Amanda Days Professor Rinehart-Kim Biol 294 Genetics 12/09/2022 “Genetics Topic Assignment: The Lac Operon and its Relation to Gene Expression”             Gene expression is the regulation of certain genes to control when and how much they are expressed. The Lac… Continue Reading →

Amanda Days Professor Janet Rinehart-Kim Genetics BIOL 294 12/09/2022 “Genome Assignment” Chromosome Maps: I chose chromosome number 8. It contains over 1400 genes It contains over 140 million base pairs (over 95% have been determined) It contains the TERF1 gene… Continue Reading →

Amanda Days Professor Janet Rinehart-Kim Genetics BIOL 294 10/14/2022 “Writing Assignment 4”             Recently, new genes have been found that lead to an increase in the likelihood of acquiring schizophrenia, which is a brain disorder associated with hallucinations, delusions, and… Continue Reading →

Amanda Days Professor Janet Rinehart-Kim Genetics BIOL 294 10/28/2022 “Writing Assignment 5”             Many people spend their lives trying to figure out who they are and what they want to be, luckily for me, I knew exactly that ever since… Continue Reading →

Amanda Days Professor Janet Rinehart-Kim Genetics BIOL 294 9/30/2022 “Writing Assignment 3”             This peer-reviewed article is centered around the topic of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) which is associated with thrombocytopenia, eczema, and autoimmunity. In this study, two patients were treated… Continue Reading →

Amanda DaysProfessor Janet Rinehart-KimGenetics BIOL 2949/16/2022“Writing Assignment 2”Citation:Boztug K, et al. Stem-cell gene therapy for the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. N Engl J Med. (2010Nov 11) https://doi.org/10.1056%2FNEJMoa1003548

Amanda Days Professor Janet Rinehart-Kim Genetics BIOL 294 9/9/2022 “Writing Assignment 1”             A primary article is usually a published work that directly reports on the scientific process, results, and the research done. Primary articles will have something being tested… Continue Reading →