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Measuring variability in trophic status in the Lake Waco/Bosque River Watershed

Nutrient management in rivers and streams is difficult due to the spatial and temporal variability of algal growth responses. The objectives of this project were to determine the spatial and seasonal in situ vari...

Authors: Angela D Rodriguez and Marty D Matlock

Fractionation of the rice bran layer and quantification of vitamin E, oryzanol, protein, and rice bran saccharide

Value-added processing with respect to rice milling has traditionally treated the rice bran layer as a homogenous material that contains significant concentrations of high-value components of interest for phar...

Authors: Rebecca Schramm, Alicia Abadie, Na Hua, Zhimin Xu and Marybeth Lima

Authentic teaching and learning through synthetic biology

Synthetic biology is an emerging engineering discipline that, if successful, will allow well-characterized biological components to be predictably and reliably built into robust organisms that achieve specific...

Authors: Natalie Kuldell

Rapid single step subcloning procedure by combined action of type II and type IIs endonucleases with ligase

The subcloning of a DNA fragment from an entry vector into a destination vector is a routinely performed task in molecular biology labs.

Authors: Tobias Fromme and Martin Klingenspor

Engineering education in the wake of hurricane Katrina

Living through hurricane Katrina and its aftermath and reflecting on these experiences from technical and non-technical standpoints has led me to reconsider my thoughts and philosophy on engineering education....

Authors: Marybeth Lima

Role of reaction kinetics and mass transport in glucose sensing with nanopillar array electrodes

The use of nanopillar array electrodes (NAEs) for biosensor applications was explored using a combined experimental and simulation approach to characterize the role of reaction kinetics and mass transport in g...

Authors: Venkataramani Anandan, Xiaoling Yang, Euihyeon Kim, Yeswanth L Rao and Guigen Zhang

Amyloglucosidase enzymatic reactivity inside lipid vesicles

Efficient functioning of enzymes inside liposomes would open new avenues for applications in biocatalysis and bioanalytical tools. In this study, the entrapment of amyloglucosidase (AMG) (EC 3.2.1.3) from Aspergi...

Authors: Mian Li, Michael J Hanford, Jin-Woo Kim and Tonya L Peeples

Development of a Cryptosporidium oocyst assay using an automated fiber optic-based biosensor

An intestinal protozoan parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, is a major cause of waterborne gastrointestinal disease worldwide. Detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in potable water is a high priority for the water ...

Authors: Marianne F Kramer, Graham Vesey, Natasha L Look, Ben R Herbert, Joyce M Simpson-Stroot and Daniel V Lim

Electrospun nitrocellulose and nylon: Design and fabrication of novel high performance platforms for protein blotting applications

Electrospinning is a non-mechanical processing strategy that can be used to process a variety of native and synthetic polymers into highly porous materials composed of nano-scale to micron-scale diameter fiber...

Authors: Ashley E Manis, James R Bowman, Gary L Bowlin and David G Simpson

Introducing Journal of Biological Engineering

Authors: Mark R Riley