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DNA extraction and DNA electrophoresis: Understanding from a chemical perspective

Garam Lee, Seoyun Jeong Abstract Gene therapy technologies, such as CRISPR gene editing, are rapidly advancing alongside biotechnology...

Childhood Trauma and Antisocial Behaviors

Paul Zhao Introduction Serial killers and psychopaths demonstrate a dark and twisted side of humanity that evokes a morbid fascination...

Synthesis of Benzopinacol and Benzopinacolone

Sabrina Liao Purpose Lab 1 (Synthesis of Benzopinacol): the purpose of this experiment is to synthesize benzopinacol from benzophenone....

Williamson Ether synthesis

Sabrina Liao Fig 1. TLC plate of product under UV light Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to synthesize isopentyl acetate using...

Grignard reaction

Sabrina Liao Purpose A Grignard reagent will be prepared from a bromide, which will then be used to accomplish a Grignard reaction....

Synthesis of Dibenzalacetone

Sabrina Liao Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to synthesize dibenzalacetone (trans,trans-1,5-diphenyl-1,4-pentadien-3-one)...

Metal Reactivity and Replacment Reactions

Lizzy Choi Almaty International School Purpose The following experiment was conducted to illustrate the concept of metal reactivity and...

Convection Current Experiment Using Teabags

Lizzy Choi Almaty International School Purpose of experiment The key to this experiment is the illustration of the concept of convection...

Exploring Hippocampal Interneuron Activity in Aged Rats With Memory Impairment

Sein Cho Johns Hopkins University The hippocampus has been central in the study of memory formation and consolidation. The functional...

Investigating neurodegeneration after birth injury – insights from touchscreen experiments

Sein Cho Johns Hopkins University Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia Encephalopathy (nHIE) is a devastating birth complication that goes on to...

Investigating the effect of temperature on albumin denaturation by measuring the turbidity

Yezi Cho American Community School of Abu Dhabi Proteins are complex macromolecules composed of one or more chains of amino acids, or...

Investigating fermentation in yeast using glucose, fructose, sucrose, and lactose

Yezi Cho American Community School of Abu Dhabi 1. Fermentation 1.1. Cellular Respiration Cellular respiration is the process of breaking...

Nitration of Methyl Benzoate

Sabrina(Jingyao) Liao Purpose This experiment illustrates an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction of a benzene derivative, methyl...

Determining the cytoplasmic osmolarity of onion cells using interpolation

Yezi Cho The cytoplasmic osmolarity of onion epidermis were determined by allowing osmosis to occur when leaving onion cells in 0.0,...

Fischer Esterification

Sabrina(Jingyao) Liao Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to synthesize isopentyl acetate using the Fischer esterification...