Biochemistry @ Muhlenberg

BCM 441 Advanced Biochemistry

Skip to content
Menu
  • Home
  • Diseases
    • 2020 projects
    • 2018 projects
    • 2017 Projects
    • 2016 Projects
      • Chronic Granulomatous Disease
      • Classic (Type 1) Citrullinemia
      • Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
      • Hereditary Hemochromatosis
      • Huntington's Disease
      • Latent Tuberculosis
      • Von Gierke Disease (GSD-1)
      • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
    • Diseases A through G
      • Acute Cocaine Toxicity
      • Adrenoleukodystrophy
      • Alopecia Areata
      • Age-related Macular Degeneration
      • Bipolar Disorder
      • Celiac Disease
      • Cholera
      • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
      • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
      • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Vascular Type
      • Fatal Familial Insomnia
      • Gaucher's Disease
    • Diseases H through N
      • Human African Trypanosomiasis
      • Hurler Syndrome
      • Infantile Tay-Sachs Disease
      • Krabbe Disease
      • Lyme Disease
      • Major Depressive Disorder
      • Nicotine Toxicity
      • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
    • Diseases O through Z
      • Parkinson's Disease
      • Phenylketonuria
      • Variegate Porphyria
      • Wilson's Disease
  • Not a Scientist? Start Here
  • Papers for Class
  • Posts from our Authors
  • Timeline example

Month: April 2018

BCM441

PANDAS: A Cause of Childhood Mental Disorders?

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Brandon Copping

Author: Brandon Copping In recent decades childhood psychiatric disorders, such as ADHD and autism, have become increasingly prevalent topics in terms of pediatric research and…

BCM441

Differences in sex mediate prevalence of inflammatory disorders

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Lily Thompson

Author: Lily Thompson Figure 1. Difference in expression of proinflammatory mediators between male and female derived neutrophils. Although difference in COX-1 expression is insignificant, COX-2…

BCM441

Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Other Form of Arthritis

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Brandon Eden

Author: Brandon Eden Arthritis is a very common condition characterized by joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and decreased range of motion. Osteoarthritis is the most common…

BCM441

Quantitative study of the selectivity of human sirtuins to acylated nucleosomes

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Brittany Shimanski

Author: Brittany Shimanski Visit the full literature paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-21060-2.pdf As we have learned for essentially our entire college experience, chromatin is regulated by post-translational modifications…

BCM441

Calcium Imaging; New way to identify AβO targets

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Endonita Hajzeraj

Author: Endonita Hajzeraj AβOs or soluble amyloid β oligomers are recognized by the public as neurotoxins that trigger divergent signaling in neurons. This signaling of…

BCM441

Reflection 3

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Endonita Hajzeraj

Author: Endonita Hajzeraj Coronary artery disease (CAD) develops when major blood vessels that supply your heart with blood, oxygen, and nutrients become diseased or damaged.…

BCM441

Cocaine affects more than just neurons. Studying the effects of cocaine use in PC12 cells

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Endonita Hajzeraj

Author: Endonita Hajzeraj “Identification of biochemical and cytotoxic markers in cocaine treated PC12 cells” Cocaine is a powerful drug that causes addiction and many deaths…

BCM441

Reflection Blog 2

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Endonita Hajzeraj

Author: Endonita Hajzeraj There are so many diseases that deserve to have a lot attention and resources allocated to it’s maintenance/cure. With the limited resources…

BCM441

Acetyl-CoA role in lymphangiogenesis

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Endonita Hajzeraj

Author: Endonita Hajzeraj The Beta-oxidation of endothelial cells produces Acetyl-CoA, needed for epigenetic modifications for lymphangiogenesis. Endonita Hajzeraj Bcm441 Acetyl-CoA is an important coenzyme that…

BCM441

Using the Crystal Structures of Cystathionine β-Synthase to Understand Hydrazine Drug Interactions

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Andrew Rice

Author: Andrew Rice The described article can be found here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00092 Recently in this course, we discussed the important of both cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine…

Posts pagination

Previous Page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Page 6 Next Page

Categories

What we do

This site aggregates the scholarly work of students enrolled in BCM 441 at Muhlenberg College with Dr. Keri Colabroy. Students blog on the latest, high-impact science and explore the mechanism of human disease in depth.

Follow us on Facebook

Find us on Facebook at @bcm441

Archives

  • June 2025
  • May 2025
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • February 2022
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • February 2021
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014

BCM441 on Facebook

BCM441 on Facebook
© Copyright 2026 – Biochemistry @ Muhlenberg
Wisteria Theme by WPFriendship ⋅ Powered by WordPress
css.php