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Effects of nicotine on Drosophila development: genes, neurotransmitters and toxicology
What are the effects of developmental nicotine exposure?
Read moreUnderstanding Laser Noise in an Atomic Vapor for Magnetometry
This experimental optics project seeks to develop a novel magnetometer using an interaction between light and matter that is highly sensitive to magnetic fields, laser noise derived from quantum interference in an atomic vapor.
Read moreMechanisms of protein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease using zebrafish
Our lab studies the mechanisms that regulate neuron development as well as disease. Parkinson's Disease involves the abnormal aggregation of a protein called alpha-synuclein. In collaboration with Dr. Vivek Unni’s lab at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), we have established a zebrafish model for studying alpha-synuclein function in the living brain. Because zebrafish are transparent during development, we are able to visualize a fluorescence-tagged form of alpha-synuclein in vivo using confocal microscopy.
Read moreUnderstanding SNARE protein mediation of neuromodulator release from dense-core vesicles
The Lochner lab seeks to understand the biochemical underpinnings of long-term memory formation in a region of the brain called the hippocampus.
Read moreA Mantra for Hegel? Kaśmiri Śaivism and Hegel on Language.
Kashmiri Shaivism maintains that Shiva is incomprehensible. The Absolute is comprehensible, Hegel claims. Is there something that compels a decision for toward either Shaivism or Hegel? The larger question: Is ultimate truth—be it called Shiva, the Absolute, or the Unified Field Theory—comprehensible?
Read moreTargeting and Trafficking of Neuromodulatory Proteins in Hippocampal Neurons
We study molecular processes underlying memory formation, particularly targeting and trafficking of neuromodulatory proteins to synapses.
Read moreHuman Trafficking: From the Local to the Global
This new book explores distinctions in trafficking patterns between the developed and developing world, while also investigating the dramatically different ways that local and state authorities address the problem.
Read moreCampaign Finance Enforcement Across the 50 States
Todd Lochner teaches undergraduate courses in Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, Introduction to American Politics, and Law, Lawyers and Society. He also teaches a joint ...
Read moreModeling sensory hair cells
We explore mathematical methods used in modeling sensory hair cell bundles.
Read moreRace and National Identity in Bicentennial Chile and Argentina
When Chile and Argentina celebrated their Bicentennials in 2010, they reflected on who they were as a nation. Who was included and who was excluded during this time or imagining the nation?
Read moreThe War Beyond the West: Rethinking the Great War in Austria-Hungary and the Balkans
First, how does consideration of Austria-Hungary and the Balkans change our understandings of World War I? These geographic areas have long been overshadowed in a field of scholarship dominated by work on the Western front (Britain, France Germany). Second, how did the home front populations in these areas react and respond to the extraordinary strains of everyday life during Europe’s first “total war”?
Read moreInvestigating Forest Recovery in River View Natural Area After Removal of Invasive Plant Species
In fall 2011, the city of Portland purchased 146 acres of forest adjacent to the Lewis & Clark College campus, creating the River View Natural Area (RVNA). At that time, RVNA was heavily invaded by non-native plants. The city removed these species by cutting/herbicide. This action created an opportunity to investigate forest recovery after invasive removal. Will native species return without further management? Or will removal of these species lead to new invasions by non-native plants?
Read moreParallel computing with higher-level languages and compelling examples
Jens Mache was born in Karlsruhe, Germany. As an undergraduate student, he studied computer science at the University of Karlsruhe (Vordiplom in 1992). After ...
Read moreThe “Natural” Wine Movement in France and Allied Regions
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Read moreAn Exhibit: Diderot at 300, Making Knowledge Happen in the 18th Century
At the center of the exhibit, the Encyclyopédie's schematic tree of knowledge inspired by Bacon's own, displays the interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of knowledge-making in the 18th-century. Branching out into the faculties of Memory, Reason, and Imagination, human understanding is featured as the subversive key to accessing, critiquing, and creating knowledge through the disciplines ramifying from these faculties - including philosophy, history, and literary creative arts.
Read moreRibosome biogenesis and export
The long-term goal of this project is to understand how cells make ribosomes. One of the ways in which cancer cells differ from normal cells is their huge rate of ribosome biogenesis, and thus understanding how cells assemble and export ribosomes may provide new therapeutic targets for the specific inhibition of cancer cell growth.
Read moreAppetites and Emotions in Plato’s Early and Middle Dialogues
In Plato’s Protagoras, Socrates clearly indicates that he is a cognitivist about the emotions—in other words, he believes that emotions are in some way constituted by cognitive states.
Read moreImproving electrochemically deposited manganese oxide thin film pseudocapacitance and long term cycling stability
Manganese dioxide is being extensively studied as a pseudocapacitor. Pseudocapacitors charge faster than traditional batteries and have a higher energy densities than capacitors, making them ideal for many applications including fast- recharging bike lights.
Read moreNature religion in the Pacific Northwest
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Read moreC.E.S. Wood and the Wood Archive at Lewis & Clark
Pauls Toutonghi is Assistant Professor of English at Lewis & Clark College where he teaches fiction writing and English literature coursework. His fiction has ...
Read moreSurface Chemistry of Gold Nanoparticles in Natural Environments
Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) are currently the subject of research efforts focused on developing highly sensitive sensors, diagnostic techniques, and targeted drug therapies. As these NPs move from the research lab to large-scale production, they will inevitably be released into the environment. This project sought to explore the eventual fate of these nanoparticles after release into the environment.
Read moreWhen Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect: Studying Preschooler’s Creative Problem Solving in a Museum Setting.
Dr. Nilsen holds a BA in Psychology from Graceland University and an MA and PhD in Psychology from the University of Michigan. He received a ...
Read moreCartlandia: Making a Documentary
The mobile food movement is enriching urban life while providing access to the American Dream for immigrants, entrepreneurs, and aspiring chefs.
Read moreEvent-related Potential Correlates of Response Inhibition to Alcohol Cues Among College-Aged Binge Drinkers
Todd D. Watson is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department and is also a faculty member in the new, interdisciplinary Neuroscience program at ...
Read moreMapping Neuronal Circuitry using Brainbow zebrafish
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Read moreOrego: Artificial Intelligence and the Game of Go
Go (Weiqi), the oldest strategy game in the world, was invented in China thousands of years ago. Its rules are simpler than those of Chess, but its strategies more subtle and profound. Top human Go players, unlike Chess players, can still easily defeat the most powerful computers. The space of possible board configurations is unfathomably vast, many orders of magnitude larger than the number of electrons in the universe. We suspect that human Go strength depends on the ability to decompose the game into local subproblems that are largely, but not quite, independent.
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