transplants are in chronic shortage, especially for pediatric patients. Total artificial heart (TAH) promises a solution; however…