Antibodies have clearly demonstrated their utility as therapeutics, providing highly selective
and effective drugs to treat diseases in oncology, hematology, cardiology, immunology and …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is becoming a core tool in ecology and conservation
biology, and is being used in a growing number of education, biodiversity monitoring, …

Purpose Molecular imaging of CD4 + T cells throughout the body has implications for monitoring
autoimmune disease and immunotherapy of cancer. Given the key role of these cells in …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) in humans are characterized in part by aberrant CD4-positive
(CD4+) T-cell responses. Currently, identification of foci of inflammation within the gut …

The course-based research experience (CRE) with its documented educational benefits is
increasingly being implemented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics …

Improvements in high-throughput sequencing makes targeted amplicon analysis an ideal
method for the study of human and environmental microbiomes by undergraduates. Multiple …

Bacteriophages (phages) exhibit high genetic diversity, and the mosaic nature of the shared
genetic pool makes quantifying phage relatedness a shifting target. Early parameters for …

Comparative research has shown that evolutionary increases in brain region volumes often
involve delays in neurogenesis. However, little is known about the influence of such …

Course-based research pedagogy involves positioning students as contributors to authentic
research projects as part of an engaging educational experience that promotes their …

Actinobacteriophages of a wide range of genome sizes continue to be isolated and
characterized, but only a handful of these have atypically small genomes, defined in this work as …