Project Topic
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| The role of cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP) in the transcription of napF in Escherichia coli (E. coli). |
| Investigating the link between cat color and feline personality. |
Determining how plants produce carbohydrates by screening tansgenic, knockout wheat vs control wheat plants. |
| Determining whether maggots of one species of fly are attracted to the biotic waste of maggots of any other species' of fly. |
| Comparing the lung injuries expressed in male and female mice that have been made tolerant to naphthalene, a harmful toxin encounter daily in the form of cigarette smoke, moth balls, and other products. |
| Determining whether a circadian clock mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana affects hypocotyl length. |
| Studying the mating movements and calls of the Greater Sage-Grouse to determine if assymetry between the vocal sacs in is related to double whistle production. |
| Applying anerobic digetstion technology to onion waste in the production of biogas. |
| Exploring the biochemical properties of the SARS coronavrius, in severe acute respiratory syndrome by studying tyrosine sulfation. |
| Deteriming maggot grouping in response to certain odors, specifically the excrements of other maggots species. |
| Studying the response of protein SufE in E. coli and its response to oxidative stress. |
| Control of the invasive weeds, Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) and Goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica), in California by determing the earliest developmental stage in which the seeds are viable for germination. |
Determing whether the combined effect of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and the house dust mite allergen, dermatophagoides farinae (der F) have a synergistic effect on early asthma development. |
| Examining the effects of abiotic factors, specifically salinity, pH and electrical conductivity, on the competitive relationship between native and invasive plant species in environments with extreme abiotic stresses |
| Determining how different sensitizer concentrations affect the rates of formation of singlet oxygen in the quasiliquid layer. |
| Investigating how and what criteria women use to come to decisions regarding mate selection. |
| Evaluating the stability of glycans in human serum. |
How does rust fungus, Puccinia jaceae , affect yellow starthistle's competitive advantage over wild oat |
| Confirming whether a specific gene is responsible for shade avoidance in Arabidopsis thaliana. |
| Maggots' reactions to other maggots' biotic residue. |
| Testing the attraction and/or repulsion of certain insects to emitted plant volatiles, specifically to the volatile Hexenyl-acetate. |
| Working with nanoscopic materials to create ordered buckles. |
Determining how the size and firmness of grapes changes during veraison. |
| Understanding how stem cells are regulated in the context of an intact organism. |
Mail to: jrpomeroy@ucdavis.edu