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  • Studies on the ecological functions of the antidiabetic drugs acarbose

    Creator:
    Tanoeyadi, Samuel
    Abstract:
    Natural products (a.k.a. secondary metabolites) are produced by living organisms that are not essential for their growth, development, or reproduction, but may play a role in their survival or adaptability in nature. Many secondary metabolites isolated from plants and microbes have found use as molecular probes, drug leads, or medicine...
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    presence of a natural product. The first two mechanisms have been studied in great depth and adapted by

  • Bioinformatics applied to freshwater cyanobacterial blooms and cyanophage

    Creator:
    Schwartz, Andrew D.
    Abstract:
    Freshwater cyanobacterial blooms are a nuisance and health threat in the Pacific Northwest. The accepted methods of characterizing these blooms by microscopic cell counts cannot differentiate between toxic and non-toxic strains of the cyanobacterium Microcystis. Also, there is limited understanding of freshwater cyanophage that may control bloom dynamics. In order...
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    and health threat in the Pacific Northwest. The accepted methods of characterizing these blooms by

  • Using Computational and Statistical Methods as an Aid to Study Environmentally Relevant Organic Molecules

    Creator:
    Dorn, Shelby E.
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    In this report, three studies are presented that utilize computations to predict transformations, identities, and properties of environmental organic molecules. Each study shows how computations can lead to models of chemical behavior. The importance of this research is rooted in the need for understanding how human behavior and health intersect...
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    formed through oxidations in the atmosphere of organic aerosols (OA). Some of these reactions and their