Class of 2003

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Class of 2003

• Science (sians) (n.) Such activities applied to
  an object of inquiry or study.
• Translation BE AFRAID.... BE VERY AFRAID!

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Who are we?
WHOS THAT GUY?
We are 30 students from all around VA selected to
endeavor upon this sojourn... Come with us and we
will show you....
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The . . .

• Wonderful Staff Jackie, Ryan, Sandra, Emily,
  Judy, Jonathan, Vivek, and Sarah
• Bright Students Aldrin, Brian, Kyle, Shana,
  Nirjhor, Holly, Maithili, Emily, Daniel, Briyana,
  Ailene, Mahmood, Katina, Emma, Taylor, Coutney,
  Rachel H, Caitlynn, Soo, Felix, Evelyn, Loren,
  Rachel P, Stephen, Suravi, Erica, Sony, Kamber,
  Chris, Monica

Nice to meet you! NO MORE PICTURES, PLEASE!
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Now what in the mosquito do we do?

• Research
• Notes
• Guest Lectures
• Labs
• Research
• Field Work
• Eat (HA!)
• Research
• Sleep (again, HA!)

• Readings
• Homework
• Research
• Evening activities
• Ping Pong
• Research
• Proposal
• Did I mention Research?

Ummmm, we seem to do a lot of eating!
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West Nile Neato!
I hate the dipterans!

• We study the West Nile Virus utilizing all
  aspects of Life Sciences.
• Translation We went into the field, collected
  insects that enjoy sucking the life force out of
  us, took them back to the lab to crush them up
  and sequence their DNA.

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Facts that We Have Learned

• First entered the United States in 1999
• First diagnosed case was in New York
• Incubation period seems to be 3-14 days
• Symptoms range from weakness and fever to
  paralysis and encephalitis (swelling of the
  brain)
• There is no cure and no treatment.

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Lectures and Labs

• Dr. Ryan Immunology (AHHHH CHOOOO!)
• Dr Ozaki Genetics (Hello, Dolly!)
• Dr. Petit Microbiology (Super Bugs!)
• Dr. Ngoka Chemistry (KA BOOM!)
• Dr. Fenn Nobel Laureate (Need I say MORE?)
• Dr Jenkins Epidemiology (wha?)
• Dr. Gaines Entomology (I hate mosquitoes!)
• Dr. Peterson Biochemistry (Two for the price of
  one!)
• Dr. Alves Genetics (The good one was already
  used)

WE HAVE MORE STILL?!?!?!
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Dr. Ozakis DNA Sequencing Lab

• After collecting mosquitoes with various traps at
  the Rice Center, we proceeded to sequence their
  DNA in order to identify the different genus and
  species of each one.

What do you think? Aedes Albopictus?
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Dr. Ryans Humorous Hematology Lecture and Lab

• In his lecture, Dr. Ryan entertained us with his
  interpretation of cancer as suburban sprawl.
• Afterwards, we participated in a hematology lab
  where the results
• were unexpected! Human Hemoglobin
• vs. cancer cells
• and how they were
• affected by
• growth hormones

I wonder what Hibbs is serving today??
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Public Health

• Dr. Suzanne Jenkins, State Epidemiologist,
  discussed the different implications of West Nile
  Virus in the public eye.
• Dr. David Gaines, State Entomologist, related how
  being able to correctly recognize mosquito
  behavior, not necessarily species, is more
  important when trying to trace West Nile Virus.

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The Disease Hunters

• Dr. Darryl Peterson, biochemist, gave us the
  history of vaccines and how new developments in
  science have led the way in breakthrough
  technology when developing vaccines.
• Dr. Denise Pettit, microbiologist immunologist,
  shared with us a new wonderful way of
  looking at West Nile.

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Mass Spectrometry
Huh?

• Dr. Lambert Ngoka, chemist, shares with is the
  wonderful missions and accomplishments of the
  proteomics department at the Center For the Study
  of Biological Complexity.

Again .... Huh?
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Nobel Laureate Dr. John Fenn

• It was with great pleasure that we received a
  most interesting lecture from Dr. John Fenn, who
  was one of three recipients of the 2002 Nobel
  Prize in Chemistry.
• Fenn won the Nobel Prize for developing an
  analytical method called electrospray ionization
  (ESI). This allows researchers to determine the
• masses of those protein ions
• of bigger size.

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Chagas Disease

• Presented by Kyle Basques and Mahmood El-Gasim,
  this extravagant presentation was full of useful
  information about the Parasite that causes
  Chagas
• Trypansoma Cruzi (T. Cruzi), a protozoan, has
  three phases trypomastagotic (infectious and
  most dangerous), amastagotic (dormant,
  replicating), and epimastagotic (diffusing and
  replicating)

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Our Brief intro to Chagas

• 16-18 million people worldwide are infected
• 70,000 people die annually
• found only in the Western Hemisphere in
  temperate, subtropics, and tropics.
• ¼ of all Latin American deaths are age 25-44
• Causes swelling of the heart
• Incubation period is 10-20 years
• There is no cure and no treatment.

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Where Did These Come From?
?????
Super Diva
Never Left the 70s What do you think? A little
too high (the hair that is)?
Wheres My Personal Space?
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Related or Not? That is the Question
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Evening Activities

• Paramount's Kings Dominion
• Poetry Nite
• Yoga and Mall
• Richmond Braves Games
• Patrick Henrys Give me Liberty or Give me
  death Speech

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Two Weeks Left. . .

• While we know our parents have missed us we just
  wanted to say there are only two weeks left.
• And besides, think of what we are getting out of
  this.
• So to all the parents, and teachers, thank you
  for making this a most memorable and enriching
  experience for us all