What’s working best for me to succeed in this class is looking over information again before an exam and doing the study sessions for the connect assignments. I also plan my assignments to be roughly a week or two ahead… Continue Reading →

ODU Personal Statement My interest in science started at a very young age, somewhere between age six and eight. I was just interested in how everything worked, always curious for more information. I became very interested in cancer around age… Continue Reading →

Mark Ciardiello Professor Janet Rinehart-Kim Biology 294 16 October 2023 Huntington’s spreads like wildfire             NPR made an article regarding how Huntington’s disease spreads within the brain. They had Randal Halfmann on their show, where he discussed how the neurodegenerative… Continue Reading →

a.  Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis b. Bolivian squirrel monkey c. One 14.  Absences or presences seen in one sequence but not another. 15.  Codes for TAR DNA binding protein (Tardbp) 16. Codes for ubiquilin 17.  Codes for FUS RNA binding protein… Continue Reading →

Mark Ciardiello Professor Janet Rinehart-Kim Biology 294 2 October 2023 “Circulating mitochondrial DNA is a proinflammatory DAMP in sickle cell disease”             The article describes a study that aimed to further research what effects of sickle cell disease (SCD) exist… Continue Reading →

Tumburu L, et al. Circulating mitochondrial DNA is a proinflammatory DAMP in sickle cell disease. Blood 137, 3116-3126 (2021).

Mark Ciardiello Professor Janet Rinehart-Kim Biology 294 11 September 2023 Writing Assignment #1             A primary article is an original article that doesn’t include review articles within. The article is about new findings, not a report of someone else’s findings…. Continue Reading →